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Ira Bombs In England

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sandyRoe | 12:45 Tue 07th Jul 2015 | History
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It's been said that the BTP were slow to act on 7-7 because of the threat of secondary/booby-trap bombs near the scenes of the first explosions. This was supposed to be based on experience of IRA bombs. That did happen in
N Ireland. Can anyone remember an occasion in England when the IRA used a second bomb near the scene of an explosion aimed to harm rescuers?
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I don't remember any... there were a couple in Warrington but weeks apart? I think essentially their aim was to scare people rather than kill them, not that they shrank from doing that too.
The 1992 IRA bombs in Manchester. Not to be confused with the big bomb in 1992.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Manchester_bombing

The initial car bomb was preceeded by a warning and there were 6 injuries. People were kept behind a cordon, where the second bomb went off nearby, injuring many more.


The big bomb was in 1996.
why be an apologist for anyone who bombs civilians?
// why be an apologist for anyone who bombs civilians? //

Eh?
bunkmoreland, please guide us all to that apology, I missed it for sure!
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Pretty much when this happened on November 21st 1974 ( Birmingham City centre ).
Mulberry bush pub, explosion 20.17pm
Taven in the town ( approx 50 yds away from Mulberry bush ), explosion 20.27pm

Also an explosive device found on the doorstep of Barclays bank, Hagley road ( approx 2 miles from the other two explosions ) Which was intended to explode at 23.00.

1973-6 I recollect ( well heard actually ) three bombs go off in short order in Chelsea

and I was almost persuaded until

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6260626.stm

shows two bombs let off by arab terroristen in reality Haymarket and Cockspur st

NOW .....

9/11 those firms in WTC who had pit-bosses [office mgrs] who were Brits ( not many I agree ) had a nil mortality as they all said without even ringing each other ... send the staff home, secondary bombs .....
I think we have establish that the IRA modus operandi was to have a secondary device to injury the helpers and emergency services. And that is what they were working to on 7/7. Unfortunately for the dying victims on 7/7 what had change was the use of suicide bombers, who are expended before they can bomb again.

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