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LTC Eugene Chu
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Irish Republican Army is both a past and present threat to Britain. It is tamer now, but Brexit inflamed some old tensions.

https://theconversation.com/northern-ireland-terror-threat-downgraded-but-brexit-tensions-and-threats-of-renewed-violence-remain-175706
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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A prime example of all the carnage in the name of religion that has occurred over the centuries.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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LTC Eugene Chu
LTC Eugene Chu
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Not just religion, but race and discrimination. Irish Catholics were the natives and the Protestants were British colonists. Even after Ireland won partial independence, ethnic Irish faced oppression in the north due to previous settlement and compromise treaty.


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-troubles-of-northern-ireland-history
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