The other threat is from people like the Real IRA (Irish Republican Army) -- unlike al Qaeda, the Real IRA are actually building 400-lb bombs, and these bombs are getting caught and intercepted due to intelligence operations.

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McGuiness was a firebrand leader of the Catholic Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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London and Dublin hope their document will result in a historic declaration from the Irish Republican Army (IRA) that it will abandon all paramilitary activity.

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But the most popular accused culprit remains the Irish Republican Army (IRA), whom the Aga Khan and his syndicate of owners officially blamed for the kidnap, though authorities have never named a suspect.

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This has been suspended for the past year, principally because the Irish Republican Army (IRA) refused to announce a definitive end to its long war against British rule in Northern Ireland (see table below).

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The Real IRA, a splinter group of the Irish Republican Army, claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Thatcher was the target of a hotel bombing in Brighton by the Irish Republican Army in 1984, and two of her close colleagues were killed in IRA attacks.

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