Word: trawler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before the attack, officials had been convinced that the I.R.A. was on the wane. Despite the Brighton explosion, the organization had seemed to suffer one setback after another, starting with the September interception by the Irish navy of a trawler loaded with seven tons of arms and ammunition for the I.R.A. In December British soldiers ambushed and killed two I.R.A. gunmen, and last month the FitzGerald government seized more than $1.6 million in suspected I.R.A. bank assets in Dublin...
...hours, Irish air force planes and naval vessels had been keeping a close watch over the trawler Marita Anne. Finally, off the southwest coast of Ireland, two Irish navy corvettes, the Emer and Aisling, closed in on the 50-ft. vessel, firing four rounds of tracer bullets across its bows. On board, Irish authorities found seven tons of arms. The weaponry was apparently destined for the Irish Republican Army, the terrorist group that seeks to unite British-ruled Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic. Police arrested five men aboard the Marita Anne, including two believed to be I.R. A. members...
...largest I.R.A. shipment to be intercepted since 1973. As with an estimated 80% of the terrorists' arms, the trawler's deadly cargo was apparently financed and supplied by nationalist sympathizers in the U.S. Irish authorities reportedly acted on a tip from U.S. intelligence sources...
...cold sea. At last, four hours later, a rescue-helicopter pilot spotted Vea through the smoke and flew within ten yards of the burning deck to winch him to safety. Vea described his ordeal as "uncomfortably hot." Thirty-two other crew members were safely taken from lifeboats by a trawler; three men are presumed dead...
...Rainbow Warrior is a tough old British trawler whose blunt bow has frequently poked into waters where it has not been welcome. It belongs to Greenpeace, an international environmental group that opposes whaling. Last week Greenpeace carried out its most daring protest yet. The ship narrowly escaped being captured, but seven Greenpeace members, six Americans and one Canadian, were detained by Soviet authorities...