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Black Operations: The Secret War Against the Real IRA [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by John Mooney (Author), Michael O'Toole (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 343 pages
  • Publisher: Maverick House; illustrated edition edition (8 Dec 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0954294556
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954294557
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 359,231 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"I was at home when the first reports of the Omagh bombing came on the radio. My first thought was 'that's interesting, that's the first time they brought the war to Tyrone. Then the news bulletins said there were casualties. There were three dead, then five, then seven, then ten, then thirteen. I knew straight away it was bad" - Member of the Real IRA on the Omagh bombing of August 1998


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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A cloudy insight, 30 Sep 2004
By Ciaran Coyle (County Tyrone) - See all my reviews
I still don't understand how anbody can attempt to write an account of one of the most bloody groups in recent Irish history while the full account of the events surrounding it have yet to be unearthed or proven correct. There are several glaring inaccuracies in this book with regard to historical detail espcially about Padraig Pearse. Unfortunately like so many other books published about the conflict in the north this book will be viewed by many as a complete account of the so-called "Real" IRA, and unfortunately nobody will ever know that. The credibility of this book is let down with its inaccurate references and its over reliance on the US informer Rupert who is a bit of a doggy character. The attempt by the authors to uncover the truth and unmask the complicate web of lies, claim and counter claim surrounding the Omagh bomb is commendable yet unfortunately quite amateurish in that it takes most aspects of investigations at face value - and in Northern Ireland if there is one thing we have learned over the past 35 years....it is to take very little at face value.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing but reassuring, 28 Jun 2004
What disturbs me is the subject's dogmatic adherence to what has been overwhelmingly dismissed by the Irish electorate, that the British can be militarily forced out of Northern Ireland with the consent of the people. 'Black Operations' details the rise of the Real IRA in the wake of the fateful Donegal meet that marked the split between McKevitt and his acolytes and the Good Friday co-signatories. It is as much an account of the first years of it's life as an expose of the methods used to thwart it's deadly intentions. Here is what should disturb prospective activists and reassure the rest of us. The intelligence seems to be incontrovertible. Their every move scrutinised, every word documented. If this is the case then there seems to be many within the movement disaffected enough to talk. Omagh should, you'd have thought, been the real conscience pricker for this.
Of more dubious authenticity might be the words of Dave Rupert, the American pathological fraudster recruited by both Irish security and MI5 as a spy. That McKevitt did not check the credentials of this new found confidant and money-raiser is highly questionable but might concur with the authors' suggestion that McKevitt considered himself almost untouchable.
The chapter on Omagh is heartbreaking. The attempts by Bernadette Sands to conceal her condonement, quoted from a radio phone-in, as depressing as they are familiar.
Nailing Colm Murphy was a vital security victory and his interrogation is given much attention.
I'd give it the full five not as glib support for the sentiments of the authors but because this truly is essential reading, that I've not quite finished. Elsewhere you will no doubt find claims of inaccuracy and corruption on the part of the Garda, indeed, reference is made to one officer's alledged involvement in scandalous practices by a group of policemen in Donegal. That much of this noise will eminate from Dundalk and Portlaoise is another reassurance as at least we know, and will know, who's causing the commotion.
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7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, 17 Dec 2003
This is a great read. This reveals the secret world of intelligence and spying in Ireland, while chronicling the rise of the Real IRA. The chapter on the Omagh bombing is heartbreaking.
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