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Subsequent activities
Since McKevitt's imprisonment, the RIRA has regrouped and continues to be active in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The RIRA claimed responsibility for a series of firebomb attacks against premises in Belfast in November 2004,[84] and an attack on a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) patrol in Ballymena during March 2006 was attributed to the RIRA by the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC).[85] On
9 August 2006 a number of fire bomb attacks by the RIRA hit businesses in Newry, County Down. Buildings belonging to JJB Sports and Carpetright were destroyed, and ones belonging to MFI and TK Maxx were badly damaged.[86]
On 27 October 2006, a large amount of explosives were found in Kilbranish, Mount Leinster, County Carlow by police, who believe the RIRA were trying to derail the peace process with a bomb attack.[87] The IMC believe the RIRA was also responsible for a failed mortar attack on Craigavon PSNI Station on
4 December 2006.[88][89] The IMC's
October 2006 report stated that the RIRA remains "active and dangerous' and that it seeks to "sustain its position as a terrorist organisation".[85] The RIRA has previously stated it has no intention of calling a ceasefire unless a declaration of intent to withdraw from Northern Ireland is made by the British Government.[7]
On
8 November 2007 two RIRA members shot an off-duty Catholic PSNI officer as he sat in his car on Bishop Street in Derry, causing injuries to his face and arm.[90] On 12 November another PSNI member was shot by RIRA members in Dungannon, County Tyrone.[90][91] On 7 February 2008, the RIRA stated that, after experiencing a three-year period of reorganisation, it intends to "go back to war" by launching a new offensive against "legitimate targets".[92] It also, despite having initially apologised for the Omagh bombing,[93] denied any large scale involvement with the attack and said that their part had only gone as far as their codeword being used.[92]
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