Their numbers are small, their terrorist skillset meagre, and public revulsion only reinforces their self-mythology
The ambush of a senior Northern Ireland police officer on Wednesday night was almost certainly the work of a tiny group of so-called republican dissidents who have long tried – and consistently failed – to escalate a violent campaign.
The New IRA has launched sporadic attacks on security forces over the past decade to show that there is still a flickering flame in the tradition of physical-force republicanism.
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