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	CNN.com - Two arrested over Omagh bomb - Sep. 2, 2003
		Omagh was the worst atrocity in 30 years of Northern Ireland violence.
		The bombing, carried out by the Real IRA in a shopping area of Omagh, County Tyrone, in August 1998 was the worst single incident in more than 30 years of Northern Ireland violence.
		Colm Murphy, a father of four, was convicted in 2002 plotting the Omagh bombing and sentenced to 14 years in jail.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/09/02/omagh.arrests (398 words)

	Omagh bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Omagh bombing was a car bomb attack carried out by the Real IRA on August 15, 1998, against civilians in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
		It is believed that the bombing of BBC Television Centre in London was a revenge attack for the broadcast.
		The timing of the bombing, and the initial false warning calls served to magnify, not limit, the number of deaths caused by the bomb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omagh_bombing (500 words)

	Omagh Support and Self Help Group - for those adversely affected by the Omagh Bomb
		Omagh Support & Self Help Group (OSSHG) was founded in the aftermath of the Omagh Bomb in August 1998 to act as a source of support and solace for those adversely affected.
		Omagh Support and Self Help Group is a victims group, made up of victims from all denominations and walks of life.
		Whilst the group primarily operates within the area of Omagh District, it retains close alliances with victims of the bomb located in Buncrana and Spain, as well as a wider network of victims throughout Ireland.
	www.omaghbomb.co.uk (384 words)

	ipedia.com: Omagh bombing Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On the day of the bombing, the UTV newsroom in Belfast received false warnings as to the location of the bomb.
		It is belived that the bombing of BBC Television Centre in London was a revenge attack for the broadcast.
		Bomb builder and pub keeper Murphy, 48, from Ravensdale, Co Louth, was charged and convicted in 2001 by the Dublin special criminal court for "conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or cause injury".
	www.ipedia.com /omagh_bombing.html (426 words)

	Kukui Roadhouse: 08/15/98 IRA Omagh Bombing
		At least 20 people were dead and dozens wounded in a bomb attack in the town of Omagh in Northern Ireland.
		The placement of the bomb -- near Omagh's courthouse, seen by some as a symbol of London's rule in the British province -- suggested that a dissident republican guerrilla group may have planted the bomb.
		The claim coincided with the funeral of a mother and her young daughter killed in the Omagh blast.
	www.mahk.com /sc5591.htm (284 words)

	Timeline: the Omagh bombing \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Omagh 's senior police chief tells the inquest the RUC had an impossible task on the day of the bombing.
		A report on the police inquiry into the Omagh bombing claims that warnings were received and ignored, crucial intelligence was not passed to the inquiry team, key suspects were never questioned and the investigation itself was riddled with hundreds of errors.
		The families of the Omagh bomb victims begin civil action against two men suspected of being responsible for the blast.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,638679,00.html (1250 words)

	Northern Ireland: Just incompetence or police collusion in Omagh bombing?
		Not only was the Omagh bombing the worst terrorist atrocity in nearly thirty years of the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland, it marked a watershed in the efforts of the British, Irish and US governments’ to ensure popular approval of the Good Friday Agreement signed in April 1998.
		Omagh was used to reinforce the claim that the only alternative to the Northern Ireland Agreement was a resumption of sectarian violence.
		The bombing was also used to justify the introduction of anti-democratic measures that have severely curtailed political freedoms, in the name of combating terrorism.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/dec2001/ire-d21.shtml (1956 words)

	Terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, the Zionist organization Irgun preceded many of its attacks (notably the 1946 King David Hotel bombing) with warnings to the press, the target, or the authorities of the British Mandate of Palestine.
		Acts of war, including war crimes and crimes against humanity are regarded as distinct from terrorism, as are overt government repression of its own civilians, the Holocaust, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		Examples include a (failed) cyanide-gas device that was meant to explode shortly after the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and a second car bomb that detonated 20 minutes after the December 1, 2001 Ben Yehuda bombing by Hamas in Jerusalem.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terrorism (4395 words)

	CAIN: Events: The Omagh Bomb - Main Events, 15 August 1998
		The bomb was in a car which had been parked close to the centre of the town and when it exploded it ripped through crowds of people and demolished a number of buildings.
		At the scene of the bomb forensic officers searched for evidence of the type of device used, while heat-seeking equipment was brought in to double check wrecked buildings for any other bodies.
		Omagh Leisure Centre was used as a base for the relatives and friends of the dead and injured to learn news about what had happened.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /events/omagh/events.htm (1118 words)

	Catholic World News : Leaders condemn Omagh bombing
		In the aftermath of a brutal bombing in Omagh, in Northern Ireland, political and religious leaders of all descriptions hastened to condemn the violence and to emphasize their commitment to the peace process.
		The bombing, which left 28 people dead and 200 injured, is the worst such incident in the history of "the troubles." The victims include five young girls and one 18-month-old baby.
		Police suspect that the bomb was responsibility of a splinter group which had broken off from the Irish Republican Army and is seeking to stop the implementation of the Good Friday peace agreement.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=8281 (839 words)

	Northern Ireland - The Bombing in Omagh
		A powerful bomb found near the border of the Irish Republic at the end of February 1998 was, according to police sources, in the process of being prepared by a republican group for an attack in the North.
		Irish security sources affirmed that those responsible for the Dundalk bomb were supporters of the Sinn Féin dissident group known as the “32 County Sovereignty Committee.” Although it has aims broadly similar to the Continuity IRA, this particular group has opted not to become a separate organization.
		The INLA was never known to use Semtex until the group claimed responsibility for a roadside bomb left in the area of west Belfast in April 1998.
	www.ict.org.il /articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=73 (2105 words)

	CNN.com - Omagh families 'relieved' at writs - July 26, 2002
		OMAGH, Northern Ireland -- Families of the victims of the Omagh bombing said they were "relieved" but gained "no pleasure" in the issuing of writs against those suspected of carrying out the attack.
		Stanley McCombe, who lost his wife in the bombing expressed relief that the legal moves, which had been planned for over a year, were finally under way.
		The writs claim "damages (including aggravated damages and/or exemplary damages) as a result of the explosion of a bomb at Omagh town centre on 15 August, 1998, for which the defendants and each of them are responsible."
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/07/26/omagh.writs (655 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Omagh bombing suspect in court
		The car bomb went off on the afternoon of Saturday August 15, 1998, when the north-western town of Omagh was packed with shoppers and visitors.
		Responsibility for the Omagh bombing was claimed by the Real IRA, a dissident splinter group which opposed to the peace process.
		Several relatives of victims of the bombing were in the public gallery to watch the hearing on Saturday.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/268650.htm (513 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| The Omagh Bomb
		A dissident republican is convicted of plotting to cause the Omagh bombing which killed 29 people in 1998.
		From the archive: BBC reports from the archive on the Omagh bomb, the worst terrorist atrocity in Northern Ireland.
		Records of mobile phone conversations made on the day of the Omagh bombing are crucial to the police investigation, according to the BBC's Panorama.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_depth/northern_ireland/2000/the_omagh_bomb/default.stm (148 words)

	TIME Europe \| Hope under Attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Part of the explanation has to do with hope--the hope widely held prior to the bomb, the most murderous in the history of the Troubles, that peace was really at hand--and part has to do with the cruel inclusiveness of the violence.
		Omagh is a mixed town of about 60% Catholic and 40% Protestant with a history of amity that had spared it the worst of the Troubles' violence.
		But the Omagh bombing had a particular poignancy not only because it caused the death of 28 people, Catholic and Protestant, men and women, old and young, but because it seemed to mark the death of hope itself.
	www.time.com /time/europe/nitrail/ni980831.html (1300 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kenyan hotel bombing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons).
		US and Israeli officials suspected a Somali group linked to al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombing and speculated that the suspects had smuggled the missiles into Kenya from Somalia.
		12 people were arrested in connection with the hotel bombing, including six Pakistanis and four Somalis, as well as an American and her Spanish husband, both of whom were later released.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kenyan-hotel-bombing (648 words)

	RTE News - Six people detained in connection with Omagh bombing
		Six people are still being detained by police on both sides of the border, following this morning's arrests, as part of the continuing investigation into the Omagh bombing.
		The 32 County Sovereignty Committee is the political group linked to the so-called Real IRA, which carried out the Omagh bombing.
		Francie Mackey is the third man to be held by police in Northern Ireland in connection with the bombing.
	www.rte.ie /news/1999/0222/omagh.html (320 words)

	Definition of Omagh bombing
		The Omagh bombing was a car bomb attack carried out by the Real IRA on August 15, 1998, against civilians in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
		It is believed that the bombing of BBC Television Centre in London was a revenge attack for the broadcast.
		The timing of the bombing, and the initial false warning calls served to magnify, not limit, the number of deaths caused by the bomb.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Omagh_bombing (425 words)

	Omagh bombing -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On the day of the bombing, the (Click link for more info and facts about Ulster Television) Ulster Television newsroom in Belfast received false warnings as to the location of the bomb.
		As a result the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Ulster Constabulary) Royal Ulster Constabulary directed civilians away from the named site towards the actual location of the bomb.
		It is believed that the bombing of (Click link for more info and facts about BBC Television Centre) BBC Television Centre in (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London was a revenge attack for the broadcast.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/om/omagh_bombing.htm (335 words)

	Secret PSNI Statements on Omagh Bombing
		At the scene of the bombing I spoke to both the Deputy SIO and the SIO, told them briefly about the information I had received on 4 August 1998 and that it may be relevant.
		Some time after the bomb, approximately six months, I was contacted by telephone by the Deputy SIO and asked to provide him with a copy of the document intelligence debrief (RP1) regarding the anonymous information which I did.
		In the late summer of 2000, being aware that a Review of the Omagh Bomb Investigation was being conducted by the Reviewing Officer, I decided to cause a parallel review to be conducted within 'E' Department.
	cryptome.quintessenz.at /mirror/psni-omagh.htm (2367 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Omagh bombing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		THE seventh anniversary of the Omagh bombing was marked yesterday with a commemoration in the town's Remembrance Garden.
		AN application by Omagh bomb victims' families for access to state documents as part of their £15...
		AN OMAGH bomb suspect is seeking up to £15,000 in compensation after claiming he was left...
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=187 (464 words)

	OMAGH BOMBING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The death toll after the terrorist bombing of Omagh Town centre now stands at 25, 15 Female, one of whom is a baby and 10 Males.
		Initial telephone calls to local media outlets, claiming to be from the IRA, spoke of a bomb at the Courthouse in the Co. Tyrone town.
		The largest singe atrocity was the murder of 18 soldiers killed in a bomb attack at Narrowater, Warrenpoint, in August, 1979.
	www.ruc.police.uk /press/1998/aug/omagh.htm (368 words)

	British double-agent was in Real IRA's Omagh bomb team
		SECURITY forces didn't intercept the Real IRA's Omagh bombing team because one of the terrorists was a British double-agent whose cover would have been blown as an informer if the operation was uncovered.
		The revelations follow claims by another British double-agent in the IRA, Kevin Fulton (not his real name), that he phoned a warning to his RUC handlers 48 hours before the Omagh bombing that the Real IRA was planning an attack and gave details of one of the bombing team and the man's car registration.
		One source said: 'The only reason the RUC would not act on a tip-off which stated a bomb was in the offing is if a member of the bombing team was a highly-placed agent and they needed to keep him in place.
	www.prisonplanet.com /news_alert_mi5terror_4.html (754 words)

	The Civil Court Action
		Victor Barker, whose son James died in the Omagh bomb in August 1998, has confirmed that the Omagh Victims Legal Trust has secured the support of former Northern Ireland Secretaries, Peter Mandelson and Sir Patrick Mayhew, in their efforts.
		With Peter Mandelson's £10,000 behind them, families of victims of the Omagh bombing, in which 31 died, are planning civil actions against those they believe to be responsible.
		The bombers had placed their devastating car bomb near a school outfitter's shop in August 1998 knowing that schools in Omagh were about to re-open.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/pecan/1215/id18.htm (516 words)

	Omagh bombing anniversary
		An act of remembrance for those killed and injured in the Omagh bombing has been held on the second anniversary of the atrocity.
		A memorial garden for the victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing is targeted by vandals.
		A garden of remembrance to commemorate the victims of the Omagh bombing has been wrecked by vandals.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/pecan/1215/id32.htm (194 words)

	Trial of man suspected of Omagh bombing begins - Independent Online Edition > Ulster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In an unusual move, the proceedings are to be relayed to Omagh from the Belfast court by closed-circuit television link so that relatives from the Co Tyrone town need not make the 70-mile journey each day.
		The bomb attack by the Real IRA in August 1998 has already had a variety of legal sequels, with several of those suspected of involvement jailed for various offences.
		Opening the prosecution case, Gordon Kerr QC said that the court would be told about forensic evidence concerning the construction of car bombs, and about claims of responsibility involving a recognised republican dissident code word.
	news.independent.co.uk /uk/ulster/article1757287.ece (525 words)

	Thirteen Arrested in Connection with Omagh Bombing
		Police have arrested nearly 100 people since the bombing in an attempt to identify the perpetrators.
		It was unclear whether any of those arrested were suspected of direct involvement in the bombing.
		However police say that members of the group opposed to the ceasefire may still be active in plotting further terrorist strikes.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=277 (308 words)

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