[SIZE=4]Real IRA threaten to take campaign to Britain[/SIZE]
Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:25am BST
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A dissident nationalist group in Northern Ireland will carry out armed attacks in mainland Britain as part of its campaign for a united Ireland, its representative said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.
The Real IRA, a splinter paramilitary group of the IRA, also claimed responsibility for the 2006 murder of Denis Donaldson, a former Sinn Fein chief administrator and spy for the British, and made threats against Sinn Fein deputy first minister Martin McGuiness.
Sinn Fein is the political wing of the IRA and McGuiness was a senior IRA commander in the 1970s.
In the interview with Ireland's Sunday Tribune the Real IRA representative said it planned to attack Britain "when it becomes opportune."
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Real IRA threaten to take campaign to Britain | UK | Reuters



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