The 1973 Old Bailey bombing in London, England resulted in only one death; but this direct attack within England's capital city shocked the British Army and motivated them to intensify their involvement in The Troubles. The IRA would launch further bombings in England later on, and Anti-Irish...
Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi armed the IRA with weapons such as guns and the powerful Semtex plastic explosive used in multiple Troubles bombings such as those targeting Harrods in 1983, the Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen in 1987, Warrington in 1993 and London’s Docklands in 199...
McADAM, Noel
Aug. 31, 1994: After months of secret talks, and 25 years of bombings and shootings, the IRA announces an historic ceasefire with “a complete cessation of military operations.” Feb. 9, 1996: The IRA ends the ceasefire when it bombs the Dockland’s area of London, killing two and injur...
Ulster, and terrorism, headed the domestic agenda and the Birmingham pub bombings on 21 November 1974, which killed 21 people and injured 182, prompted calls for national identity cards. The idea was rejected by then home secretary Roy Jenkins, however, as expensive and ineffective. The papers ...