CAIN Web Service Bloody Friday ( 21 July 1972 ) - Northern Ireland Office News - sheet [ CAIN_Home ] [ Key_Events ] Key_Issues ] [ Conflict_Background ] ' BLOODY FRIDAY ' : [ Menu ] [ Reading ] [ Summary ] [ Background ] [ Events ] [ NIO_NEWS - SHEET ] [ Dead ] [ Sources ] Source : Northern Ireland Office . . . Page Compiled : Fionnuala McKenna The following text and images have been reproduced from a newsheet published by the Northern Ireland Office in the wake of the bombings on ' Bloody Friday ' , 21 July 1972 . BLOODY FRIDAY JULY 21 , 1972 Two of the 130 people injured in the vicious pattern of bombs in the afternoon . A child ' s terror as the ruthless IRA bombers strike , crystalises the anguish of the day of murder Youngest of the nine who died in the IRA holocaust - 14 year old Glynn Stephen Parker , of Belfast . Timetable of terror Between 2 . 10 and 3 . 15 on the afternoon of July 21 a total of 19 bombs exploded in various parts of Belfast . Nine people died in the explosions - seven civilians and two soldiers . The injured were - 77 women and girls and 53 men and boys . It was at first thought that 11 had died . This is the timetable of terror on this day of murderous , ruthless bombing of the civilian population : - 2 . 10 - Smithfield bus station . Explosion in a car left in an enclosed yard . Extensive damage to houses in nearby Samuel Street . Many houses damaged . 2 . 16 - Brookvale Hotel , Brookvale Ave . , Antrim Road . Three men armed with a sub - machine gun planted a bomb in the building in a suitcase The hotel was wrecked and adjoining houses were damaged . 2 . 23 - LMS Railway Station , York Road . Explosion in a suitcase left on the platform . Extensive damage to the station interior and the roof was blown off . 2 . 45 - Star Taxis , Crumlin Road . The explosion was in a car beside the houses of the warders from the nearby Crumlin Road prison . The blast wrecked the taxi offices and caused damages to the houses . 2 . 48 - Oxford Street bus station . Explosion in a car which had been driven into the rear of the station . Extensive damage to the office block and superficial damage to adjoining property . Six people killed and nearly 40 injured . 2 . 48 - Great Northern Railway Station , Gt . Victoria Street . Explosion In a Bedford van which was driven into the station and abandoned in the upper yard . Four buses were completely wrecked and 44 others were damaged . Damage was also caused to the nearby canteen in Murray ' s Tobacco factory . 2 . 50 - Corner of Limestone Road . The explosion was In a hi - jacked car and caused damage to the premises of the Ulster Bank , nearby private houses , and - six cars . Several people were injured . 2 . 50 - York Hotel , Botanic Avenue . The explosion was In a bread van outside the hotel which was badly damaged . The van was blown to pieces . Surrounding property was also damaged and approximately 20 cars suffered . 2 . 55 - Queen Elizabeth Bridge . The explosion was in a Ford car left on the bridge which normally carries heavy traffic , including bus services . Some damage , which was not extensive , was caused to the parapet . 2 . 57 - Liverpool ferry terminus . Explosion in a mini car . Nearby Liverpool Bar extensively damaged . Superficial damage to the terminus itself . 2 . 57 - Gas Dept . Office , Ormeau Ave . Explosion in a car left outside the building . Extensive damage . 2 . 59 - Premises of John Irwin , seed merchants , Garmoyle Street . The explosion was in a box which had been planted in a store by armed men . The premises were wrecked . 3 . 04 - Bridge spanning M1 motorway at Bellevue Arms , Antrim Road . A car believed to have contained explosives went on fire but not all the bombs went off and no damage was caused to other property . 3 . 05 - Creighton ' s Garage , Upper Lisburn Road . The explosion was in a car which was demolished . Petrol pumps were set ablaze . 3 . 05 - Junction of Salisbury Avenue and Hughenden Avenue . The explosion was in a van and caused extensive damage to an electricity sub - station and superficial damage to the pavilion of Salisbury Bowling Club . 3 . 05 - Railway bridge at Finaghy Road North . The explosion was in a hijacked lorry and caused minor damage to the bridge and to the parapet . 3 . 09 - Footbridge over the railway line at Windsor Park Football Grounds . The explosion was in a bag left on the centre span of the bridge . Concrete sleepers were blown on to the line , blocking it . Windows were broken in many nearby houses . 3 . 12 - Eastwood ' s Garage , Donegall St . The explosion was in a Ford car which had been left on the premises . The damage was extensive and several people were injured . 3 . 15 - Cavehill Road Shopping Centre . The explosion was in a hi - jacked vehicle and caused extensive damage to three shops and lesser damage to several other shops . Three people died - one a mother of seven , another a boy of 14 . News Headlines on the Day The three year bloodbath in Ulster reached a new level of savagery when terrorists unleashed a - killer blitz of stunning ferocity . This city has not experienced such a day of death and destruction since the German blitz of 1941 . With the callous lack of remorse now so typical of the Provos they audaciously accept responsibility for what was an operation clearly requiring considerable planning and manpower . Throughout the 32 counties Irish men and women should ponder how a virulent Nazi - style disregard for life can lodge In the hearts of our fellow countrymen ; all the more virulent in that once again the Innocent have been the main sufferers . Hitler In his Berlin bunker decided that the German people were no longer worthy of him and deserved not to survive . Yesterday ' s dead and injured and testimony to something similarly rotten in our philosophy of life . Every Irishman and woman must stand appalled and ashamed at the horror of what was perpetuated In Belfast yesterday In the name of Irish unity . Belfast is rocked and racked by the most ferocious blitz yet mounted by the IRA . Not even the German bombs could inflict more devastation on the capital of Ulster in the last war . On this unforgettable day 26 bombs , borne by car and planted to take the greatest toll of life , shattered the bodies of men , women and children in a fiendish holocaust of murder and hate . The wanton killing of non - combatant men , women and children - the inevitable consequence of exploding so many bombs without adequate warning - is yet another cruel act which will not be forgotten . A wanton attack on innocent men , women and children THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND , MR . WILLIAM WHITELAW , IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS , 24 JULY 1972 : - As the House will know , the City and people of Belfast suffered a murderous sequence of explosions last Friday . Most of the 27 explosions in Belfast that day occurred within a 3½ hour period in the afternoon - at a time when , and at places where high civilian casualties must have been expected and intended . No adequate warnings were given . Seven civilians and two soldiers were killed and at least 130 civilians injured - many gravely . I hardly need point out that all sections of the community are indiscriminately affected by these outrages . Of the dead two were Roman Catholics . Of the 130 injured at least 40 were Roman Catholics . 53 were men and boys , 77 women and children . I am sure the whole House will wish to join with me in expressing sympathy to the families of all those involved in this wanton attack on innocent men , women and children . After the appallingly bloodthirsty and criminal events of last Friday , there cannot be any remaining shred of support for the men who perpetrate them . Even those sectors of Roman Catholic opinion throughout the world which have traditionally identified themselves with and perhaps given the benefit of the doubt to any group of men who claimed to speak for the Irish Republican movement can surely no longer continue to uphold the men who were responsible for Friday ' s horrible catalogue of slaughter . Supporters of the Republican movement in this country , in Northern Ireland , in the United States and elsewhere , will no doubt notice the revulsion in some circles in the Irish Republic . Since Parliament at the end of March entrusted the Government with complete responsibility for all administration in Northern Ireland , we have made the most patient and reasoned effort to secure the end of violence . No one can deny that Her Majesty ' s Government have now an absolutely unchallengeable right to ask this House , this country , and indeed the whole world for their support in an absolute determination to destroy the capacity of the IRA for further acts of inhumanity . They have degraded the human race , and it must now be clear to all that their sole object is to promote their aims by violence and by violence alone . DESTRUCTION In Oxford Street bus station where death came to six people and scores were injured . The station was crowded when the bomb exploded . It was the worst of the afternoon ' s 19 murderous bombings . DESTRUCTION at Smithfield bus station , scene of the first of the vicious series of attacks on innocent people . Mercifully the buses here seen ablaze had not started filling up with passengers . DESTRUCTION in York Road railway terminus where the bomb was in an innocent - looking suitcase left on the platform . Letters to the Editor Funeral with no shouted commands but only sobs of four small children TO - DAY ( Monday ) I went to a funeral - that of one of " Bloody Friday ' s " victims . It wasn ' t one of those funerals we know so well in Belfast , with the uniformed men , the ceremonial shots , the shouted commands , the graveside oration . The only uniforms were the black and white vestments of the clergy . The only arms were those of Christ crucified on the Cross which led the Cortege . No shouted commands - only the sobbing of four small children . No graveside oration , only the tears in the eyes of a husband as final tribute . If there is power in the sobs of children and the tears of husbands and fathers , wives and mothers then the cause espoused by the terrorist is on the point of death : its followers now are but walking . dead , animated husks , soulless and mindless . rejected and disowned by any creature capable of pity and compassion . The earth which thudded on that coffin covered only a body , not the bestial deed which sent it there , an ever - pointing finger of condemnation to all involved - the terrorists who planned the bombing campaign , the terrorists who made the bombs , the terrorists who planted them : the politicians who wouldn ' t talk until all their demands were met and the politicians who talked too much and too often said the wrong thing ; the leading churchmen , who merely mouthed pious attitudes . condemning violence in general but never aiming at specific deeds and organisations : The trade unionists who permitted discrimination to be the unwritten rule in our industrial life and the industrialists and businessmen who bowed to this evil on their premises ; the neighbours , who were true neighbours and friends - until intimidation entered their street . To - day ' s victim had the dignity and honour of innocence and motherhood to take to her grave and Maker , and leaves her legacy of a peace - loving , and In the course of time , happy family . Her killers will face their Maker with her blood and many others on their hands and can only leave a . their legacy hatred , sorrow and despair . A FACE IN THE CROWD , Belfast 13 . DESTRUCTION In Botanic Avenue after a bomb exploded in a hi - jacked bread van parked outside the York Hotel . Cars and houses suffered in the blast and there were the inevitable casualties . DESTRUCTION at the busy Antrim Road - Limeston Road corner . The wreckage in the forefront is all that was left of the stolen van in which the bomb had been planted . Women shoppers were among the casualties . DESTRUCTION at the shopping centre on the Cavehill Road , where one of the last of the bombs killed three people , including a mother of seven and a boy of 14 . REPORTS ' Streets swept by terror ' " Such warnings as were given were so vague and imprecise as to be almost useless ; For much of the afternoon Belfast was reduced to near total chaos and panic . Girls and men wept openly , hugging each other for safety in the main streets as plumes of smoke rose around them and dull thuds echoed from wall to wall . It was impossible for anyone to feel perfectly safe As each bomb exploded there were cries of terror from people who thought they had found sanctuary but in fact were just as exposed as before . Report in the Guardian . ' A day of horror and shame ' Friday , July 21 , 1972 , was a day of horror and shame in this stricken city . Even hardened newsmen recoiled with shock from the scenes of carnage witnessed in Belfast as firemen lifted the mangled bodies where bombs ripped through crowds of unsuspecting men , women and children at bus depots and other locations . In all my years of journalism , which included the worst days of the wartime blitzes , I have never seen scenes so horrible in this city and one felt a deep feeling of anger and shame that such deeds were planned and carried out by fellow Irishmen . All Ireland has been shamed by the events of this terrible July afternoon in Belfast . Report in the Irish Independent , Dublin . ' A deed of sick men ' " The chief injury is not to the British Army , to the Establishment or to big business but to the plain people of Belfast and Ireland . Anyone who supports violence from any s i d e after yesterday ' s events is sick with the same affliction as those who did the deed . " Can anyone now believe that anything worth while can be established by these methods ? That the country of anyone ' s vision can live with more memories of this kind ? " " Irish Times " , Dublin . ' The cold - blooded , co - ordinated bomb outrages are a shocking crime against an already innocent population who have already suffered too much . These were brutal murders which will be totally condemned by every decent person in the United Kingdom . ' Mr . Harold Wilson , Leader of the Opposition THE BOMBERS STRIKE - AND THIS IS SOME OF THE SUFFERING THEY LEFT Scenes of anguish in Oxford Street Bus Station where six people died - as pictured in the Daily Express " A black sin . . . that will never be erased " By the Editor of the Sunday Independent Dublin These are dark days for Ireland . We live in an age of cowardice , with the guilt spread evenly between the highest and the lowest in the land . We fostered the men who planned the murders of innocent men , women , boys and girls in Belfast on Friday . We fed these people with propaganda . We took advantage , when we could , of their exploits . And because we are not a morally courageous people , we never seriously tried to stop their terrible excesses . Those among us who could have acted to halt the course of tragedy preferred to do nothing . Those who could have spoken out , when words might have meant something , chose to hold their tongues . And the rest of us were content to let matters slide . Now all of us must pay the price for this neglect . There is a black sin on the face of Irish Republicanism today that will never be erased . Murder now lies at the feet of the Irish nation and there is no gain - saying that fact . We cannot change past , however much we regret its record . But if we wish to restore the honour of our people , now is the time to act . We must break the paralysis that leaves the good name of the Irish people in the hands of unscrupulous men . And we must find a way to make restitution for our failings . The gallantry of those who planted bombs in the middle of Belfast ' s shopping areas on Friday ( and then ran like hell ) will be sanctified by the almighty god of Irish republicanism and reverently embalmed - in what we are pleased to call our national heritage . We won ' t have a ballad to commemorate the butchered fragments of a woman we saw on the telly being shovelled up by a fireman . Who said Dan Breen is dead ? His spirit is alive and well and looking forward to a cosy corner in whatever parliamentary system we are going to have for the next 50 years . Is nobody going to shout stop !

CAIN Web Service Bloody Friday (21 July 1972)- Northern Ireland Office News-sheet[CAIN_Home][Key_Events] Key_Issues] [Conflict_Background]'BLOODY FRIDAY': [Menu] [Reading] [Summary] [Background] [Events] [NIO_NEWS-SHEET] [Dead] [Sources]Source: Northern Ireland Office ... Page Compiled: Fionnuala McKennaThe following text and images have been reproduced from a newsheet published by the Northern Ireland Office in the wake of the bombings on 'Bloody Friday', 21 July 1972.BLOODY FRIDAY JULY 21, 1972Two of the 130 people injured in the vicious pattern of bombs in the afternoon.A child's terror as the ruthless IRA bombers strike, crystalises the anguish of the day of murder Youngest of the nine who died in the IRA holocaust - 14 year old Glynn Stephen Parker, of Belfast. Timetable of terror Between 2.10 and 3.15 on the afternoon of July 21 a total of 19 bombs exploded in various parts of Belfast. Nine people died in the explosions- seven civilians and two soldiers. The injured were -77 women and girls and 53 men and boys. It was at first thought that 11 had died. This is the timetable of terror on this day of murderous, ruthless bombing of the civilian population:- 2.10 - Smithfield bus station. Explosion in a car left in an enclosed yard. Extensive damage to houses in nearby Samuel Street. Many houses damaged. 2.16 - Brookvale Hotel, Brookvale Ave., Antrim Road. Three men armed with a sub-machine gun planted a bomb in the building in a suitcase The hotel was wrecked and adjoining houses were damaged. 2.23 - LMS Railway Station, York Road. Explosion in a suitcase left on the platform. Extensive damage to the station interior and the roof was blown off. 2.45 - Star Taxis, Crumlin Road. The explosion was in a car beside the houses of the warders from the nearby Crumlin Road prison. The blast wrecked the taxi offices and caused damages to the houses. 2.48 - Oxford Street bus station. Explosion in a car which had been driven into the rear of the station. Extensive damage to the office block and superficial damage to adjoining property. Six people killed and nearly 40 injured.2.48 - Great Northern Railway Station, Gt. Victoria Street. Explosion In a Bedford van which was driven into the station and abandoned in the upper yard. Four buses were completely wrecked and 44 others were damaged. Damage was also caused to the nearby canteen in Murray's Tobacco factory. 2.50 - Corner of Limestone Road. The explosion was In a hi-jacked car and caused damage to the premises of the Ulster Bank, nearby private houses, and -six cars. Several people were injured.2.50 - York Hotel, Botanic Avenue. The explosion was In a bread van outside the hotel which was badly damaged. The van was blown to pieces. Surrounding property was also damaged and approximately 20 cars suffered. 2.55 - Queen Elizabeth Bridge. The explosion was in a Ford car left on the bridge which normally carries heavy traffic, including bus services. Some damage, which was not extensive, was caused to the parapet. 2.57 - Liverpool ferry terminus. Explosion in a mini car. Nearby Liverpool Bar extensively damaged. Superficial damage to the terminus itself.2.57 - Gas Dept. Office, Ormeau Ave. Explosion in a car left outside the building. Extensive damage. 2.59 - Premises of John Irwin, seed merchants, Garmoyle Street. The explosion was in a box which had been planted in a store by armed men. The premises were wrecked. 3.04 - Bridge spanning M1 motorway at Bellevue Arms, Antrim Road. A car believed to have contained explosives went on fire but not all the bombs went off and no damage was caused to other property. 3.05 - Creighton's Garage, Upper Lisburn Road. The explosion was in a car which was demolished. Petrol pumps were set ablaze.3.05 - Junction of Salisbury Avenue and Hughenden Avenue. The explosion was in a van and caused extensive damage to an electricity sub-station and superficial damage to the pavilion of Salisbury Bowling Club.3.05 - Railway bridge at Finaghy Road North. The explosion was in a hijacked lorry and caused minor damage to the bridge and to the parapet. 3.09 - Footbridge over the railway line at Windsor Park Football Grounds. The explosion was in a bag left on the centre span of the bridge. Concrete sleepers were blown on to the line, blocking it. Windows were broken in many nearby houses. 3.12 - Eastwood's Garage, Donegall St. The explosion was in a Ford car which had been left on the premises. The damage was extensive and several people were injured. 3.15 - Cavehill Road Shopping Centre. The explosion was in a hi -jacked vehicle and caused extensive damage to three shops and lesser damage to several other shops. Three people died-one a mother of seven, another a boy of 14.News Headlines on the Day The three year bloodbath in Ulster reached a new level of savagery when terrorists unleashed a -killer blitz of stunning ferocity. This city has not experienced such a day of death and destruction since the German blitz of 1941. With the callous lack of remorse now so typical of the Provos they audaciously accept responsibility for what was an operation clearly requiring considerable planning and manpower. Throughout the 32 counties Irish men and women should ponder how a virulent Nazi-style disregard for life can lodge In the hearts of our fellow countrymen; all the more virulent in that once again the Innocent have been the main sufferers. Hitler In his Berlin bunker decided that the German people were no longer worthy of him and deserved not to survive. Yesterday's dead and injured and testimony to something similarly rotten in our philosophy of life. Every Irishman and woman must stand appalled and ashamed at the horror of what was perpetuated In Belfast yesterday In the name of Irish unity. Belfast is rocked and racked by the most ferocious blitz yet mounted by the IRA. Not even the German bombs could inflict more devastation on the capital of Ulster in the last war. On this unforgettable day 26 bombs, borne by car and planted to take the greatest toll of life, shattered the bodies of men, women and children in a fiendish holocaust of murder and hate. The wanton killing of non-combatant men, women and children-the inevitable consequence of exploding so many bombs without adequate warning - is yet another cruel act which will not be forgotten.A wanton attack on innocent men,women and childrenTHE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND, MR. WILLIAM WHITELAW, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 24 JULY 1972:- As the House will know, the City and people of Belfast suffered a murderous sequence of explosions last Friday. Most of the 27 explosions in Belfast that day occurred within a 3½ hour period in the afternoon-at a time when, and at places where high civilian casualties must have been expected and intended. No adequate warnings were given. Seven civilians and two soldiers were killed and at least 130 civilians injured-many gravely. I hardly need point out that all sections of the community are indiscriminately affected by these outrages. Of the dead two were Roman Catholics. Of the 130 injured at least 40 were Roman Catholics. 53 were men and boys, 77 women and children. I am sure the whole House will wish to join with me in expressing sympathy to the families of all those involved in this wanton attack on innocent men, women and children. After the appallingly bloodthirsty and criminal events of last Friday, there cannot be any remaining shred of support for the men who perpetrate them. Even those sectors of Roman Catholic opinion throughout the world which have traditionally identified themselves with and perhaps given the benefit of the doubt to any group of men who claimed to speak for the Irish Republican movement can surely no longer continue to uphold the men who were responsible for Friday's horrible catalogue of slaughter. Supporters of the Republican movement in this country, in Northern Ireland, in the United States and elsewhere, will no doubt notice the revulsion in some circles in the Irish Republic. Since Parliament at the end of March entrusted the Government with complete responsibility for all administration in Northern Ireland, we have made the most patient and reasoned effort to secure the end of violence. No one can deny that Her Majesty's Government have now an absolutely unchallengeable right to ask this House, this country, and indeed the whole world for their support in an absolute determination to destroy the capacity of the IRA for further acts of inhumanity. They have degraded the human race, and it must now be clear to all that their sole object is to promote their aims by violence and by violence alone.DESTRUCTION In Oxford Street bus station where death came to six people and scores were injured. The station was crowded when the bomb exploded. It was the worst of the afternoon's 19 murderous bombings.DESTRUCTION at Smithfield bus station, scene of the first of the vicious series of attacks on innocent people. Mercifully the buses here seen ablaze had not started filling up with passengers.DESTRUCTION in York Road railway terminus where the bomb was in an innocent-looking suitcase left on the platform.Letters to the Editor Funeral with no shouted commandsbut only sobs of four small childrenTO-DAY (Monday) I went to a funeral-that of one of "Bloody Friday's" victims. It wasn't one of those funerals we know so well in Belfast, with the uniformed men, the ceremonial shots, the shouted commands, the graveside oration. The only uniforms were the black and white vestments of the clergy. The only arms were those of Christ crucified on the Cross which led the Cortege. No shouted commands- only the sobbing of four small children. No graveside oration, only the tears in the eyes of a husband as final tribute. If there is power in the sobs of children and the tears of husbands and fathers, wives and mothers then the cause espoused by the terrorist is on the point of death: its followers now are but walking. dead, animated husks, soulless and mindless. rejected and disowned by any creature capable of pity and compassion. The earth which thudded on that coffin covered only a body, not the bestial deed which sent it there, an ever-pointing finger of condemnation to all involved - the terrorists who planned the bombing campaign, the terrorists who made the bombs, the terrorists who planted them: the politicians who wouldn't talk until all their demands were met and the politicians who talked too much and too often said the wrong thing; the leading churchmen, who merely mouthed pious attitudes. condemning violence in general but never aiming at specific deeds and organisations: The trade unionists who permitted discrimination to be the unwritten rule in our industrial life and the industrialists and businessmen who bowed to this evil on their premises; the neighbours, who were true neighbours and friends-until intimidation entered their street. To-day's victim had the dignity and honour of innocence and motherhood to take to her grave and Maker, and leaves her legacy of a peace-loving, and In the course of time, happy family. Her killers will face their Maker with her blood and many others on their hands and can only leave a. their legacy hatred, sorrow and despair.A FACE IN THE CROWD,Belfast 13.DESTRUCTION In Botanic Avenue after a bomb exploded in a hi-jacked bread van parked outside the York Hotel. Cars and houses suffered in the blast and there were the inevitable casualties.DESTRUCTION at the busy Antrim Road-Limeston Road corner. The wreckage in the forefront is all that was left of the stolen van in which the bomb had been planted. Women shoppers were among the casualties.DESTRUCTION at the shopping centre on the Cavehill Road, where one of the last of the bombs killed three people, including a mother of seven and a boy of 14.REPORTS 'Streets swept by terror' "Such warnings as were given were so vague and imprecise as to be almost useless; For much of the afternoon Belfast was reduced to near total chaos and panic. Girls and men wept openly, hugging each other for safety in the main streets as plumes of smoke rose around them and dull thuds echoed from wall to wall. It was impossible for anyone to feel perfectly safe As each bomb exploded there were cries of terror from people who thought they had found sanctuary but in fact were just as exposed as before. Report in the Guardian.'A day of horror and shame' Friday, July 21, 1972, was a day of horror and shame in this stricken city. Even hardened newsmen recoiled with shock from the scenes of carnage witnessed in Belfast as firemen lifted the mangled bodies where bombs ripped through crowds of unsuspecting men, women and children at bus depots and other locations. In all my years of journalism, which included the worst days of the wartime blitzes, I have never seen scenes so horrible in this city and one felt a deep feeling of anger and shame that such deeds were planned and carried out by fellow Irishmen. All Ireland has been shamed by the events of this terrible July afternoon in Belfast. Report in the Irish Independent, Dublin.'A deed of sick men' "The chief injury is not to the British Army, to the Establishment or to big business but to the plain people of Belfast and Ireland. Anyone who supports violence from any s i d e after yesterday's events is sick with the same affliction as those who did the deed. "Can anyone now believe that anything worth while can be established by these methods? That the country of anyone's vision can live with more memories of this kind?" "Irish Times", Dublin. 'The cold-blooded, co-ordinated bomb outrages are a shocking crime against an already innocent population who have already suffered too much. These were brutal murders which will be totally condemned by every decent person in the United Kingdom.'Mr. Harold Wilson, Leader of the OppositionTHE BOMBERS STRIKE - AND THIS IS SOME OF THE SUFFERING THEY LEFTScenes of anguish in Oxford Street Bus Station where six people died - as pictured in the Daily Express "A black sin ... that will never be erased" By the Editor of theSunday IndependentDublin These are dark days for Ireland. We live in an age of cowardice, with the guilt spread evenly between the highest and the lowest in the land. We fostered the men who planned the murders of innocent men, women, boys and girls in Belfast on Friday. We fed these people with propaganda. We took advantage, when we could, of their exploits. And because we are not a morally courageous people, we never seriously tried to stop their terrible excesses. Those among us who could have acted to halt the course of tragedy preferred to do nothing. Those who could have spoken out, when words might have meant something, chose to hold their tongues. And the rest of us were content to let matters slide. Now all of us must pay the price for this neglect. There is a black sin on the face of Irish Republicanism today that will never be erased. Murder now lies at the feet of the Irish nation and there is no gain-saying that fact. We cannot change past, however much we regret its record. But if we wish to restore the honour of our people, now is the time to act. We must break the paralysis that leaves the good name of the Irish people in the hands of unscrupulous men. And we must find a way to make restitution for our failings. The gallantry of those who planted bombs in the middle of Belfast's shopping areas on Friday (and then ran like hell) will be sanctified by the almighty god of Irish republicanism and reverently embalmed- in what we are pleased to call our national heritage. We won't have a ballad to commemorate the butchered fragments of a woman we saw on the telly being shovelled up by a fireman. Who said Dan Breen is dead? His spirit is alive and well and looking forward to a cosy corner in whatever parliamentary system we are going to have for the next 50 years. Is nobody going to shout stop!

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( NaturalNews ) The socialist " revolution " against democracy and free markets is proceeding in Venezuela , with the authoritarian government downplaying a mysterious disease outbreak as print media in the country slowly dies off . As reported by WPLG ' sin Miami , there have been at least 10 deaths from the as - yet - unidentified disease . The deaths have occurred in several Venezuelan cities , including the capital of Caracas . As it spreads , the disease is creating panic among the population and has led some of the nation ' s physicians to sound the alarm . However , as WPLG reported , the warnings are being downplayed by the socialist government : However , though the government remains in denial mode , doctors in Venezuela are taking the threat seriously ; they say there is genuine reason for concern , especially in a country where government policies have created nightmarish shortages of everything from basic food supplies to medicines . Plus , they say the disease is both dangerous and contagious . " We do not know what it is , " Duglas Leon Natera , president of the Venezuelan Medical Federation , said , according to WPLG . At first , those infected present with a fever and spots on the skin , which then produce large blisters followed by internal and external bleeding , says data provided by the College of Physicians in the state of Aragua , where the first cases were seen . From that point , the disease progresses very quickly ; patients begin suffering from respiratory failure , then kidney failure . And thus far , Venezuelan doctors have not been able to figure out what they are dealing with , let alone a treatment plan . And the government is hindering the process , largely by denying that there even is " a mysterious disease , " because that ' s what dictatorial , socialist leaders do : claim infallibility and blame others . One official called the doctors ' information nothing but a " media campaign against Venezuela . " And the governor of the state of Aragua , Tarek El - Aissami , along with Communications Minister Delcy Rodriguez , has labeled the warnings a " defamatory " strategy to " distress to the population . " Doctors are not completely in the dark ; some have speculated on what the disease might be . Theories include a new type of very aggressive , severe dengue fever and a different version of Chikungunya fever ; some have even suggested that it could be Ebola . Meanwhile , as its people die , so , too , does Venezuela ' s ability to inform its people ; the country ' s print media is slowing dying too , suffering from a lack of newsprint , as WPLG reported : According to a newly released report by the Institute for Press and Society of Venezuela , or IPYS , 34 newspapers and magazines in 11 states have reported in the past year chronic shortages and difficulties acquiring supplies and other materials to print , such as ink , film and plates . The situation has been made worse by the government ' s strict controls on acquiring foreign exchange , as well as interference in the internal processes of suppliers . An exchange rate control was enacted in the country 11 years ago ; it required companies to apply for permits in order to purchase foreign currency and import goods . And newspaper owners have been saying it has been months since they were granted permits to buy newsprint . " Due to the impossibility of securing newsprint and print materials , 10 print outlets have stopped circulating altogether and four others have halted circulation temporarily , " WPLG reported . " Others have reduced the number of pages per edition , sometimes by more than half , or stopped running during the weekend in order to survive . " In fact , the report said , the oldest Venezuelan daily , , nearly shuttered recently . " The newspaper industry is in a coma in Venezuela , " the paper ' s president , Carlos Eduardo Carmona , said . " The government is slowly killing the free press in Venezuela . " As for the doctors who tried to warn the public ? Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered them prosecuted for " a scheme of alarm , of psychological terrorism . "

(NaturalNews) The socialist "revolution" against democracy and free markets is proceeding in Venezuela, with the authoritarian government downplaying a mysterious disease outbreak as print media in the country slowly dies off.As reported by WPLG'sin Miami, there have been at least 10 deaths from the as-yet-unidentified disease. The deaths have occurred in several Venezuelan cities, including the capital of Caracas. As it spreads, the disease is creating panic among the population and has led some of the nation's physicians to sound the alarm.However, as WPLG reported, the warnings are being downplayed by the socialist government:However, though the government remains in denial mode, doctors in Venezuela are taking the threat seriously; they say there is genuine reason for concern, especially in a country where government policies have created nightmarish shortages of everything from basic food supplies to medicines. Plus, they say the disease is both dangerous and contagious."We do not know what it is," Duglas Leon Natera, president of the Venezuelan Medical Federation, said, according to WPLG.At first, those infected present with a fever and spots on the skin, which then produce large blisters followed by internal and external bleeding, says data provided by the College of Physicians in the state of Aragua, where the first cases were seen.From that point, the disease progresses very quickly; patients begin suffering from respiratory failure, then kidney failure. And thus far, Venezuelan doctors have not been able to figure out what they are dealing with, let alone a treatment plan.And the government is hindering the process, largely by denying that there even is "a mysterious disease ," because that's what dictatorial, socialist leaders do: claim infallibility and blame others. One official called the doctors' information nothing but a "media campaign against Venezuela ."And the governor of the state of Aragua, Tarek El-Aissami, along with Communications Minister Delcy Rodriguez, has labeled the warnings a "defamatory" strategy to "distress to the population."Doctors are not completely in the dark; some have speculated on what the disease might be. Theories include a new type of very aggressive, severe dengue fever and a different version of Chikungunya fever; some have even suggested that it could be Ebola.Meanwhile, as its people die, so, too, does Venezuela's ability to inform its people; the country's print media is slowing dying too, suffering from a lack of newsprint, as WPLG reported:According to a newly released report by the Institute for Press and Society of Venezuela, or IPYS, 34 newspapers and magazines in 11 states have reported in the past year chronic shortages and difficulties acquiring supplies and other materials to print, such as ink, film and plates.The situation has been made worse by the government's strict controls on acquiring foreign exchange, as well as interference in the internal processes of suppliers. An exchange rate control was enacted in the country 11 years ago; it required companies to apply for permits in order to purchase foreign currency and import goods. And newspaper owners have been saying it has been months since they were granted permits to buy newsprint."Due to the impossibility of securing newsprint and print materials, 10 print outlets have stopped circulating altogether and four others have halted circulation temporarily," WPLG reported. "Others have reduced the number of pages per edition, sometimes by more than half, or stopped running during the weekend in order to survive."In fact, the report said, the oldest Venezuelan daily,, nearly shuttered recently."The newspaper industry is in a coma in Venezuela," the paper's president, Carlos Eduardo Carmona, said. "The government is slowly killing the free press in Venezuela."As for the doctors who tried to warn the public? Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered them prosecuted for "a scheme of alarm, of psychological terrorism."

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And just like that , Boston ’ s mind - boggling week of murder and mayhem was over . A law enforcement ensemble from what looked like every jurisdiction in copdom caught the last terrorist punk Friday night . Nineteen - year - old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , bloodied and dazed from a shootout , was found cowering in a Watertown resident ’ s backyard boat , out of bombs , bullets and bravado . “ YES ! ” I yelled at the TV , and I know I wasn ’ t the only one . Now come the questions … Why didn ’ t any of this kid ’ s family members or classmates see this coming ? Was Dzhokhar ’ s older brother , Tamerlan , who was killed in a shootout with police the night before , the radical mastermind who orchestrated the Boston Marathon bombings and turned his younger brother to the Dark Side ? Will Boston ever be the same ? Then another thought came to mind that was closer to home . Three years ago , Spokane had its own brush with a backpack bomb and human evil . A novel I read recently spoke of how life and death are sometimes separated by the thinnest of circumstances . That was certainly the case here on Martin Luther King Jr . Day , Jan . 17 , 2011 . I shudder to think how different things would have been for us were it not for three temporary workers who were pulling a shift for the city ’ s Public Utilities District : Mark Steiner , Brandon Klaus and Sherman Welpton . Ring a bell ? Didn ’ t with me , either . I ’ m embarrassed to say that I had to do a computer search to get the names of the trio that arguably saved Spokane from a Boston - like carnage . The men noticed the backpack . It had been placed along the route soon to be filled with marchers honoring the late civil rights leader . They could have just as easily ignored it , but they didn ’ t . They opened the package , saw wires and called authorities . Eric Olsen and Jason Hartman , two police sergeants , smoothly ordered the march diverted . It took some time , but the clues led investigators to the cancer behind this mad act : Kevin W . Harpham , a 36 - year - old self - avowed white supremacist from rural Addy , Wash . Racist . Islamic fanatics … A terrorist by any other name still stinks the same . In federal court , Harpham made a ludicrous and failed attempt to dismiss his unexploded handiwork as a “ creative ” protest against the so - called evils of multiculturalism . Those in the know say Harpham ’ s bomb was beyond diabolical . Laced with rat poison , the weapon was designed to be detonated from as far as 1 , 000 feet away . Dozens could have died or been mutilated horribly . Harpham was sentenced to 32 years in prison , the maximum allowed under a plea bargain struck between Harpham ’ s attorneys and prosecutors . That still doesn ’ t seem like enough . It ’ s easy to take for granted the things that don ’ t happen , but watching the horrors unfold in Boston should drive home just how lucky we were . Limbs blown off . Lives lost . In an eye blink , one of the nation ’ s most revered athletic events had turned into a bloody war zone . Then things got even more surreal . Carjacking . Kidnapping . A police officer killed . Citizens told to stay in their homes . Before last Monday , would anyone have imagined that two angry young men could paralyze a city such as Boston ? And who would imagine that Spokane would be spared by the grace of God and a few contract workers ? It ’ s true . History sometimes really does turn on a dime .

And just like that, Boston’s mind-boggling week of murder and mayhem was over.A law enforcement ensemble from what looked like every jurisdiction in copdom caught the last terrorist punk Friday night.Nineteen-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, bloodied and dazed from a shootout, was found cowering in a Watertown resident’s backyard boat, out of bombs, bullets and bravado.“YES!” I yelled at the TV, and I know I wasn’t the only one.Now come the questions …Why didn’t any of this kid’s family members or classmates see this coming?Was Dzhokhar’s older brother, Tamerlan, who was killed in a shootout with police the night before, the radical mastermind who orchestrated the Boston Marathon bombings and turned his younger brother to the Dark Side?Will Boston ever be the same?Then another thought came to mind that was closer to home.Three years ago, Spokane had its own brush with a backpack bomb and human evil.A novel I read recently spoke of how life and death are sometimes separated by the thinnest of circumstances. That was certainly the case here on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 17, 2011.I shudder to think how different things would have been for us were it not for three temporary workers who were pulling a shift for the city’s Public Utilities District: Mark Steiner, Brandon Klaus and Sherman Welpton.Ring a bell? Didn’t with me, either.I’m embarrassed to say that I had to do a computer search to get the names of the trio that arguably saved Spokane from a Boston-like carnage.The men noticed the backpack. It had been placed along the route soon to be filled with marchers honoring the late civil rights leader. They could have just as easily ignored it, but they didn’t. They opened the package, saw wires and called authorities.Eric Olsen and Jason Hartman, two police sergeants, smoothly ordered the march diverted.It took some time, but the clues led investigators to the cancer behind this mad act: Kevin W. Harpham, a 36-year-old self-avowed white supremacist from rural Addy, Wash.Racist. Islamic fanatics … A terrorist by any other name still stinks the same.In federal court, Harpham made a ludicrous and failed attempt to dismiss his unexploded handiwork as a “creative” protest against the so-called evils of multiculturalism.Those in the know say Harpham’s bomb was beyond diabolical. Laced with rat poison, the weapon was designed to be detonated from as far as 1,000 feet away. Dozens could have died or been mutilated horribly.Harpham was sentenced to 32 years in prison, the maximum allowed under a plea bargain struck between Harpham’s attorneys and prosecutors.That still doesn’t seem like enough.It’s easy to take for granted the things that don’t happen, but watching the horrors unfold in Boston should drive home just how lucky we were.Limbs blown off. Lives lost. In an eye blink, one of the nation’s most revered athletic events had turned into a bloody war zone.Then things got even more surreal.Carjacking. Kidnapping. A police officer killed. Citizens told to stay in their homes.Before last Monday, would anyone have imagined that two angry young men could paralyze a city such as Boston?And who would imagine that Spokane would be spared by the grace of God and a few contract workers?It’s true. History sometimes really does turn on a dime.

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Two bodies found in mine near Eureka , believed to be missing Utah teens EUREKA , Utah — ( KUTV ) — Police found two bodies in a mine near Eureka , Utah , believed to belong to two missing Utah teens , Breezy Otteson and Riley Powell . " Obviously at this point , it appears foul play is involved , " Utah County Sheriff Office Undersheriff Darin Durfey said . The bodies are thought to be Otteson and Powell , missing since Dec . 30 , 2017 . The pair was last seen in the town of Eureka , Utah , the same day they left home for the last time . Otteson , who would have turned 18 during the time she was missing , and Powell , 18 , were searched for extensively . " It appears , preliminarily , that it may be Riley Powell and Breezy Otteson , however positive identification needs to be made by the medical examiner ' s office before we can confirm that " Durfey said . Police said at a 2 : 30 p . m . news conference on Wednesday , that one body had been brought out of the mine . Officials were in the process of recovering the second body during the press conference . Unified Fire Authority brought its heavy rescue crew to the mine shaft on Tuesday night to begin planning and recovery . The bodies were found about 100 feet down the mine on a ledge in a shaft that could be as much as 1 , 800 feet deep according to Durfey . It is called Tintic Standard number two . Officials said the goals during the recovery was to make sure everyone involved in the recovery was safe and to provide the recovered remains with as much dignity as possible . Police said they have been in contact with the families of both of the missing teens during the process , including about the latest developments . They also said the investigation into the disappearance is ongoing . Juab County Sheriff Douglas Anderson said there are persons of interest in the case but there are no arrest yet . Otteson and Powell left Tooele , Utah , on a Saturday morning to go to Eureka , Utah , were Otteson lived . They were traveling in a blue Jeep Cherokee that was later spotted by a volunteer in a helicopter one mile south of Cherry Creek Reservoir , on a road that was hidden in trees . The families of two teenagers who disappeared had help from off - road enthusiasts , police and others . Police , in mid January , said the disappearance of the teens was " highly suspicious . " Warrants made public at the end of January revealed the couple was also seen in Eureka on the day they were last seen . Previously it was believed they were last seen leaving home . Warrants also revealed the nature of the leads police were following . Juab County Sheriff Douglas Anderson said details in the investigation led them to the mine shaft but they declined to say what information led them to the Tintic mine . Because the bodies were recovered in Utah County , the sheriff ' s office there takes over the investigations Durfey said . Eric Holmes from the Unified Fire Authority also addressed the media and stated the rescue ' s two objectives of safety and dignity . He said the air inside the mine was monitored for safety every second a rescuer was in the area . He said rescuers wear respirators and safety is always a precaution . He said the set - up for the recovery would take longer than the actual recovery . An warrant , unsealed in January stated : " Several leads regarding the whereabouts of the couple have been followed up on . Several stories that included a possible drug deal gone bad , in which the couple was harmed were mentioned . " The official search for the missing pair was suspended in January and officials said it was believed someone other than the teens placed the Jeep where it was found . Efforts were focused on an investigation . Others continued the search , including lowering themselves into mine shafts while police followed leads in the case . " I ’ m Riley ’ s dad . I don ’ t care about anything else , " Bill Powell said before Wednesday ' s discovery . " I just want the kids found . " Police spokesmen expressed thanks to all the agencies involved that started with a rescue and continued until Wednesday ' s recovery of bodies . The Tintic Standard Mine achieved prominence in 1916 when a concealed ore in the body of the mine . In a few years of the discovery , the mine was one of the most productive silver mines in the world . By 1946 the deposit and others discovered near it , were exhausted and the district was abandoned . It was revived in 1956 with the revivial of other ore in the area .

Two bodies found in mine near Eureka, believed to be missing Utah teensEUREKA, Utah — (KUTV) — Police found two bodies in a mine near Eureka, Utah, believed to belong to two missing Utah teens, Breezy Otteson and Riley Powell."Obviously at this point, it appears foul play is involved," Utah County Sheriff Office Undersheriff Darin Durfey said.The bodies are thought to be Otteson and Powell, missing since Dec.30, 2017.The pair was last seen in the town of Eureka, Utah, the same day they left home for the last time.Otteson, who would have turned 18 during the time she was missing, and Powell, 18, were searched for extensively."It appears, preliminarily, that it may be Riley Powell and Breezy Otteson, however positive identification needs to be made by the medical examiner's office before we can confirm that" Durfey said.Police said at a 2:30 p.m. news conference on Wednesday, that one body had been brought out of the mine.Officials were in the process of recovering the second body during the press conference.Unified Fire Authority brought its heavy rescue crew to the mine shaft on Tuesday night to begin planning and recovery.The bodies were found about 100 feet down the mine on a ledge in a shaft that could be as much as 1,800 feet deep according to Durfey.It is called Tintic Standard number two.Officials said the goals during the recovery was to make sure everyone involved in the recovery was safe and to provide the recovered remains with as much dignity as possible.Police said they have been in contact with the families of both of the missing teens during the process, including about the latest developments.They also said the investigation into the disappearance is ongoing.Juab County Sheriff Douglas Anderson said there are persons of interest in the case but there are no arrest yet.Otteson and Powell left Tooele, Utah, on a Saturday morning to go to Eureka, Utah, were Otteson lived.They were traveling in a blue Jeep Cherokee that was later spotted by a volunteer in a helicopter one mile south of Cherry Creek Reservoir, on a road that was hidden in trees.The families of two teenagers who disappeared had help from off-road enthusiasts, police and others.Police, in mid January, said the disappearance of the teens was "highly suspicious."Warrants made public at the end of January revealed the couple was also seen in Eureka on the day they were last seen.Previously it was believed they were last seen leaving home.Warrants also revealed the nature of the leads police were following.Juab County Sheriff Douglas Anderson said details in the investigation led them to the mine shaft but they declined to say what information led them to the Tintic mine.Because the bodies were recovered in Utah County, the sheriff's office there takes over the investigations Durfey said.Eric Holmes from the Unified Fire Authority also addressed the media and stated the rescue's two objectives of safety and dignity.He said the air inside the mine was monitored for safety every second a rescuer was in the area.He said rescuers wear respirators and safety is always a precaution.He said the set-up for the recovery would take longer than the actual recovery.An warrant, unsealed in January stated: "Several leads regarding the whereabouts of the couple have been followed up on.Several stories that included a possible drug deal gone bad, in which the couple was harmed were mentioned."The official search for the missing pair was suspended in January and officials said it was believed someone other than the teens placed the Jeep where it was found.Efforts were focused on an investigation.Others continued the search, including lowering themselves into mine shafts while police followed leads in the case."I’m Riley’s dad.I don’t care about anything else," Bill Powell said before Wednesday's discovery."I just want the kids found."Police spokesmen expressed thanks to all the agencies involved that started with a rescue and continued until Wednesday's recovery of bodies.The Tintic Standard Mine achieved prominence in 1916 when a concealed ore in the body of the mine.In a few years of the discovery, the mine was one of the most productive silver mines in the world.By 1946 the deposit and others discovered near it, were exhausted and the district was abandoned.It was revived in 1956 with the revivial of other ore in the area.

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Bologna , August 2 , 1980 . It was a hot Saturday morning , the first weekend of Italy ’ s traditional holiday month , and thousands of vacationers jostled their way to and from the trains in Bologna ’ s central railroad station . In the midst of that noisy crowd someone stopped midway between the second - class waiting room and the coffee bar , put down a heavy suitcase , and quickly left the station . The suitcase contained over forty pounds of explosives , perhaps stable nitroglycerine , connected to a timer . At exactly 10 : 25 AM it exploded , ripping through the crowd , tearing apart the reinforced concrete walls , and bringing the roof crashing down on hundreds of bodies and parts of bodies . In the bloody aftermath , rescue squads worked for over twelve hours to pull the dead and maimed from the rubble . As they labored , a young neofascist entered a telephone booth across town and dialed Bologna ’ s leading newspaper . “ This is the Armed Revolutionary Nuclei , ” he said . “ We claim responsibility for the explosion in the railway station . ” The final toll : eighty - five dead — the eldest an eighty - six - year - old man , the youngest a three - year - old child — and more than two hundred wounded . Eight weeks later , on the evening of September 26 , a young man , Gundolf Koehler , tried to place six pounds of explosives in a refuse can at the entrance to Munich ’ s Oktoberfest . The bomb went off , killing him and twelve others , wounding 215 people . On Koehler ’ s body were found documents linking him to the illegal paramilitary Defense Sport Group of the neo - Nazi Karl - Heinz Hoffmann , who styles himself the “ spiritual descendant ” of Adolf Hitler and who has organized military maneuvers in southern Germany for his followers . Arrested along with twenty - four of his militants , Hoffmann was later released for lack of evidence . A week later in Paris a twenty - six pound bomb exploded in front of the rue Copernic synagogue , where hundreds of Jews were gathered for sabbath services . The bomb killed four persons and wounded thirteen ; if it had gone off twenty minutes later , when services would have ended , it would have killed scores of worshipers leaving the synagogue . The act was claimed by the European National Fasces ( FNE ) , the same group that had machine - gunned five Jewish buildings in Paris a week earlier . These latest of neofascist massacres have awakened Europeans to what many of them had managed not to see : the maturation over the last five years of what analysts now call Eurofascism — loosely associated but politically aligned neo - Nazi groups , many of them dedicated to terrorism , all of them intent on saving Europe from the twin evils of capitalism and Marxism . While their membership is relatively small , they are well funded and some have access to training camps in Lebanon . In an interview given eight days before the Munich explosion , the PLO leader Abu Ayad revealed that in late 1979 two members of Hoffmann ’ s group were captured in Lebanon and confessed to him that they and some thirty other European fascists were training at the Falangist camp at Aquru , northeast of Beirut . The Germans told Ayad that their Italian comrades …

Bologna, August 2, 1980. It was a hot Saturday morning, the first weekend of Italy’s traditional holiday month, and thousands of vacationers jostled their way to and from the trains in Bologna’s central railroad station. In the midst of that noisy crowd someone stopped midway between the second-class waiting room and the coffee bar, put down a heavy suitcase, and quickly left the station. The suitcase contained over forty pounds of explosives, perhaps stable nitroglycerine, connected to a timer. At exactly 10:25 AM it exploded, ripping through the crowd, tearing apart the reinforced concrete walls, and bringing the roof crashing down on hundreds of bodies and parts of bodies.In the bloody aftermath, rescue squads worked for over twelve hours to pull the dead and maimed from the rubble. As they labored, a young neofascist entered a telephone booth across town and dialed Bologna’s leading newspaper. “This is the Armed Revolutionary Nuclei,” he said. “We claim responsibility for the explosion in the railway station.” The final toll: eighty-five dead—the eldest an eighty-six-year-old man, the youngest a three-year-old child—and more than two hundred wounded.Eight weeks later, on the evening of September 26, a young man, Gundolf Koehler, tried to place six pounds of explosives in a refuse can at the entrance to Munich’s Oktoberfest. The bomb went off, killing him and twelve others, wounding 215 people. On Koehler’s body were found documents linking him to the illegal paramilitary Defense Sport Group of the neo-Nazi Karl-Heinz Hoffmann, who styles himself the “spiritual descendant” of Adolf Hitler and who has organized military maneuvers in southern Germany for his followers. Arrested along with twenty-four of his militants, Hoffmann was later released for lack of evidence.A week later in Paris a twenty-six pound bomb exploded in front of the rue Copernic synagogue, where hundreds of Jews were gathered for sabbath services. The bomb killed four persons and wounded thirteen; if it had gone off twenty minutes later, when services would have ended, it would have killed scores of worshipers leaving the synagogue. The act was claimed by the European National Fasces (FNE), the same group that had machine-gunned five Jewish buildings in Paris a week earlier.These latest of neofascist massacres have awakened Europeans to what many of them had managed not to see: the maturation over the last five years of what analysts now call Eurofascism—loosely associated but politically aligned neo-Nazi groups, many of them dedicated to terrorism, all of them intent on saving Europe from the twin evils of capitalism and Marxism. While their membership is relatively small, they are well funded and some have access to training camps in Lebanon. In an interview given eight days before the Munich explosion, the PLO leader Abu Ayad revealed that in late 1979 two members of Hoffmann’s group were captured in Lebanon and confessed to him that they and some thirty other European fascists were training at the Falangist camp at Aquru, northeast of Beirut. The Germans told Ayad that their Italian comrades…

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Opposition decries election of new constituent assembly made up of Socialist party and allies after claims eight million people voted were proved wrong This article is more than 3 years old This article is more than 3 years old Venezuela ’ s opposition has announced plans to block the inauguration of a contentious constituent assembly whose election was further clouded on Wednesday by fresh allegations of ballot fraud . The opposition coalition called for mass protests “ against the installation of the constituent fraud ” to prevent the new assembly – made up entirely by the ruling Socialist party and its political allies – from beginning its sessions on Thursday . Venezuela poll turnout figures ‘ manipulated by at least 1m votes ’ Read more As many as 40 countries have said they would not recognize the new assembly , which critics say is a thinly veiled attempt by Nicolás Maduro to consolidate power . The body will have the ability to dissolve state institutions and rewrite the constitution . Maduro has said his aim is to bring peace to the sharply split country caught up in political crisis and economic meltdown . But the president and his closest allies have also vowed to use the assembly to jail key opposition leaders , remove the country ’ s outspoken chief prosecutor from her post and strip opposition legislators of their constitutional immunity . “ The constituent assembly is the change so that this country can regain order . Anarchy is over , here , ” said Cilia Flores , Maduro ’ s wife on receiving her accreditation as a member of the assembly . “ Justice will come starting tomorrow , ” she said . New doubts were cast on the official turnout for the assembly vote , after the company that provides the technological platform for Venezuela ’ s voting system said on Wednesday that the government ’ s claim that more than 8 million people voted on Sunday were wrong . “ We know , without any doubt , that the turnout of the recent election for a national constituent assembly was manipulated , ” Antonio Mugica , the chief executive of Smartmatic , said in London . Mugica said Smartmatic detected the overstated turnout because of Venezuela ’ s automated election system . “ We estimate the difference between the actual participation and the one announced by authorities is at least 1m votes , ” he said . The electoral council president , Tibisay Lucena , put the turnout at 41 . 53 % , or 8 , 089 , 320 people . The opposition put the number at between 2 million and 3 million . Only 3 . 7 million people had voted by 5 . 30pm in the constituent assembly election , according to internal electoral council data reviewed by Reuters , casting doubt on the 8 . 1 million people authorities said had voted that day . Voting lasted until 7pm . Lucena dismissed Mugica ’ s allegations , calling it an “ opinion ” of a company that played only a secondary role in the election and had no access to complete data . “ A company located outside the country does not guarantee the transparency and credibility of the Venezuelan electoral system , ” she said . Andrés Izarra , a former information minister under Maduro ’ s predecessor , Hugo Chávez , tweeted : “ Company which supports Venezuelan electoral system confirms that election was manipulated by at least a million votes . ” Andrés Izarra ( @ IzarraDeVerdad ) Empresa que soporta sistema electoral vzlano confirma que elección fue manipulada en al menos un millón de votos https : / / t . co / 6Vn96SJi97 His tweet – a rare display of criticism from a veteran Chavista – quickly went viral . In a follow - up tweet , Izarra said he recognized there are “ doubts that must be cleared up about the results of Sunday ’ s election ” but warned the opposition that he had not become one of them . “ Squallid ones , don ’ t count on me EVER , ” he tweeted . Julio Borges , the leader of the opposition - held parliament , said voter fraud was “ the most serious crime that can be committed against democracy ” . Meanwhile international pressure mounted on Maduro as his country and government became increasingly isolated , after two top political opponents under house arrest were dragged from their homes in midnight raids . The EU defied calls for sanctions against Venezuela ’ s president after Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy proposed the member countries block travel by anyone linked to Maduro ’ s government . However , the bloc warned that it was ready to action if there was any further dilution of the country ’ s democratic institutions . Federica Mogherini , the EU ’ s high representative for foreign affairs , said in a statement that the union would not recognise the new constituent assembly due to “ concerns over its effective representativeness and legitimacy ” . She failed , however , to act on calls from the European parliament ’ s president , Antonio Tajani , for targeted sanctions against Maduro . Venezuela : Maduro condemned after opposition duo arrested in midnight raids Read more “ The effective installation of the constituent assembly should be suspended and the attributions of all institutions foreseen by the constitution should be explicitly recognised , ” she said . Mogherini added a call for all parties to “ negotiate a way forward ” . She said : “ The European Union and its member states are ready to gradually step up their response in case democratic principles are further undermined and the Venezuelan constitution is not respected . ” On Tuesday , the UK foreign office said all dependents of British embassy staff had been withdrawn from Venezuela and recommended British citizens leave the warning that transport in and out of the country could be disrupted . On Wednesday , Aerolineas Argentina said it was cancelling its weekly flight to Caracas following suspension of service to Venezuela by Delta and Avianca . Chile confirmed that three recently appointed judges of an alternative supreme court named by the opposition parliament , have taken took refuge in Chile ’ s embassy in Caracas in the past two days and may be granted political asylum . “ Logistics are tight but our commitment stand strong , ” Heraldo Muñoz , Chile ’ s foreign minister said on Twitter .

Opposition decries election of new constituent assembly made up of Socialist party and allies after claims eight million people voted were proved wrongThis article is more than 3 years oldThis article is more than 3 years oldVenezuela’s opposition has announced plans to block the inauguration of a contentious constituent assembly whose election was further clouded on Wednesday by fresh allegations of ballot fraud.The opposition coalition called for mass protests “against the installation of the constituent fraud” to prevent the new assembly – made up entirely by the ruling Socialist party and its political allies – from beginning its sessions on Thursday.Venezuela poll turnout figures ‘manipulated by at least 1m votes’ Read moreAs many as 40 countries have said they would not recognize the new assembly, which critics say is a thinly veiled attempt by Nicolás Maduro to consolidate power. The body will have the ability to dissolve state institutions and rewrite the constitution.Maduro has said his aim is to bring peace to the sharply split country caught up in political crisis and economic meltdown.But the president and his closest allies have also vowed to use the assembly to jail key opposition leaders, remove the country’s outspoken chief prosecutor from her post and strip opposition legislators of their constitutional immunity.“The constituent assembly is the change so that this country can regain order. Anarchy is over, here,” said Cilia Flores, Maduro’s wife on receiving her accreditation as a member of the assembly. “Justice will come starting tomorrow,” she said.New doubts were cast on the official turnout for the assembly vote, after the company that provides the technological platform for Venezuela’s voting system said on Wednesday that the government’s claim that more than 8 million people voted on Sunday were wrong.“We know, without any doubt, that the turnout of the recent election for a national constituent assembly was manipulated,” Antonio Mugica, the chief executive of Smartmatic, said in London.Mugica said Smartmatic detected the overstated turnout because of Venezuela’s automated election system. “We estimate the difference between the actual participation and the one announced by authorities is at least 1m votes,” he said.The electoral council president, Tibisay Lucena, put the turnout at 41.53%, or 8,089,320 people. The opposition put the number at between 2 million and 3 million.Only 3.7 million people had voted by 5.30pm in the constituent assembly election, according to internal electoral council data reviewed by Reuters, casting doubt on the 8.1 million people authorities said had voted that day. Voting lasted until 7pm.Lucena dismissed Mugica’s allegations, calling it an “opinion” of a company that played only a secondary role in the election and had no access to complete data. “A company located outside the country does not guarantee the transparency and credibility of the Venezuelan electoral system,” she said.Andrés Izarra, a former information minister under Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, tweeted: “Company which supports Venezuelan electoral system confirms that election was manipulated by at least a million votes.”Andrés Izarra (@IzarraDeVerdad) Empresa que soporta sistema electoral vzlano confirma que elección fue manipulada en al menos un millón de votos https://t.co/6Vn96SJi97His tweet – a rare display of criticism from a veteran Chavista – quickly went viral. In a follow-up tweet, Izarra said he recognized there are “doubts that must be cleared up about the results of Sunday’s election” but warned the opposition that he had not become one of them. “Squallid ones, don’t count on me EVER,” he tweeted.Julio Borges, the leader of the opposition-held parliament, said voter fraud was “the most serious crime that can be committed against democracy”.Meanwhile international pressure mounted on Maduro as his country and government became increasingly isolated, after two top political opponents under house arrest were dragged from their homes in midnight raids.The EU defied calls for sanctions against Venezuela’s president after Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy proposed the member countries block travel by anyone linked to Maduro’s government. However, the bloc warned that it was ready to action if there was any further dilution of the country’s democratic institutions.Federica Mogherini, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, said in a statement that the union would not recognise the new constituent assembly due to “concerns over its effective representativeness and legitimacy”. She failed, however, to act on calls from the European parliament’s president, Antonio Tajani, for targeted sanctions against Maduro.Venezuela: Maduro condemned after opposition duo arrested in midnight raids Read more“The effective installation of the constituent assembly should be suspended and the attributions of all institutions foreseen by the constitution should be explicitly recognised,” she said.Mogherini added a call for all parties to “negotiate a way forward”. She said: “The European Union and its member states are ready to gradually step up their response in case democratic principles are further undermined and the Venezuelan constitution is not respected.”On Tuesday, the UK foreign office said all dependents of British embassy staff had been withdrawn from Venezuela and recommended British citizens leave the warning that transport in and out of the country could be disrupted. On Wednesday, Aerolineas Argentina said it was cancelling its weekly flight to Caracas following suspension of service to Venezuela by Delta and Avianca.Chile confirmed that three recently appointed judges of an alternative supreme court named by the opposition parliament, have taken took refuge in Chile’s embassy in Caracas in the past two days and may be granted political asylum. “Logistics are tight but our commitment stand strong,” Heraldo Muñoz, Chile’s foreign minister said on Twitter.

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