"This programme was produced by Aparat Ltd for Press TV" A sentence of life imprisonment for Kevin Braney has dealt a major blow to the most dangerous terrorist group operating on this island. The New IRA poses the biggest threat to the security of the State since the Provisional IRA ceasefire in 1994, according to Garda security and intelligence. And it is also top of the terror list in Northern Ireland where last month it was responsible for the car bomb attack outside a courthouse in Derry. A British veteran said on Monday in Belfast that he opposed a hard border with the Republic of Ireland for fear of their unpleasant history repeating itself. Glenn Bradly, now a businessman, was a veteran guarding the British side of the 500-kilometer long border with the Republic of Ireland during the Northern Irish Troubles -- a period of conflict that began in 1968 and stretched for 30 years. Since the late 1960s, many of the border roads had been barricaded by British troops, cross-border rail lines had been closed and some roads were also heavily fortified with border checkpoints to prevent smuggling of goods and dangerous people. "The border in Northern Ireland was a fortress. The customs posts that had existed and the economic border that had existed pre the conflict basically had infrastructure added to them, to make it a fortress border, a hard border," said Bradly. That conflict pitted pro-British, mostly Protestant unionists, dedicated to retaining Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom against Irish nationalists, mainly Catholic, who wanted to unite with the Republic of Ireland. Now the Brexit debate is mirroring the debate. Britain's withdrawal from the EU threatens to make that border more significant and more visible. Justifiably, the media has been quick to point out the combustibility of the situation, and hawkish in spotting any signs that stability in the province might be deteriorating. But suggestions that hardline Irish republicans intent on using force to achieve their goals are in some way motivated by Brexit is perceived almost as an insult by those paramilitaries who pride themselves on their ideological purity. But a group linked to the new IRA told The Sunday Times they hoped the border would be “hard as hell” and confirmed suspicions they see Brexit as an “opportunity”. The Times reported the New IRA is made up of at least 40 hardcore members who sought to revive conflict on the island and would be “reckless in its approach”. Formed in 2012, the New IRA was the result of a merger of the Real IRA, splinter groups and republicans not happy with Sinn Fein’s political stance. The UK spy agency MI5 has an astonishing 20 per cent of its workforce in Belfast as part of a huge intelligence operation, with more than 700 officers there already....(read more)
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