The State Department for the first time has placed an Irish political party, the Republican Sinn Fein, on its list of foreign terrorist organizations. The party, which calls for the complete withdrawal of British troops from Ireland, legally operates in both Ireland and Britain. But it is now illegal for anyone in the United States to raise money for the party or to provide material support to the organization. The State Department ruled the party was simply an alias of the armed group, the Continuity IRA, which was already on the terrorist list.
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