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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/03/derry-officials-denounce-bomb-attack

“Derry officials denounce bomb attack on police station
Suspected republican militants forced taxi driver at gunpoint to take device which exploded while area was being evacuated”

Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 August 2010 09.42 BST

SNIPPET: “In May, a mortar bomb was fired at the same police station in Derry. It struck a wall but failed to explode.

The Real IRA is active on the nationalist side of the city and has been responsible for a number of failed murder bids on police officers over the last 18 months.

The attack comes weeks after Derry was boosted by the positive response to the Saville inquiry report into the events of Bloody Sunday, and after it was named the UK Capital of Culture for 2013.”


20 posted on 08/03/2010 4:33:09 AM PDT by Cindy
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Previously...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2491134/posts

“Car Bomb At Barracks In Belfast - Police”
Sky News ^ | April 11, 2010 | Andy Jack
Posted on April 11, 2010 5:59:11 PM PDT by rdl6989


21 posted on 08/03/2010 4:35:20 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-10853360

August 2010 Last updated at 07:26 ET

“200lbs of explosives in Derry car bomb”

SNIPPET: “When the bomb was left, police received a warning from Oglaigh na hEireann - a splinter group of the Continuity IRA.

The paramilitary group currently operating under this title split from the Continuity IRA in 2006 and is said to include some of the most experienced terrorists from the Provisional IRA.”


25 posted on 08/03/2010 5:10:32 AM PDT by Cindy
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