Irish terror groups ‘to hit London’
Police have issued a stark warning that mainland Britain faces a ‘substantial threat’ of an Irish republican bombing campaign, The Observer can reveal.
Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism section sent out an email about a new threat to businesses across London on Friday evening, following intelligence received from MI5 about an increase in activity from breakaway groups such as the Real IRA.
The chilling note, seen by The Observer, states: ‘Reporting indicates that dissident Irish republican terrorists are currently planning to mount attacks on the UK mainland.’
Full Article:observer.guardian.co.uk
Gosh these heavy-handed tactics are surprising coming from the Brits. They are usually slightly more subtle than their American cousins. I confidently predict that this latest flurry of events will fail to quash 900 years of Irish resistance to British occupation.