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The '''Real Irish Republican Army''' (or '''Real IRA''') is a group from [[Ireland]] who want Northern Ireland to become part of the [[Republic of Ireland]], and want it to leave the [[United Kingdom]]. The group started after they left the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]], after an argument.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/9239/|title=IRA Splinter Groups (U.K., separatists)|date=November 2005|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[Council on Foreign Relations]]|archive-date=2008-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423014244/http://www.cfr.org/publication/9239/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On [[15 August]] [[1998]] they did the [[Omagh bombing]], which killed 29 people and hurt over 300 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/20/omagh.trial/index.html|title=Man cleared over Omagh bombing|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> They have shot [[Police Service of Northern Ireland|police officers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7090950.stm|title=Real IRA admits police shooting|date=2007-11-12|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7095156.stm|title=Real IRA admits shooting officer|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> and have also bombed places in [[England]], such as [[London]] and [[Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2682639.stm|title=Two admit Real IRA bomb plot|date=2003-01-22|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> It is against the law to be a member of the Real IRA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050525/ai_n14641324|title=Membership of Real IRA was a terrorism offence|publisher=[[The Independent]]|date=2005-05-25|accessdate=2008-04-26}}</ref>

The '''Real Irish Republican Army''' (or '''Real IRA''') is a group from [[Ireland]] who want Northern Ireland to become part of the [[Republic of Ireland]], and want it to leave the [[United Kingdom]]. The group started after they left the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]], after an argument.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/9239/|title=IRA Splinter Groups (U.K., separatists)|date=November 2005|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[Council on Foreign Relations]]|archive-date=2008-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423014244/http://www.cfr.org/publication/9239/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On [[15 August]] [[1998]] they did the [[Omagh bombing]], which killed 29 people and hurt over 300 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/20/omagh.trial/index.html|title=Man cleared over Omagh bombing|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> They have shot [[Police Service of Northern Ireland|police officers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7090950.stm|title=Real IRA admits police shooting|date=2007-11-12|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7095156.stm|title=Real IRA admits shooting officer|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> and have also bombed places in [[England]], such as [[London]] and [[Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2682639.stm|title=Two admit Real IRA bomb plot|date=2003-01-22|accessdate=2008-04-26|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> It is against the law to be a member of the Real IRA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050525/ai_n14641324|title=Membership of Real IRA was a terrorism offence|publisher=[[The Independent]]|date=2005-05-25|accessdate=2008-04-26}}</ref>

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