Network or allegiance of some sort sounds plausible and to an extent there is one this is borne out by the indication of the wide area of Criminal Action Force operations. Eamon Kelly Dublin was an easy target instead of going to Spain, the Real IRA bottled it through fear even though they are armed. the Alan Ryan Real IRA gang may have been counter productive heavily infiltrated and has been deserted by Real IRA. suspiciously this is what some republicans are telling the press apparently over the last two weeks, seems they do not enjoy the same broad coalition of republican support, were as a simple unified objective has seen Criminal Action Force backed to the hilt by criminals. since 1995 criminals have went to Spain Amsterdam else where so fear of Real IRA does not come into it.