Northern Ireland Bomb

[spathiphyllum]

"Northern Ireland: Police ‘lucky to be alive’ after fake bomb lures them to explosion"

-A bomb has exploded in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland after security forces investigated a hoax device.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/northern-ireland-bomb-police-hoax-device-psni-fermanagh-a9066746.html

[Old_Geezer]

They're crawling out of the woodwork again, on the flimsiest of excuses, then. Maybe NI society are more inclined to stop it this time, knowing what was won with the last agreement. One lives in hopes they might want a peaceful existence.

[spathiphyllum]

Seems this isn't a popular topic for discussion OG.

Yes.. they're (who they den?) at it again!

[ichkeria]

It is well worth watching last Wednesday’s 90 min documentary by Peter Taylor about his 40 plus years covering N Ireland as a journalist

[Rockrose]

Not crawling out of the woodwork always been here it just doesn’t get reported on the mainland.

[retrocop]

Well we would’nt want to embarrass Tony Bliars self congratulatory claims as a peace broker would we? Good Friday agreement my arris. Couldn’t agree what day it was

[Calicogirl]

Things are undoubtedly so much better there now than they were before the Good Friday agreement though Retro, surely you can see that?

[Ken4155]

Whether you love Blair or hate him, you cannot deny that the province has moved on dramatically since the GF agreement. There always were, and always will be, those who wish to undermine the stability for their own gains.
'Baiting' is not a new tactic, spath. Whenever we came across a dead body, back in the 70s, we had to make sure it wasn't booby trapped before we could attend to it.

[Rockrose]

My best friends father a copper was killed by baiting

[ichkeria]

Also worth watching:
The Day Mountbatten Died (BBC Two Monday last)
Some extraordinary memories and testimonies.
From relatives of the dead, ex-IRA men, eye witnesses, locals, and what struck me particularly was the photographer who pitched up just as the second bomb went off at Warrenpoint to a scene of carnage with bodies fire brigade everywhere.
He felt so guilty that the following week he went and signed up to a long and happy career in the fire service.