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Security Alert in Forkhill
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07-09-2009 10:14pm#1
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Army makes safe 600lb border bomb
A 600lb bomb has been made safe by an Army bomb disposal team near Forkhill, County Armagh, on the border with the Republic of Ireland.
The device had a command wire running from where it was planted in Northern Ireland to a firing point across the border.
It is suspected that dissident republicans planted the bomb.
Police said that there could have been a "devastating outcome" and that the police were the targets of the bombers.
"The actions of terrorist criminals in planting this device in the Forkhill area put local people and police officers at significant risk," Chief Inspector Sam Cordner said.
'Reckless'
"Their actions were reckless and dangerous in the extreme. Their target may have been the police, but they did not care who they killed or injured.
"It is only through the hard work and professionalism of police officers and their military colleagues that the area has been made safe."
The remains of the device, which contained fertiliser-based homemade explosives, have been removed for further examination.
The Irish Army and police carried out a similar security operation in the Republic.
The alert in the area began last Tuesday following a telephoned warning to a newspaper.
In January, a 300lb bomb was defused in Castlewellan, County Down.
It is thought the bomb was planted by dissident republicans who were trying to target the Ballykinler army base.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8244138.stm0 -
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Perestroika wrote: »
The device had a command wire running from where it was planted in Northern Ireland to a firing point across the border.
It is suspected that dissident republicans planted the bomb.
just look for the guys that both all the exstension leads
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