South Armagh Republican Action Force
- South Armagh Republican Action Force
The South Armagh Republican Action Force (SARAF) was a name used by Irish Republican guerrilla unit who operated at various times in the Northern Irish "Troubles". It was suspected that SARAF was a cover name for the Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade. ["A Secret History of the IRA", Ed Moloney, 2002. (PB) ISBN 0-393-32502-4 (HB) ISBN 0-71-399665-X p.320]
On January 5, 1976 they claimed the Kingsmill massacre, when ten Protestant men were killed just outside the village of Kingsmill in South Armagh, Northern Ireland. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/5/newsid_2500000/2500393.stm 1976: Ten dead in Northern Ireland ambush] .] They said it was in retaliation for the killing locally of six Catholics, three members of the Reavey family and three members of the O'Dowd family, the day before. [ [http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/Committees29thDail/JustEquDefWomRgts.htm Interim Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Bombing of Kay’s Tavern, Dundalk] , p. 9.]
The SARAF claimed the killing of four Protestant civilians, who were shot dead during a gun attack on Tullyvallen Orange Hall, Newtownhamilton, 1 September 1975. [ [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm CAIN Chronology of the Conflict 1975] ]
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South Derry Independent Republican Unit
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