u/BulkyCard8872

obscure question but the book Deadly Divisions gives this story:

>Early in 1981 a Dublin Sunday newspaper had published a front page story alleging that the INLA had just received tons of weapons from Libya. Included with the supposed shipment were, according to the story, RPG7 rockets. A Steenson supporter went south to speak to Harry Flynn; he told Flynn that Belfast wanted the rockets. Flynn said that the story was a myth and that the INLA had never received tons of weapons from Libya. "We're going to shoot someone," he is alleged to have told Flynn. "Then shoot me, Flynn replied.

Yet a senior INLA member interviewed by Spanish magazine Interviú in spring 1983 said:

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Q. Where do you get the arms you use?

>A. Mainly from the non-aligned countries. We have also received some lots from America. The typical INLA weapon is the Soviet attack rifle AK-47, or Kalashnikov. The AK-47 and the five-point star are our symbol. We also use M-16 American rifles - the traditional IRA weapon, Chinese SKS and Russian RPG-7 grenade-launchers.

He could of course be mistaken or bullshitting for propaganda's sake. That the INLA were never linked to an attack involving a rocket launcher would also suggest this is untrue. Anyone know more?