re: Religious fanaticism, Islam and the IRA

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My head is most definitely not in the sand. Also, civilians and innocents aren't necessarily the same thing.

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Mohamed would be very proud of you

The attitudes on display here trying to whitewash the killing of over 650 civilians by a campain of indiscriminate bombings is EXACTLY what is going on in the Arab Muslim world. Somehow people are supposed to forget bombs in busses, supermarkets, cars parked randomly on the side of the road etc.

The " My side only kills the bad guys so it is ok" shite is the exact same thing as Al Queda supporters in the middle east. Let us not also forget the IRA ties to Kaddafi and his bunch in Libya. There are quite a few people who have tied the IRA to the downing of Pan Am 103 over Scotland LINK

Here are a few of their actions

1973, March 8: two IRA car bombs in London explode outside the Old Bailey and government's agriculture department headquarters, killing one person and wounding more than 150


1974, October 5: two IRA bombs explode in pubs in the London suburb of Guildford; five dead, more than 50 injured


November 21: two IRA bombs in Birmingham kill 19 and wound more than 180


1982, July 20: two IRA bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London kill 11 British soldiers and wound more than 40, mostly civilian onlookers


1983, December 17: IRA car bomb explodes outside Harrods department store, killing six people and wounding about 100


1984 October 12: IRA targets conference of ruling Conservative party, killing five and wounding 24, but narrowly missing the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher


1989, September 22: the IRA bombs the Royal Marines School of Music in Deal, killing 10 soldiers and wounding more than 30


1991, February 7: IRA fires three homemade mortar shells at No 10 Downing Street, the British prime minister's official residence in London. No injuries


1992, April 10: a massive IRA truck bomb in London's financial district kills three and causes hundreds of millions of pounds worth in damage


April 24: an IRA truck bomb in London's financial district, killing one and causing heavy damage


1996, February 9: IRA ends a 17-month ceasefire with a third massive truck bomb in London's financial district, killing two


February 18: an IRA bomber accidentally kills himself aboard a London double-decker bus, five injured


June 15: for the first time, the IRA targets a different English city - Manchester - with a massive truck bomb, wrecking the central shopping area and wounding about 200





Great buch of guys