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	THE PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY
		The IRA has been observing a cease-fire since July 1997 (although hardline splinter groups such as the Real IRA are still active on the island of Great Britain) and previously observed a cease-fire from 1 September 1994 to February 1996.
		The IRA later stated that their target was a colour guard of British soldiers, and that the timer had gone off prematurely.
		IRA detonated a huge truck bomb in the City of London at Bishopsgate, which killed 2 and caused approximately £350m of damage, including the near destruction of St. Ethelburga's Bishopsgate.
	irishrepublicanarmy.info /PIRA.html (1641 words)

	Manchester travel guide - Wikitravel
		Manchester used to have a reputation for being a dirty and boring city, but things have dramatically changed in the last decade and it is now a more pleasant, open, clean and exciting place, and well worth a visit, even if just for a day.
		Manchester has or had a colourful reputation for gun crime: however, this was mostly gang-related and a problem for people involved in the drug trade, and as a visitor you will not face any greater danger than for any other large British city.
		Manchester is within reach of The Lake District, Leeds, York, Liverpool, the Peak District, Huddersfield, Blackpool and Chester.
	wikitravel.org /en/Manchester (4893 words)

	Whalley's World of Sport: 6: The bomb
		That postbox, pictured below, became an iconic image of the bombing, a symbol of Manchester's refusal to be crushed by the devastation it had suffered.
		"The bomb squad were informed, as were the police, and the sports desk staff were told to move down to the other end of the building.
		Manchester's spirit saw the city through its darkest days in the immediate aftermath of that attack.
	blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk /worldcup/2006/09/6_the_bomb.html (667 words)

	Manchester History and the heritage of Greater Manchester
		In early times, Manchester was a little-known hamlet adjacent to, and belonging to the then noble town of Salford.
		Manchester became a Baronial Borough (thereby an independent self-governing entity) in 1301, still ruled by the Lord of the Manor, but with an appointed "boroughreeve" (or Mayor) who handled day-to-day administration of the borough.
		Manchester was to change very little thereafter until the 16th century.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /history.html (801 words)

	Manchester Bombing and the IRA bombing in Manchester City Centre June 1996
		Manchester Bombing and the IRA bombing in Manchester City Centre June 1996
		An army bomb squad employed a robotic anti-bomb device to check an illegally parked Ford van, which had been recorded by several closed circuit security cameras in the city, when the bomb exploded.
		Why Manchester city centre was targeted by the IRA is uncertain, but it later became clear that the cause probably lay in the breakdown of the IRA "ceasefire" in the light of lack of progress with the British Government's ongoing talks about a permanent peace settlement in Northern Ireland.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /buildings/bombing.html (652 words)

	Terror Attack History
		The Wall Street bombing was a deadly terrorist incident that occurred on September 16, 1920 in the Financial District of New York City.
		The 1983 Rangoon bombing was a devastating act of terrorism by North Korea and an attempt to kill the South Korean President, Chun Doo Hwan.
		The Grand Hotel, Brighton, 2004 The Brighton hotel bombing was the bombing by the Provisional IRA of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in the early morning of October 12, 1984.
	members.tripod.com /antenna_conspiracy0/terror_attack_history.htm (11913 words)

	Studio X: Manchester, England \| Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Fifth Year Bachelor of Architecture students and Master of Urban Design students in Studio X 2006 were given the opportunity to travel to Manchester, England during a week in March in order to study the city urbanistically and architecturally as it relates to Pittsburgh.
		As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution with its textile mills and extensive network of canals, the city of Manchester is strikingly similar to Pittsburgh in terms of its size, urban growth and industrial history.
		However, the massive IRA bombing of Manchester’s city center in 1996 spurred the inspiring revitalization of that city’s historic core, transforming it into a thriving cultural and residential district: while three hundred people lived in the city center prior to the 1996 bombing, twenty thousand people live there today.
	www.arc.cmu.edu /cmu/student_work/featured/manchester.jsp (297 words)

	Kukui Roadhouse: 2/9/96 IRA London Bombing Blitz
		The bomb in an underground garage near the Canary Wharf tower left 100 wounded.
		The authenticity of the statement could not immediately be confirmed but it coincided with reports of a bomb in London's docklands area.
		It was the first time the IRA had acknowledged carrying out an attack.
	www.mahk.com /sc4952.htm (278 words)

	Manchester City Council: Local Democracy: Electoral Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Manchester's partnerships and strategies are focused on making the city a world class location for people to live, invest, work and visit, and on ensuring that its residents share in this economic success.
		It lies at the heart of Greater Manchester, a conurbation of nearly 2.6m people and is acknowledged as the regional capital of the North West with a critical and thriving mass of finance, retail, cultural and creative industries.
		Manchester is the 7th most deprived district in England with over 80% of its wards featured in the top 10% most deprived wards in the country.
	www.manchester.gov.uk /localdemocracy/review/city1.htm (1043 words)

	Wikipedia: List of terrorist incidents
		1982 Two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London by the IRA killl 8 members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets seven horses are also killed.
		1984 IRA bomb in the Grand Hotel Brighton 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet.
		1993 IRA detonate a huge truck bomb in the City of London at Bishopsgate, killing two and causing approximately £350m of damage.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/l/li/list_of_terrorist_incidents.html (2067 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Manchester \| 'No justice' for city's bombers
		A review of the police investigation into the 1996 Manchester bombing has revealed that the IRA members behind it are unlikely to be brought to justice.
		Deputy Chief Constable Whatton added: "The Manchester bomb had a tremendous impact on the lives of people in the area, which is why we have thoroughly reviewed the case.
		The bomb damage to the city centre - including Marks & Spencer, the Arndale Centre and Exchange Square - led to a massive regeneration programme in Manchester.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/manchester/5055218.stm (376 words)

	Foreign Policy In Focus Policy Report: Firebombing and Atom Bombing: An Historical Perspective on Indiscriminate Bombing
		The firebombing of Tokyo, or for that matter the bombing of any city, whether it be Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, or London, cannot be fully comprehended unless it is examined in the context of the history of indiscriminate bombing throughout the twentieth century.
		Indiscriminate bombing of civilians during major warfare was first conducted by both the German and the Allied forces during World War I. Initially both sides refrained from targeting civilians or residential areas, but due to the rudimentary nature of their aircraft and aerial bombing techniques, bombs inevitably went astray, killing civilians in their wake.
		In short, U.S. bombing activities in Europe became no different from "area bombing." The fact that the USAAF leaders abandoned "precision bombing" in reality but maintained it simply as an official principle is evident in the new counter plan against V-1 and V-2 rockets advocated by General Arnold.
	www.fpif.org /papers/0505bomb.html (2772 words)

	Ultimatums follow blast which blew wreckage half a mile into the air \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		The bomb, using between one and one and a half tons of fertiliser-based explosive, was the biggest to go off on the mainland, police said, with wreckage from the van blown half a mile into the air.
		The bombing was accompanied by a confusing series of signals in Belfast, with a number of media outlets contacted by apparent IRA dissidents claiming that its ruling army council no longer had the confidence of key areas and units.
		The failure of the IRA leadership to claim the Manchester bomb by late last night was also raising questions about the state of its internal discipline.
	www.guardian.co.uk /fromthearchive/story/0,,1239249,00.html (870 words)

	RTE News - Manchester bombing suspect claims innocence
		Mr McCann was accused by the Manchester Evening News of being one of the prime suspects in the atrocity, Britain's biggest mainland terrorist bombing.
		In a report earlier this week the paper claimed that police investigating the bombing believed they had enough evidence to arrest and charge him.
		More than £5 million damage was caused when the one and a half tonne lorry bomb exploded outside the packed Arndale centre.
	www.rte.ie /news/1999/0423/manchester.html (317 words)

	Guardian \| Police chief on IRA bomb leak charge cleared
		A police officer wept yesterday as he was cleared of leaking confidential and highly sensitive information about the Manchester IRA bombing to a journalist.
		He was arrested following an article in the Manchester Evening News in April 1999, which revealed the name of the prime suspect in the 1996 IRA bombing, which injured 400 people and caused millions of pounds of damage to the city centre.
		The case had important implications for the relationship between journalists and police officers, but the prosecution said the case was not about the freedom of the press.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4345679-103690,00.html (566 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Paper 'reveals' IRA bomb suspect
		Greater Manchester Police will not comment on the allegation but they say their investigation, the longest thay have yet undertaken, is continuing.
		The IRA bomb, concealed in a lorry, exploded outside the city centre Marks and Spencer store in June 1996, injuring more than 200 people.
		It was the biggest bomb detonated by the IRA on British soil.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/325190.stm (487 words)

	Manchester, Great Britain - Travel Guide
		After having recovered mentally and physically from the 1996 IRA bombing, Manchester is now poised toward an optimistic and hopeful future.
		Manchester is situated in the northwest of England on a plain adjoined to the Pennines and is about 80 km from the sea.
		Manchester Is Well Known As The Home Of Manchester United Football Club Which Has A Museum Situated 50 Meters From The Hotel.
	www.manchestertrip.com /travel-guide.htm (826 words)

	Irish Republican Army -- Freedom First Then Peace
		Due to its frequent use of bombings, its assassination of politicians and diplomats, its murder of hundreds of policemen and soldiers predominantly though not exclusively in Northern Ireland and its alleged role in racketeering, it is generally described as a terrorist group.
		The IRA later claimed that their target was a colour guard of British soldiers.
		1993 IRA detonated a huge truck bomb in the City of London at Bishopsgate, which killed 2 and caused approximately £350m of damage, including the near destruction of St. Ethelburga's Bishopsgate.
	www.freewebs.com /republicanarmy/pira.htm (1568 words)

	Manchester trains, trams. buses and airport
		Manchester and Greater Manchester is a large area and there are several transport option to reach the area and to travel within it.
		The original train sheds, with their decorative cast-iron columns, were built in the 1880s as part of former London Road Station. This station, dating from 1842, was the terminus of the Manchester and Birmingham railway line.
		serves routes to the north and east of the city and is the main terminus of the Manchester Evening News Arena. The station is also a main interface where the Metrolink train joins the city streets as an urban tramway.
	www.touruk.co.uk /manchester/manchester-transport.htm (388 words)

	Manchesteronline - about Manchester jobs search
		Consequently, Manchester jobs can be found in a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retail and wholesale distribution, financial and professional services, business services (including customer contact centres), research, administration, tourism and leisure.
		Following the 1996 IRA bombing, Manchester benefited from huge private sector investment with an additional £43 million from Government and £22 million invested by the EU.
		Manchester has it's strength in the service sector and has built a long association with customer service companies proving itself to be an extremely successful location for customer contact centres.
	www.manchesteronline.co.uk /jobs/about.html (599 words)

	frontline: the ira & sinn fein: interviews: john kelly \| PBS
		There were, in the first part of 1972, a number of bomb attacks in which civilians were hurt and many civilians were killed.
		You go back to the last century to the Manchester bombings, I think that Republicans would have felt that the British government, British security forces weren't concerned about how many people died in the North of Ireland, whether they be RUC or be specialists when they were constituted, whether they be UDR, IRA.
		Back in the '50s, a fellow who served time in England during the '40s for the bombing campaign, who always maintained that the only time that the British government took action in regard to Ireland or stood up and listened was when the coffins were returning to the mainland.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/inside/kelly2.html (3217 words)

	CNN - IRA claims responsibility for Manchester bombing - June 20, 1996
		In a statement issued in Dublin, the IRA said it "sincerely regretted" the injuries caused to civilians.
		The IRA said bomb warnings were relayed 1 hour and 45 minutes beforehand "to avoid injuries." The statement was telephoned into an Irish radio station by a caller using a recognized IRA code word.
		Police found the bomb inside a truck and were trying to clear the area when the device detonated.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9606/20/n.ireland (383 words)

	The Long Trip Home: Manchester, England Via Bury
		I was surprised to see the entrance to the Manchester Evening News Arena pop its head through one side of the station; plate glass and aluminum defining the passage into its interior.
		The MEN Arena, as it is known around here, is one of those mammoth concert venues, the kind where if you sit on the back row, the band are invisible to the naked eye and the music sounds as if it originated from a tin can.
		This area was heavily affected by the IRA bombing of Manchester in 1996, but since then it has sprung back to life with enthusiasm.
	www.thelongtriphome.com /articles-tj-byers.html (1198 words)

	Varifrank: Question of the Day: Is London Really Bush's Fault?
		April 24: IRA detonate a huge truck bomb in the City of London at Bishopsgate, killing two and causing approximately £350m of damage.
		July 5: the IRA detonate a 1500lb car bomb (the largest used in Northern Ireland) in the centre of Newtownards in Northern Ireland, no one is killed but massive property damage is caused to the town centre.
		Bombings in France by a GIA unit led by Khaled Kelkal kill seven and injure more than 100.
	varifrank.com /archives/2005/07/question_of_the_2.php (3241 words)

	BBC - Manchester - Features
		Marking the tenth anniversary of the Manchester bomb: 15 June 1996
		The mother of a baby photographed on the day of the Manchester bomb recalls her worst nightmare.
		Ten years on, why the IRA terrorists who bombed Manchester will never stand trial.
	www.bbc.co.uk /manchester/features/Manchester_bomb (191 words)

	Q&A: Badly Drawn Boy interview - CNN.com
		For my purposes, when I first moved to Manchester it was a great place to meet like-minded people and it kick started my career.
		It's a shame that a lot of places lose their character but in Manchester's case when the IRA bomb went off in '96, right in the center, the bomb made quite a lot of damage.
		The great bands from Manchester made me think it was possible - the Gallaghers and before them the Roses, all people that out of necessity found creativity to get them out of the place.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/TRAVEL/11/23/manchester.qa/index.html (1147 words)

	frontline: the ira & sinn fein: viewer discussion \| PBS
		Many people in England are painfully unaware of the conflict in the North of Ireland till it reaches their own doorstep courtesy of the IRA...
		Here, on the other side of the Atlantic, bombs in public places and the murder of those who bravely uphold the law in GB and Ireland is a lot less appealing.
		The main problem is here it claims that the IRA started up in the 1920s only my realitive came over here in the late 1800s.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/talk/index2.html (1361 words)

	Manchester IRA Bomb - 1996 Video
		The IRA bomb exploded right in the middle of the city center.
		And although Manchester was given a warning there were many others which did not.
		Luckily the IRA gave a warning so the steets could be cleared otherwise there would have been a tragic loss of life Unlike when they exploded a bomb in Warrington killing 2 young boys.
	www.metacafe.com /watch/151138/manchester_ira_bomb_1996 (576 words)

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