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Re: IRA Denies Responsibility for Bank Heist
I don't think the IRA are so desperate for money that they need to do something this dramatic.
I think the IRA's main concern is to keep the Power-Sharing agreement on track. If they were found responsible for this it would cause immense damage to that and would jepordise their position within the Stormont government. This would benefit the Loyalists though who would love to do anything to prevent Republicans from having a say in running Northern Ireland. However, I doubt the Loyalists alone have the sophistication to pull this off, unless they had help.
Knowing the close relationship between British Security Forces and Loyalists Terrorist groups, I would hazard a guess that the Brits themselves have had a hand in the whole affair, possibly to exclude Sinn Fein from the Power-Sharing agreement
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