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Gaddafi, guns and the IRA: could the Libyan despot have started an Irish civil war?

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:19:39
Publish Date: 2023-03-14 01:05:00
Description: A massive Libyan arms shipment to the Provisional IRA in the 1980s had the potential to dramatically escalate the Troubles into a civil war, with one senior politician remarking “Christ — the IRA could start a civil war with that lot. And win. ” Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guest: John Downing.

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