Talk:Republican groups suspected in gun battle with, failed bombing of, Northern Irish police

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I don't get it. Not one single person is claiming it is anything other than the IRA. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:33, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Who don't call themselves terrorists. If you want to use "terrorist", you have to get someone else to say it, and attribute it to them. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:46, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah, point taken. Is the IRA acronym well enough known for the title? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:50, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I think that's a given, but who says it's the IRA should be how it's done. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:53, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for making the title even longer, but an unqualified "IRA" is almost always taken to refer to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, whilst the people claimed to be responsible here are splinter groups of that. I know the eTaiwan source uses "IRA", but they also have "NIreland" in their headline! the wub "?!"  16:37, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I really wish I'd just called them dissidents in the first place... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:39, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Nah. With the new title we get to associate them with the American Republicans. :P --Brian McNeil / talk 16:40, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, dissidents is good but I didn't want to look like I was copying the BBC! the wub "?!"  16:42, 22 November 2009 (UTC)