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Lucylastic -> RE: Muslim Prayer Hall Blows Up… by Its Own Explosives (5/14/2016 9:51:24 PM)
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Talking about people blowing up their own kind...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1315025/MI5-warns-IRA-mainland-attack-banks-dubbed-potential-targets.html
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/feb/23/car-bomb-newry-northern-ireland
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/real-... http://www.herald.ie/news/real-ira-getting-new-weapons-in-eastern-europe-27964226.html
2010...
January 8, Randalstown, Northern Ireland A PSNI officer was wounded when a bomb exploded underneath his car in Randalstown, County Antrim.
June 17, Aughnacloy, Northern Ireland Dissident republicans were believed to be responsible for a 300 lb van bomb that was left outside a police station in the town of Aughnacloy. The bomb was defused.
June 22, Keady, Northern Ireland A bomb was found inside a beer keg in Keady. The Army made the bomb safe. It is believed that the bomb was planted there to ambush police on 18 June as a number of fires were started.
July 10, Belleeks, Northern Ireland A bomb exploded on a stone bridge in South Armagh. No one was injured or killed in the attack.
August 3, Derry, Northern Ireland A car bomb explodes outside PSNI station.
August 4, Bangor, Northern Ireland A bomb was found under a soldier's car in Bangor. The army carried out a controlled explosion. No one was killed or injured in the attack. It come a day after a car bomb exploded at a police station in Derry.
August 10, Cookstown, Northern Ireland A car-bomb partially exploded under a PSNI civilian worker's car. He escaped uninjured. Nearby residents, a creche and a supermarket were evacuated until the device was made safe.
August 14, Lurgan, Northern Ireland Three children are injured when a "no-warning" bomb exploded in a bin, in what the PSNI claim was an attempt to "kill police or injure police officers providing a service to this community as they responded to a neighbouring area following a very vague warning that a device had been left at a local school.
October 4, Derry, Northern Ireland: A carbomb left by the Real IRA explodes outside an Ulster Bank branch, injuring two police officers and causing extensive damage.
From WIkipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Real_Irish_Republican_Army_actions
2012[edit]
19 January: Bombs exploded outside two government offices in Derry. Telephoned warnings had been sent about an hour beforehand and the areas were evacuated. The RIRA was blamed.[178]
26 July: It was announced that Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) and a number of small independent republican paramilitary groups were merging with the RIRA.[179]
3 September: Real IRA member Alan Ryan was shot dead, allegedly by a criminal gang, in Clongriffin, Dublin. The Derry 32CSM website released a statement saying he was a republican anti-drug activist and vowed revenge. The RIRA held a paramilitary funeral for Ryan which was attended by masked men in military uniform who fired a volley of shots over the coffin.[180][181][182]
28 September: John Wilson, from a well-known criminal family,[183] was shot dead by the RIRA at his home in Cloverhill Road, Ballyfermot, County Dublin, allegedly in retaliation for the murder of Alan Ryan.[184]
1 November: A Prison Officer, David Black, was shot dead on the M1 motorway near Craigavon while driving to work. The shots were fired from another car, which drove alongside.[185] He was the first Prison Officer to be killed since 1993. The "Real IRA" (which the now-defunct Real IRA is a founding faction) claimed responsibility.[186]
4 December: The RIRA was blamed for the shooting death of Eamon "The Godfather" Kelly in North Dublin as retaliation for the murder of Alan Ryan earlier in the year.[187]
2013[edit]
23 February: Two alleged RIRA members in Cork were prevented from carrying out the assassination of a drug dealer after the van they were traveling in was stopped and searched by Gardaí, who discovered two loaded handguns and balaclavas.[188]
3 March: The RIRA were blamed for an attempted mortar attack on a Derry police station. The PSNI stopped a van containing four mortars and the roof partly removed to allow the mortars to be fired. Two men were arrested at the scene, including the van driver and a motorcyclist following the van, while another man was arrested shortly after.[189][190]
6 March: The RIRA were blamed for shooting Peter Butterly dead in Gormanston, County Meath allegedly retaliation for the killing of RIRA member Alan Ryan.[191]
8 October: The RIRA shot Kevin Kearney dead in North Belfast, claiming he was a drug dealer. His body was found in a lake in Alexandra Park.[192]
22 October: The RIRA claimed responsibility for throwing a pipe bomb at a PSNI vehicle in the Bogside area of Derry.[193] The following night, another pipe bomb was thrown at a PSNI vehicle in Newtownabbey.[194]
8 November: A booby-trap bomb was found under the car of a former RUC/PSNI officer in Tullycarnet, east Belfast.[195]
20 November: The RIRA claimed responsibility for an attempted proxy bombing in Derry. A masked gunman placed a bomb on a bus, which had no passengers, and told the driver to drive to Strand Road PSNI base. However, the driver abandoned the bus and the bomb was made safe.[196]
5-6 December: A convoy of three PSNI vehicles was hit by automatic gunfire on Crumlin Road, Belfast. The attackers had fired from a makeshift platform on Herbert Street.[197] The following night, a PSNI landrover was hit by gunfire on Suffolk Road.[198]
2014[edit]
11-13 February: The RIRA claimed responsibility for sending letter bombs to British Army recruitment offices in south-east England. They were sent to offices in Oxford, Reading, Slough, Brighton, Aldershot, Canterbury and Chatham.[199]
6-7 March: The RIRA claimed responsibility for sending two letter bombs to senior prison staff at Maghaberry Prison. It claimed that republican prisoners there were suffering degrading treatment.[200] The letters were intercepted at sorting offices.
14 March: A PSNI landrover was hit by a horizontal mortar on Falls Road, Belfast. The mortar launcher was attached to railings at Belfast City Cemetery and detonated by command wire. A civilian car was also hit by debris, but there were no injuries. The RIRA claimed responsibility.[201][202]
29 May: A large firebomb exploded in the reception of the Everglades Hotel in Derry, causing extensive damage. It had been left by a masked man who gave a forty-minute warning. The hotel had hosted a PSNI recruitment event and was due to host another.[203]
30 July: A PSNI landrover was struck by gunfire in the Bogside area of Derry.[204]
7 October: A pipe bomb was thrown at a PSNI mobile patrol on Crumlin Road, North Belfast. It failed to explode and was made safe by ATOs, who described it as highly sophisticated.[205]
14-23 October: There were two attempts to kill PSNI officers with booby-trap bombs; one in the Ballyarnett area of Derry and another in the Ballycolman area of Strabane.[206][207]
2 November: A PSNI armoured jeep was hit by a horizontal mortar in the Creggan area of Derry. A rear door was blown off and a passing car was damaged, but there were no injuries. The RIRA said it had fired an "EFP mortar-style device triggered by a command wire".[208] In the security operation that followed, youths attacked the PSNI with stones and petrol bombs.[209]
16 November: A PSNI armoured land rover was attacked with a homemade rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher on Crumlin Road, North Belfast. A man appeared from the Ardoyne estate and fired the handheld launcher at the vehicle from 60 feet away. The warhead pierced the land rover's outer shell but bounced off heavier armour before exploding. The officers inside suffered shock but no injuries.[210]
2015[edit]
21 April: A bomb was thrown at a PSNI land rover in the New Lodge area of North Belfast. It exploded in mid-air, damaging a nearby car.[211] The RIRA claimed responsibility.[212]
27 April: A bomb exploded outside the offices of the Probation Board at Crawford Square in Derry, following a telephoned warning. The blast damaged the building and nearby vehicles.[213] The RIRA claimed responsibility and said it also planted an "anti-personnel device" nearby, targeting members of the security forces.[212]
3 May: Two small bombs partially exploded at the perimeter fence of a British Army Reserve base (Caw Camp) in Derry.[214]
18 June: The RIRA was blamed for planting a booby-trap bomb under the car of a married couple, both of whom are PSNI officers, in Eglinton. It was found and defused by the security forces.[215]
14 August: A firebomb exploded in the back of a post van parked inside Palace Barracks, Holywood, a British military base which is home to MI5 in Northern Ireland. The firebomb destroyed the van and set nearby vehicles and garages on fire.[216]
26 November: A PSNI vehicle was riddled with automatic gunfire, fired from an AK-47, on Rossnareen Avenue, West Belfast. Several rounds shattered the bulletproof glass but failed to penetrate it. The RIRA claimed responsibility.[217]
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