Mad Jock (or anyone else)
Re your post at the top, particularly the last sentence
"I did have a pint with an intel type just after Sept/11.
He did make the point that a terrorist act had, had more effect on the troubles than any policy or action by HMG to date.
So it doesn't surprise me that the evidence is coming from the US.
The PIRA lost millions because of that act."
Are you talking about the Omagh bombing ?
And did that bombing or some other act cause support from the US
to cease or at least dwindle ?