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On
24
August
2010
,
following
an
eight-year
investigation
Criminal_investigation
,
the
Police
Ombudsman
for
Northern
Ireland
published
Publishing
a
report
Reporting
into
the
bombing
Attack
,
which
stated
Statement
that
the
Royal
Ulster
Constabulary
believed in
Know
the
early
1970s
that
Father
James
Chesney
,
a
local
Roman
Catholic
priest
,
was
the
IRA
's
quartermaster
and
Director
of
Operations
of
the
South
Derry
Brigade
.
On
the
40th
anniversary
of
the
bombing
Attack
,
former
Provisional
IRA
leader
Martin
McGuinness
described
Statement
the
events
of
that
day
as
``
appalling
and
indefensible
''
and
``
inflicted
Bodily_harm
on
totally
innocent
people
''
The
Real
IRA
denied
that
the
bomb
was
intended
to
kill
Killing
civilians
and
apologised
Judgment_communication
;
shortly
after
,
the
group
declared
Expressing_publicly
a
ceasefire
Process_end
.
It
has
been
alleged
Statement
that
the
British
,
Irish
,
and
US
intelligence
agencies
had
information
which
could
have
prevented
Preventing_or_letting
the
bombing
Terrorism
,
most
of
which
came from
double
agents
inside
the
Real
IRA
,
but
this
information
was
not
given
Giving
to
the
Royal
Ulster
Constabulary
(
RUC
)
.
The
three—Seán
Savage
,
Daniel
McCann
,
and
Mairéad
Farrell
(
members
of
Provisional
IRA
Belfast
Brigade
)
—were
believed
Know
to
be
mounting
a
car
bomb
attack
on
British
military
personnel
in
Gibraltar
.
On
16
March
,
the
funeral
of
the
three
IRA
members
was
attacked
Attack
by
a
loyalist
wielding
pistols
and
grenades
,
leaving
three
mourners
dead
.
Then
,
at
the
funeral
of
one
of
the
mourners
,
the
IRA
shot
Use_firearm
two
undercover
British
soldiers
who
had
driven
Self_motion
into
the
procession
.
From
late
1987
,
the
British
authorities
were
aware
Know
that
the
IRA
was
planning
Arranging
to
detonate
Attack
a
bomb
at
the
changing
Change
of
the
guard
ceremony
outside
the
governor
's
residence
in
the
British
Dependent
Territory
of
Gibraltar
.
Using
reconstructions
and
eyewitness
accounts
,
it
presented
Presence
the
possibility
that
the
three
IRA
members
had
been
unlawfully
killed
Killing
.
It
heard
Perception_active
from
British
and
Gibraltar
authorities
that
the
IRA
team
had
been
tracked
Self_motion
to
Málaga
Airport
,
where
they
were
lost
Earnings_and_losses
by
the
Spanish
police
,
and
that
the
three
did
not
re-emerge
until
Savage
was
sighted
Perception_active
parking
Placing
his
car
in
Gibraltar
.
The
Guildford
pub
bombings
Terrorism
occurred
Coming_to_be
on
5
October
1974
when
a
subgroup
of
the
Provisional
Irish
Republican
Army
(
IRA
)
detonated
Terrorism
two
6-pound
gelignite
bombs
at
two
pubs
in
Guildford
,
Surrey
,
England
.
On
August
27
,
1975
the
same
IRA
unit
detonated
Terrorism
a
bomb
in
Surrey
at
the
Caterham
Arms
pub
which
injured
Bodily_harm
over
30
people
,
Surrey
police
said
Statement
it
was
``
a
carbon
copy
of
the
Guildford
bombs
''
.
The
proxy
bomb
Attack
,
also
known
as
a
human
bomb
,
was
a
tactic
used
Using
mainly
by
the
Provisional
Irish
Republican
Army
(
IRA
)
in
Northern
Ireland
during
the
conflict
known
as
``
the
Troubles
''
.
The
Ulster
Volunteer
Force
replicated
IRA
actions
with
a
series
of
bombings
Attack
in
the
Republic
of
Ireland
in
1974
.
A
Provisional
Irish
Republican
Army
(
IRA
)
bomb
exploded
Attack
near
the
town
's
war
memorial
(
cenotaph
)
during
a
Remembrance
Sunday
ceremony
,
which
was
being
held
to
commemorate
British
military
war
dead
.
The
IRA
said
Statement
it
had
made
a
mistake
and
that
its
target
had
been
the
British
soldiers
parading
to
the
memorial
.
The
bombing
was
strongly
condemned
Judgment_communication
by
all
sides
and
undermined
support
for
the
IRA
and
Sinn
Féin
.
It
also
facilitated
Cause_to_make_progress
the
passing
of
the
Extradition
Act
,
which
made
it
easier
to
extradite
IRA
suspects
from
the
Republic
of
Ireland
to
the
United
Kingdom
.
The
bombing
is
often
seen
Perception_active
as
a
turning
point
in
the
Troubles
,
an
incident
that
shook
Body_movement
the
IRA
``
to
its
core
''
,
and
spurred
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
on
new
efforts
by
Irish
nationalists
towards
a
political
solution
to
the
conflict
.
The
Downing
Street
mortar
attack
Attack
was
carried out
Attack
by
the
Provisional
Irish
Republican
Army
(
IRA
)
on
7
February
1991
.
The
IRA
launched
Attack
homemade
mortar
shells
at
10
Downing
Street
,
London
,
the
HQ
of
the
Government
of
the
United
Kingdom
.
Three
other
men
were
kidnapped
Kidnapping
and
executed
Killing
in
Bandon
as
revenge
Revenge
for
the
killing
Killing
of
an
IRA
officer
Michael
O'Neill
during
an
armed
raid
Attack
.
However
,
in
2014
the
``
Irish
Times
''
released
Releasing
a
confidential
memo
from
the
then-Director
of
Intelligence
Colonel
Michael
Joe
Costello
(
later
managing
Hold
director
of
the
Irish
Sugar
Company
)
in
September
1925
in
relation
to
a
pension
claim
Statement
by
former
Irish
Republican
Army
(
IRA
)
volunteer
Daniel
O'Neill
of
Enniskean
,
County
Cork
,
stating
Statement
:
``
O'Neill
is
stated
Statement
to
be
a
very
unscrupulous
individual
and
to
have
taken part
Dispersal
in
such
operations
Military_operation
as
lotting
[
looting
Robbery
]
of
Post
Offices
,
robbing
Robbery
of
Postmen
and
the
murder
Killing
of
several
Protestants
in
West
Cork
in
May
1922
.
Sinn
Féin
and
IRA
representatives
,
from
both
the
pro-Treaty
side
,
which
controlled
Control
the
Provisional
Government
in
Dublin
and
the
anti-Treaty
side
,
which
controlled
Control
the
area
the
killings
Killing
took place
Process_start
in
,
immediately
condemned
Judgment_communication
the
killings
Killing
.
It
is
generally
agreed
Agree_or_refuse_to_act
that
they
were
provoked
Causation
by
the
fatal
shooting
Use_firearm
of
IRA
man
Michael
O'Neill
by
a
loyalist
whose
house
was
being
raided
Attack
on
26
April
.
Many
of
those
who
fought
Hostile_encounter
on
both
sides
in
the
conflict
Hostile_encounter
had
been
members
of
the
Irish
Republican
Army
(
IRA
)
during
the
War
Hostile_encounter
of
Independence
.
The
Irish
War
Hostile_encounter
of
Independence
(
)
or
Anglo-Irish
War
Hostile_encounter
was
a
guerrilla
war
Hostile_encounter
fought
Hostile_encounter
in
Ireland
from
1919
to
1921
between
the
Irish
Republican
Army
(
IRA
,
the
army
of
the
Irish
Republic
)
and
British
forces
Military_operation
:
the
British
Army
,
along
with
the
quasi-military
Royal
Irish
Constabulary
(
RIC
)
and
its
paramilitary
forces
Military_operation
the
Auxiliaries
and
Ulster
Special
Constabulary
(
USC
)
.
That
day
,
two
RIC
officers
were
shot
Use_firearm
dead
Death
in
the
Soloheadbeg
ambush
Attack
by
IRA
volunteers
acting on
their
own
initiative
Participation
.
For
much
of
1919
,
IRA
activity
involved
Cause_to_be_included
capturing
Conquering
weaponry
and
freeing
republican
prisoners
,
while
the
Dáil
set about
Process_start
building
Building
a
state
Statement
.
The
IRA
began
Process_start
ambushing
Attack
RIC
and
British
Army
patrols
Patrolling
,
attacking
Attack
their
barracks
and
forcing
isolated
barracks
to
be
abandoned
GiveUp
.
A
week
later
,
seventeen
Auxiliaries
were
killed
Killing
by
the
IRA
in
the
Kilmichael
Ambush
in
County
Cork
.
They
attacked
Attack
Catholics
in
reprisal
for
IRA
actions
,
and
in
Belfast
a
sectarian
conflict
Hostile_encounter
raged
in
which
almost
500
were
killed
Killing
,
most
of
them
Catholics
.
After
the
ceasefire
Process_end
,
violence
Violence
in
Belfast
and
fighting
Hostile_encounter
in
border
areas
of
Northern
Ireland
continued
,
and
the
IRA
launched
a
failed
Northern
offensive
in
May
1922
.
The
Irish
Free
State
awarded
Award
62,868
medals
for
service
Rite
during
the
War
Hostile_encounter
of
Independence
,
of
which
15,224
were
issued
Creating
to
IRA
fighters
of
the
flying
Self_motion
columns
.
Breen
and
Buchanan
were
returning
Arriving
from
an
informal
cross-border
security
conference
Communication
in
Dundalk
with
senior
Garda
officers
when
Buchanan
's
car
–
a
red
Vauxhall
Cavalier
—
was
flagged
Action
down
and
fired
Use_firearm
upon
by
six
IRA
gunmen
Bearing_arms
,
who
the
policemen
had
taken
Conquering
for
British
soldiers
.
There
have
been
allegations
that
the
attack
Attack
was
the
result
Causation
of
collusion
between
the
Gardaí
and
the
Provisional
IRA
.
In
the
report
Reporting
Judge
Peter
Smithwick
stated
Statement
that
‘
on
balance
of
probability
’
,
somebody
inside
the
Dundalk
Garda
station
had
passed
Giving
on
information
to
the
IRA
regarding
the
presence
of
Breen
and
Buchanan
.
On
1
December
1972
,
when
two
separate
Forming_relationships
car
bombs
exploded
Attack
in
Eden
Quay
and
Sackville
Place
,
Dáil
Éireann
was
debating
a
bill
to
amend
the
``
Offences
Against
the
State
Act
''
which
would
enact
stricter
measures
against
the
Provisional
IRA
and
other
paramilitary
groups
.
As
a
result
of
the
two
bombings
,
which
killed
Killing
two
men
and
wounded
Bodily_harm
131
,
the
Dáil
voted
Choosing
for
the
amendment
,
which
introduced
special
emergency
powers
to
combat
the
IRA
.
Despite
evidence
to
the
contrary
,
the
British
security
forces
asserted
Statement
that
a
bomb
had
exploded
Attack
prematurely
while
being
handled
by
Irish
Republican
Army
(
IRA
)
members
inside
the
pub
,
implying
that
the
victims
themselves
were
partly
to
blame
Judgment_communication
.
The
victims
'
relatives
allege
that
the
security
forces
deliberately
spread
Dispersal
disinformation
to
discredit
Judgment_communication
the
IRA
.
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