In 1971 , during The Troubles , after two years engaged in violence based on a defensive strategy in Irish communal districts of Northern Ireland , the Provisional IRA launched an offensive against the United Kingdom . At a meeting of the IRA Army Council in June 1972 the organization ' s Chief of Staff , Seán Mac Stíofáin , first proposed making bombing attacks in England . The Army Council did not at first agree to the suggestion , but in early 1973 after its negotiations with the British Government for a truce the previous year had failed to advance the political objective of the removal of Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom by the application of the threat of violence , it re - engaged its paramilitary campaign and sanctioned Mac Stíofáin ' s proposal . Mac Stíofáin had put the strategy forward on the basis that extending the urban paramilitary violence of the Northern Ireland state into England would help attacksConflict.Attack.DetonateExploderelieve pressure being exerted by the British Army on the IRA ' s strongholds of Irish communal support in districts in the province , such as West Belfast and Derry , by diverting British security strength from them back into England , whilst at the same time increasing strategic pressure upon the British Government to resolve the conflict by political concessions to the IRA ' s demands . He also believed that a successful bombing campaign in London , as the capital city of the United Kingdom , would offer substantial propaganda value for paramilitary Irish Republicanism , and provide a morale boost to its supporters .
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Thirteen people were injured , three seriously , in the lunchtime explosions . The attacks are the latest in the Provisional IRA ' s three week old bombing campaign in England carried out by small active service units . At King ' s injuredLife.Injure.Unspecifieda 15 to 17 - year - old youth ran attacksConflict.Attack.Unspecifiedto Platform 8 and threw a brown paper parcel into the entrance of the old booking hall at 12 . 24 p . m .
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A wave of attacksConflict.Attack.Unspecifiedacross Iraq on Monday killedLife.Die.Unspecified107 people in the country ' s deadliest day in more than two years after al - Qaida warned it would mount new attacks and sought to retake territory .