Happy St. Patrick's Day!
In real Irish news today, Northern Ireland is struggling to maintain it's 11-year-old peace after two British officers were shot this weekend.
I vaguely remember the Troubles in Northern Ireland from the time I was a child. Upon reading the above article, I am reminded how many terrorist organizations are active in Northern Ireland. The Provisional IRA, the Real IRA, the Continuity IRA, and Oglaigh na hEireann to name just a few are currently active and linked to murders and other illegal activity this last year. That's more terrorist organizations in one country than I can name in Afghanistan or Iraq. (If you can name an Iraqi, Saudi, Afghani, or Iranian terrorist organization, not government, apart from Al-Qaeda, please tell me. I honestly don't know any others.) There are terrorists in the world who are not jihadists.
So before knocking back a pint of Guinness tonight, remember that Northern Ireland is still trying to maintain national stability after 3,600 deaths during the Troubles.
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