Editing Real Irish Republican Army (section)

==Objectives==
The RIRA's objective is a [[united Ireland]] by forcing the end of British sovereignty over [[Northern Ireland]] through the [[Physical force Irish republicanism|use of physical force]]. The organisation rejects the [[Mitchell Principles]] and the [[Good Friday Agreement]], comparing the latter to the 1921 [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] which resulted in the [[partition of Ireland]].<ref name="RIRA">{{cite web |title='Real' Irish Republican Army (rIRA) Statement |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/organ/ira/rira280103.htm |publisher=[[Conflict Archive on the Internet|CAIN]] |date=28 January 2003 |access-date=9 May 2007 |archive-date=6 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806160931/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/organ/ira/rira280103.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The organisation aims to uphold an uncompromising form of [[Irish republicanism]] and opposes any political settlement that falls short of Irish unity and independence.<ref name="English" />{{rp|316–317}}

Bernadette Sands McKevitt, sister of hunger striker [[Bobby Sands]] and a founder of the RIRA's political wing, the [[32 County Sovereignty Movement]], said in an interview that her brother "did not die for cross-border bodies with executive powers. He did not die for nationalists to be equal British citizens within the Northern Ireland state".<ref name="English" />{{rp|316–317}} The RIRA adopted a tactic of bombing town centres to damage the economic infrastructure of Northern Ireland. The organisation also attacks members of the security forces using [[land mine]]s, home-made [[Barrack buster|mortars]] and [[car bomb]]s, and has also targeted England using [[incendiary device]]s and car bombs to "spread terror and disruption".<ref name="Janes1" />