Is there any evidence that any of the No4 mk2 rifles that have turned up in Afganistan in recent years have ever been in the possession of the Irish Defence Force? If in the 1980s the C.I.A. was trying to obtain No4 rifles from the U.K. and Canadaicon it would seem logical to me for them to try to source them from the Irish republic as well, being a possible source and friendly with the U.S.iconA..