On Saturday morning a loud bang was heard near the Rosslea area and a suspicious object was found on Rellan Road a few hours later. The road currently remains closed as a precaution with officers at the scene. Ulster Unionist MLA Tom Elliott said it brought back bad memories: "It creates huge confusion in the area and obviously people are very nervous."
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Snippets: Blueprints for a nuclear weapon compatible with the ballistic missiles of Iran, North Korea and other rogue states were found on computers of the notorious Khan smuggling ring. Will a complacent world wake up?
It's unacceptable to find -- four years after their seizure -- that computers in Switzerland, Bangkok and several other cities housed sophisticated electronic designs for a Pakistani atomic bomb, in a form easy to reproduce.
I’d be nervous, too. Thanks for posting the road closure, MamaDearest.
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http://www.cfr.org/publication/9239/ira_splinter_groups_uk_separatists.htm
http://fas.org/irp/world/para/cira.html
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&client=safari&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&scoring=d&q=%22Continuity+IRA%22&btnG=Search+Blogs
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“President praises peace process as model for world”
By Steven McCaffery
Tuesday June 17 2008
Steven McCaffery
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Mr Bush held talks at Stormont with First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, telling them they had made unimaginable progress.
Mr McGuinness later said Mr Bush had invited the Northern Ireland leaders to visit the White House before his term ends in six months.
The US leader held more than an hour of talks with politicians at Stormont Castle, but as discussions got under way it emerged that two police officers had been slightly injured in a terrorist landmine attack near the border on Saturday.
The officers were in a car crossing a bridge near the village of Rosslea, Co Fermanagh, when part of the device exploded early on Saturday morning, although details of the attack claimed by dissident republican group, Continuity IRA, were only released yesterday.
Inspire
Despite the activities of paramilitary groups opposed to peace, Mr Bush said Northern Ireland had made great progress which would inspire other regions.”
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/16/europe/EU-GEN-NIreland-IRA-Dissidents.php
“IRA dissidents claim responsibility for bomb that injured 2 police officers”
The Associated PressPublished: June 16, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “BELFAST, Northern Ireland: Irish Republican Army dissidents claimed responsibility Monday for trying to blow up a passing police patrol near the Northern Ireland border over the weekend.
The claim from the Continuity IRA faction came as U.S. President George W. Bush paid a whistlestop visit to Belfast.”