Monday, May 12, 2008
“explosion in the Castlederg area of County Tyrone”
According to a BBC report[new BBC NI link]
Reports are coming in of an explosion in the Castlederg area of County Tyrone. There are no further details at present.
I’ll update when details emerge. There was an earlier hoax alert in south Belfast. More from the BBC report - “It is thought that one person may have been injured. It is also believed a vehicle is being examined in relation to the incident.” Update from the BBC report, “It is understood that an off-duty police officer has been injured in the under-car booby trap explosion. It is believed he suffered serious leg injuries, but they are not thought to be life-threatening.”
Pete Baker @ 09:21 PM
With no real substance involved this blog seems a bit like ambulance chasing. But sure we’ll be kept informed.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 09:40 PMPeople are already jumping to conclusions.
I’ll wait until the news comes out before I comment further.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 09:43 PMOff duty cop?
Dissident own goal?
Calorgas canister explodes en route to garage for refill?In reverse order of probability.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 09:55 PMU105 had Derek Hussey at the scene saying it was an undercar booby trap attack on an off duty cop...car was still on fire when he was talking.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:05 PM-
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:10 PM
Where have all the nationalists/republicans gone? Very quiet here
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:24 PMMost likely dissident republicans involved.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:44 PMSeeing as nobody has condemned this yet, allow me to be the first. Shame to think that at least one or two people are more interested in point-scoring than in the futile attempted murder.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:47 PMNaturally I totally condemn this btw.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:47 PMTHIS is what results from letting unrepentant terrorist scum get their blood-stained hands on the levers of power!
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:48 PMThe problem with that analysis David is that it ignores the fact this was happening long before the latest bout of devolution. This is what comes of some people clinging to violence because they have absolutely nothing else to offer - neither a political programme nor a strategy to unite the people of this island.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:51 PMYour getting mixed up between the various IRAs there.
Don’t worry, I find it hard myself sometimes, and I’m a Republican!
To be blunt the ‘scum’ who have their ‘hands’ on the ‘levers of power’, aka the Provisional movement, have been a bit silly and put all their Semtex in concrete.
In other words, they didn’t do this.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:54 PMWell, that is if the IMC is telling the truth.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:55 PMHIS is what results from letting unrepentant terrorist scum get their blood-stained hands on the levers of power!
Posted by David Vance on May 12, 2008 @ 11:48 PM- HOw so David, Republicans were doing this long before they got anywhre near Stormont.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:56 PMI was referring to the so called ‘peace process’ in its entireity, not just the recent devolution.
It simply demonstrates to the men of the bomb and bullet that they can gain power via a campaign of murder and slaughter.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:56 PMAnd is it a good example, David, to hold on to power by gerrymandering and persecution?
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 10:59 PMCome on David - surely now’s the chance to finish the violence stuff ?
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 11:00 PMLets hope the man is alright. I knew something was up, theres been sirens flying about all evening.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 11:01 PMBy the latest bout of devolution I meant that which began after the GFA. Which David reckons was achieved through the threat of force. A bit like our first example of devolution the mischevious part of me wants to say.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 11:04 PMThere are always going to be a few cranks that try to start things up again, but bringing the whole settlement down because of that will only make things ten times worse I’m afraid.
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 11:14 PMSo thats what the police have been out and about round the Lisburn road area stopping cars and there was me thinking it was just the good weather. This stuff may have something to do with the recent business conference i guess. Hopefully the police apprehend these subversives and let the justice system take its course
Posted by on May 12, 2008 @ 11:33 PMTHIS is what results from letting unrepentant terrorist scum get their blood-stained hands on the levers of power!
Posted by David Vance on May 12, 2008 @ 11:48 PM
Yeah Dave but you had to let the DUP join or it wouldnt have been fair
by the way why bother people over here is it boring on your blog with the cadre of yes men and total stiffling of dissent
Posted by on May 13, 2008 @ 01:11 AMireland unfree shall never be at peace....no matter what the collaborators say, you know
Posted by on May 13, 2008 @ 03:17 AMHope the injured person makes a full and speedy recovery, a cowardly attack.
Posted by on May 13, 2008 @ 07:38 AM“ireland unfree shall never be at peace”
Dear They Havent Gone Away
Shouldnt that be:
“Ireland unfree to do what we tell them”
PS if you are that devoted to it, its polite to spell it with a capital ‘I’
Posted by on May 13, 2008 @ 07:52 AM
