Terror Attack Brighton

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Atentatul de la Brighton din 1984 a fost cel mai îndrăzneț atac terorist asupra guvernului britanic. Cu siguranță a fost cel mai ambițios de la complotul cu praf de pușcă din 1605. I.R.A. a detonat o bombă la Grand Hotel pe 12 octombrie 1984. Cea mai mare parte a guvernului stătea la hotel în acel moment. Partidul Conservator își ținea conferința anuală în oraș. Cinci persoane au murit în explozie, iar peste treizeci au fost rănite. A fost foarte aproape de a distruge majoritatea guvernului, inclusiv prim-ministrul Margaret Thatcher. Patrick Magee, de la I.R.A., făcuse rezervare la Grand Hotel sub numele fals de Roy Walsh, cu aproximativ o lună înainte. A pus o bombă cu un temporizator cu întârziere lungă, ascunsă sub o cadă într-una dintre camere. El a primit opt condamnări pe viață pentru crimă, dar a fost eliberat din închisoare în 1999, în temeiul Acordului de Vinerea Mare. A servit doar paisprezece ani după gratii. A fost una dintre cele două bombe IRA care vizează direct guvernul colectiv al zilei. Ce

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The Brighton bombing in 1984 was the most audacious terrorist attack ever on the British Government. Certainly it was the most ambitious since the Gunpowder plot of 1605. The Provisional I.R.A. detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel on 12th October 1984. Most of the Government were staying at the hotel at the time. The Conservative party was holding its annual conference in the town. Five people were killed in the explosion, and more than thirty were injured. It came very close to wiping out most of the Government, including the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. The I.R.A.'s Patrick Magee had booked into the Grand Hotel under the false name of Roy Walsh, about a month before. He planted a bomb with a long-delay timer, hidden under a bath in one of the rooms. He was given eight life sentences for the crime, but released from prison in 1999 under the Good Friday Agreement. He served just fourteen years behind bars. It was one of two IRA bombs aimed directly at the collective Government of the day. The other was in February 1991 when, at the height of the Gulf War security alert, the I.R.A. fired a mortar bomb directly at Downing Street. The War Cabinet was in session to discuss the threat from Saddam Hussein. The bomb was only yards from hitting the Prime Minister and his senior colleagues. The Grand Hotel bombing and the Downing Street bombing were 'different' to the IRA's other attacks. They were aimed directly at the heart of the democratically elected Government of the day, particularly the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Other IRA bombings either caused greater loss of life, resulted in more injuries or were of a far greater financial cost. For example, attacks at Omagh in 1998 killed twenty-eight, the explosion in the City in London in 1993 cost one billion pounds and the Manchester Shopping Center bomb in 1996 saw two-hundred people hurt. Devastating as these attacks were, it can be argued that they were aimed at getting attention, disrupting democracy, costing the country money and bullying their way to the political decision making process.

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Anul publicarii	2014
ISBN	9781473823297
Format coperta	Cartonata
Numar pagini	159
Limba	English
Domeniul	Istorie
Autor	Kieran Hughes
De aceeasi editura	Pen & Sword Politics
CM	96854
DS	D/2#BR/1#MEGA/3
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9781473823297
Dimensiuni	Height: 9.5 Inches, Length: 6.5 Inches, Weight: 0.84 Pounds, Width: 1 Inches