Republican Action Against Drugs

Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) was an Irish republican vigilante group active mainly in Derry and the surrounding area, including parts of counties Londonderry and Tyrone in Northern Ireland, and parts of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It targeted those who it claimed were drug dealers.^[1] The group's methods included shooting the alleged dealers in the arms and legs ("punishment shootings"); pipe bomb or arson attacks on the property of alleged dealers; and warning, threatening or banishing the alleged dealers.^[2]

In July 2012, it was announced that RAAD was merging with the Real Irish Republican Army and other independent republican paramilitary groups to form what is referred to as the New IRA.^[3]^[4]

^ "PremiumSale.com Premium Domains". Independentmonitoringcommission.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ "'Only way to eradicate drugs scourge is to remove the dealers' – Exclusive interview with Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD)". 18 August 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
^ McDonald, Henry (26 July 2012). "Republican dissidents join forces to form a new IRA". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ "New IRA: full statement by the dissident 'Army Council'". The Guardian. London. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

[1] "PremiumSale.com Premium Domains". Independentmonitoringcommission.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[RAAD_interview-2] "'Only way to eradicate drugs scourge is to remove the dealers' – Exclusive interview with Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD)". 18 August 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

[guardian-republican-merge-3] McDonald, Henry (26 July 2012). "Republican dissidents join forces to form a new IRA". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

[guardian-dissident-statement-4] "New IRA: full statement by the dissident 'Army Council'". The Guardian. London. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

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