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provisional irish republican army
n a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
After arrest, Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams denies role in 1972 IRA slaying Gerry Adams, the leader of the Irish republican political party Sinn Fein, was arrested Wednesday evening in Northern Ireland in connection with the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 from Belfast whom the Provisional Irish Republican Army believed to be an informer for British security forces in Northern Ireland.
May 1, 2014 - Los Angeles Times