This past weekend I was watching a movie entitled "Blown Away." Basically it's about a renegade IRA bomber seeking revenge on a former compatriot who's fled to the US. With relative ease, the "mad bomber" proceeds to blow up several people and sites in the city of Boston. Not a very complicated plot but it got me thinking. After watching the movie, and coupled with all the warnings about a new wave of terrorist bombings here in the US, I was wonder about terrorism in the UK. Why aren't individuals of the IRA bombing downtown London like the Palestinians are bombing the Israelis? Over the last several years I can think of only one or two bombings in England itself. On the other hand, it seemed for a while that there were daily bombings in Belfast.
Just wondering what those across the pond think about this.
Terrorism in the UK is carried out on an all together more subtle plane generally speaking. It is fact that to leverage most disruption need not nessarsarily take on the form of the most violent acts of aggression, however well understood and to a degree, sympathied with. No, in the UK, if you want to make headlines, you bring the whole country to a standstill by far more effective tools. Beyond that, I cannot say more for security reasons.
following the good friday agreement the ira suspended its activities in the mainland. they continue to rearm, and murder in northern ireland. they are involved with both etta (the spanish terrorists, and the cumombian terrorists.
the "continuity" ira, a breakaway faxtion still attemps regular murder bids, thanks to good info they have been mostly stymied. of course they did murder dozens in omagh.
as to why they dont behave in the way palastinian terrorists do. they would lose there massive funding from irish americans if they were seen as monsters. finally they are to cowardly to give thier lives to thier cause.
The Irish Republican Army - (IRA) - and the British Government made various concessions to each other in 1997, and since that date a ceasefire has been in force as the 2 sides try to broker an acceptable deal. There has been a marked lowering of terrorist activities since then.
Unfortunately the IRA have, over the years, produced a number of splinter groups who have refused to be bound by the ceasefire. One such organisation calls itself the "Real" IRA, and they still continue to harass the British. Although they have nowhere near the clout of the IRA proper, they do not abide by that organisations "rules of war" which would normally - but by no means always -issue a warning before exploding a bomb in a city street.
