UK and Spain were first one's hit so there does look a clear correlation.
The next attack was by UK national on US airliner
Then i lost track to be perfectly honest of intercepted attacks
Then the murder of a soldier by two men with machetes in broad daylight
So there does some to be coherent agenda at least in UK.
Not really, its all very slapdash happening in many places in the world that were not directly involved in the second gulf war so if you want to draw a direct line you kind of have to close your eyes to the many, many outliers.
And yes there are positives that occurred due to the peace talks, but they didn't make the IRA that much less dangerous when you consider the number of deaths related to drug running. The only difference is that before it was a bunch of white kids on Christmas holiday in a school bus and now its a faceless group of "foreigners" who live half a world away so it doesn't have the same "emotional punch" which is why its absent from the nightly news. So you can turn a blind eye to it and point to the positives, which are admirable don't get me wrong, but it didn't solve the issue as there is still a large criminal element that self identifies as the IRA committing barbaric acts.
And you don't give in to that Barbarism, you can't change the way you live out of fear...because that's what they want. You go on living the way you were meant to, and yes that means sometimes terrible things might happen but its not as if you'd really be any safer if you gave into fear and stopped doing the things you were before. The thinking that we have to be afraid of these people and that if we don't do anything that might offend them it'll all be okay only gives you the illusion of safety. They're not going to stop, they'll just find some new reason to attack and make us afraid and the proof is that they are killing other Muslims....for essentially not being Muslim enough.
Let that sink in.
If they are killing other Muslims for not being like them do you really think they'd be willing to coexist with the Western World even if we all banned portraying Muhammad?
I totally agree with you on drugs - anyone doing coke or heroin is 100% complicit in the problems and violence seen in growing and transit countries.
however there is one major difference - no longer ideological war. Now its pure commerce and its a sad fact of life that gangs are doing this from all sectors of society - the IRA is now filed alongside all the other drug importers.
yes you are 100% - it is spread across the world and for a myriad reasons - local and international - and it sucks everywhere. However, if we are not willing to take responsibility for contributing to problem then nothing will change.
But the "classic" immigrant unrest/riots here in UK was amongst carribbean community. The muslim (and other asian communities) have traditionally "laid low" - its only relatively recently we have seen actual violence and publicly open radical imams, etc.
"and you dont give in to barbarism" - thats how IRA saw us and we saw them. So you just keep fighting? Maybe you should have a word with your own government because it was Clinton who ordered it all to stop. (for which i'd like to think most of us are very grateful)
Do you know what happened when Thatcher took your stance....?
These are the ones I Lived through in London and these were pretty mild (apart from canary warf)
1993
6 January 1993: Incendiary attacks on London shops: An incendiary device ignited at Reject Shop, Plaza Shopping Centre, London W1 causing minor damage; a very small device exploded at Dillons' Bookshop, Northumberland Avenue WC2 causing little damage; an incendiary device ignited at C&A, Oxford Street Wl causing very little damage; and an incendiary device ignited at Video Shop, 60 Oxford Street W1 causing minor damage. On 7 January 1993, an unignited incendiary device was found at Dillon's Bookshop, Northumberland Avenue W1. On 14 January 1993, an unignited incendiary device was found at Top Shop, Oxford Circus W1.[37]
28 January 1993: A bomb exploded in a litter bin outside Harrods, injuring four people and damaging 30 feet (9.1 m) of shop front.[44][37]
3 February 1993: A small device exploded on train stopped at Kent House station, Kent and evacuated following warnings. No casualties. A device exploded in underground passage-way at South Kensington tube station, London SW7 following a warning and evacuation. No casualties.[37]
10 February 1993: A small device exploded in doorway of block of flats in London SW1. Minor damage. No injuries.[37]
27 February 1993: A bomb exploded in a litter bin outside a McDonalds restaurant in Camden Town, injuring 18 people, two seriously.[45][37]
7 April 1993: A small device exploded in builders skip in Argyle Square, London WC1. Minor damage. No injuries
24 April 1993: Bishopsgate bombing: The IRA detonated a huge truck bomb in the City of London at Bishopsgate. It killed journalist Ed Henty, injured over 40 people, and causing approximately £1 billion worth of damage,[46] including the near destruction of St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate church, and serious damage to Liverpool Street station. Police had received a coded warning, but were still evacuating the area at the time of the explosion. The insurance payments required were so large that Lloyd's of London almost went bankrupt under the strain, and there was a crisis in the London insurance market. The area had already suffered damage from the Baltic Exchange bombing the year before.[47] The same day, two small devices exploded in hijacked minicabs at Manor House tube station, London N22 and Judd Street, St. Pancras, London WC1. No injuries.[37]
28 August 1993: A small device containing Semtex was discovered in Wormwood Street, London (City) EC2. It was disrupted by a controlled explosion, causing no damage or injuries.[37]
16 September 1993: Two small incendiary devices were found Curzon Phoenix Cinema, Charing Cross Road WC2. One small incendiary device found at the MGM Cinema, Shaftsbury Avenue WC2. They had all malfunctioned, causing no damage or injuries.
1 to 8 October 1993: Over eight days, a series of IRA bombs were left in various London locations. On 1 October, four bombs were left on Finchley Road, London NW8, three of which exploded on 2 October 1993. Five people were injured by falling glass. The fourth device was found and made safe. On 4 October, pairs of bombs were left in Highgate (where one failed to explode), Hornsey, and Archway, causing significant localised damage but no injuries. On 8 October, bombs exploded in Humber Road near the North Circular Road junction of Staples Corner and outside the Black Lion Public House at 295 West End Lane, West Hampstead, NW6, again causing damage but no injuries.[37]
29 October 1993: A small device exploded beside a car in Edwardes Square W8 causing extensive damage to car but no injuries.[37]
20 December 1993: A postal device was discovered at a sorting office, London EC1 and was made safe. No damage. No injuries. Six devices were discovered in a holdall at the Travellers Tavern, Elizabeth Street, Victoria, London SW1. At least one ignited. No injuries, minor damage. A package ignited at Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, London EC1. No injuries, minor damage. A small device ignited in a litter bin at Northfields Tube Station, London W13. No significant damage and no injuries.[37]
21 December 1993: A series of coded bomb warnings closed 40 British Rail stations, paralysed large sections of London Underground, affected more than 350,000 commuters and cost the capital's economy an estimated £34 million. London Underground evacuated 50,000 to 60,000 people from 100 Tube stations in 15 minutes at the height of the morning rush hour. About 300,000 rail commuters were either stranded in trains or found services cancelled. Deliberately vague warnings followed an IRA tactic to cause widespread travel disruption was in and around the capital.[48]
1994
27 to 29 January 1994: Incendiary devices ignited at C&A, Mothercare, Silverdale Travel Goods and Nightingales, all in Oxford Street W1, causing minor damage. Two more incendiary devices were discovered at C&A and Nightingales and made safe.
18 to 22 February 1994: Incendiary devices and one very small high explosive device were planted in various London shops: a record shop at 157 Charing Cross Road WC2; Top Shop, Oxford Circus W1; Hennes, Oxford Circus W1; a newsagents (which was destroyed), Great Cumberland Place W1; Burtons, New Oxford Street WC1; Burtons, Regent Street W1; Liberty's, Regent Street W1; Mr. Byrite, Oxford Circus W1; and Mr. Handy, Edgware Road W2. Some devices ignited causing damage. Others were discovered and made safe. No injuries.[37]
9 to 13 March 1994: Heathrow Airport mortar attacks: The IRA launched a series of mortar attacks at the capital's main airport. On 9 March, four mortars launched from a car parked at the Excelsior Hotel landed on or near the northern runway. On 11 March, four mortars launched from waste ground landed on an aircraft parking area near Terminal Four. On 13 March, five mortars launched from waste ground, landed in the vicinity of Terminal Four. None exploded and there was no damage, but it caused much disruption to travel when areas of the airport were closed over the period.[37]
10 June 1994: Two incendiary devices discovered at Liberty's, Oxford Street, London W1 and made safe.[37]
11 June 1994: An incendiary device ignited at Mr. Byrite's, Oxford Street, London W1 causing little damage. A further device had failed to detonate.[37]
22 August 1994: A high explosive device was found in litter bin outside Laura Ashley shop in Regent Street Wl and defused. There were no injuries or damage.[37]
1996
9 February 1996: Docklands bombing: The IRA bombed the South Quay area of Canary Wharf, London, killing two people and injuring some 40, and causing an estimated £100 million worth of damage.
15 February 1996: A 5-pound (2.3 kg) high explosive bomb placed in a telephone box at the junction of Charing Cross Road and Litchfield Street, London WC2 was disarmed by Police.[37]
18 February 1996: A bomb detonated prematurely on a bus travelling along Wellington Street, Aldwych, London WC2, killing Edward O'Brien, the IRA terrorist transporting the device and injuring eight others.[49][37]
1997
29 April 1997: A series of IRA bomb warnings and two bomb explosions on an electricity pylon near the M6 junction 10A disrupted transport networks in southern England and the midlands. In the London area, Heathrow airport and the M25 motorway were closed. A spokesman for Britain's transport industry claimed that a minimum of £30 million of losses had been caused.[50]
Easy to talk like a warrior - please tho put your kids on front line in your fight.
