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US crackdown sees pro-terror group website closed

IRA site taken off the web...

By Will Sturgeon

Published: 5 October 2001 07:51 BST

A US website promoting the cause of the IRA has been taken off the web in the continuing crackdown on all things terrorist related.

IRAradio.com which was developed in association with US radio station Radio Free Eireann by the Cosmic Entertainment Company has put up a message on its holding page which says the site has closed as a result of new legislation that gives the FBI and CIA the right to seize the assets and cease the operations of any organisation linked to terrorism.

Earlier this year IRAradio.com encouraged visitors to the site to write letters of support for Michael McKevitt, who is facing trial in Dublin on terrorist charges and is the alleged leader of the Real IRA. Despite this the IRAradio.com site includes a disclaimer which reads: "The Cosmic Entertainment Company does not and will not support terrorism of any kind!"

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