Republican Action Against Drugs

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Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) is a Northern Irish terrorist organization that has set itself the goal of removing drug dealers from Northern Ireland's Republican communities through violence, particularly pipe bombs and shooting.

The group, which acts similar to the underground organization Direct Action Against Drugs in the 1990s, was founded in 2008 by former members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army . In April 2009 the group confessed to a bomb attack in Derry . The organization's first fatality was Andy Allen, an alleged drug dealer from Derry. At the same time, the RAAD announced the murder of five other suspected drug traffickers.

In July 2012, the group announced a merger with other Republican terrorist organizations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Belfast Journal "Only way to eradicate drugs scourge is to remove the dealers" August 18, 2009, accessed July 27, 2012
  2. ↑ Belfast Telegraph, RAAD's campaign of terror must be brought to an end, May 4, 2012, accessed July 27, 2012
  3. ^ Inishowen Independent "RAAD issues chilling warning" February 23, 2012, accessed on July 27, 2012
  4. ↑ The Guardian Republican dissidents join forces to form a new IRA, July 26, 2012, accessed July 27, 2012