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| Irish Police Seize Trove of Explosives | |
| 2004-02-14 | |
Irish anti-terrorist police swooped on a suburban Limerick house Friday and seized a trove of explosives and detonators that they linked to Irish Republican Army dissidents.
Enough explosives to make the newspapers, though. Surrounding houses were evacuated as an Irish army bomb squad inspected the explosives to ensure they posed no risk of detonating. IRA dissidents opposed to the outlawed group’s 1997 cease-fire continue to plan occasional attacks in Northern Ireland, a British territory. The most recent attack there came Feb. 4, when police found a booby-trap bomb hidden inside a trash can outside the homes of British army families in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. The dissidents - organized loosely into two small groups called the Real IRA and Continuity IRA - last claimed a life in August 2002, when a Protestant construction worker was killed by a booby-trap bomb hidden inside a lunchbox in Londonderry, the province’s second-largest city. The Real IRA also claimed responsibility for the deadliest terror strike in Northern Ireland history: the August 1998 car bombing of the town of Omagh that killed 29 people and wounded more than 300. No mercy for these boyos. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 I meant 'P.J.'O'Rourke. Got lost in some memories there for a second... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-14 11:14:27 PM |
| #10 Why would the IRA seek the downfall of the Irish Republic...? To establish a socialist government. A little facet of the IRA that doesn't get bandied about much. Information gained courtesy of having had an Irish (Connemara) girlfriend in the D.C. area, and thus ending up at a certain pub as a result. I think P.D. O'Rourke also mentioned it in one of his books. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-14 11:12:27 PM |
| #9 When is the last time the free Irish did this to the IRA? Is the IRA now part of the WOT? |
| Posted by: Muammar 2004-2-14 11:06:40 PM |
| #8 Beggorrah! Some of the boyos appear to be still a wee bit in the business. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-14 10:13:22 PM |
| #7 One very good reason is the IRA is outlawed in th Irish Republic. In the '20s after the formation of the Irish Free State there was series of "problems" that resulted in the IRA being outlawed. One of the "incidents" was the defection of Micheal Collins to the Irish Government from the IRA. An action on his part that led to his assination. Todays IRA is about republican as Lenin was. As I understand their vision of a "free" and united Ireland we need look no further than 90 miles south of Key West |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2004-2-14 6:22:08 PM |
| #6 Jarhead, after awhile the goal's not important... it's the game. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-14 6:11:22 PM |
| #5 Sure, an' they're always after me lucky bombs... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-14 4:29:16 PM |
| #4 Why would the IRA seek the downfall of the Irish Republic Cheddar? |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-2-14 4:28:33 PM |
| #3 Does any body really think that if the Republic were to be given the six counties by the UK the troubles would stop. They would only have a wider field of play as the IRA would seek the downfall of the Irish Republic. What's that line in Patriot Games, "Ireland, the land of sad loves and happy wars" |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2004-2-14 4:15:29 PM |
| #2 The dissidents - organized loosely into two small groups called the Real IRA and Continuity IRA - Otherwise known as "banked-skills units". |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-14 3:23:34 PM |
| #1 There once was a man in Limerick Who made explosive devices by the stick. He's been nabbed by the police And is now on a short leash. Sit in jail and rot, you dumb prick! |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-2-14 1:07:29 PM |