[poppy]

sorry but the IRA certainly scared me, they were expert terrorists far more effective than anything that has come since.
They had an amazing disruptive effect.
We had a bomb scare almost every week and our work was disrupted every week, this was in the early 70s.
I cant give details I am still bound by the official secrets act, and regardless of what I think of that now I did agree to it and sign at the time.
The IRA did kill members of parliament and a member of the royal family. Not to mention Innocent shoppers pub goers and other members of the public.
I accept that that they are defunct now, the arguments were over the same question, foreign occupied territory
So yes the threat from al qaeda is greater now, but the IRA caused way more disruption to the economy and running of the country, as well as murdering people