Plot To Conduct A Wave Of Bombings In London Revealed

Real IRA's Plot To Blow Up London: Wave Of Atrocities Foiled By MI5 Operation That Snared Terrorists' Weapons Buyer -- Daily Mail

* Michael Campbell, 39, caught on tape plotting 'terror day-trip to London'
* Police praise the bravery of undercover MI5 agents after four-year operation
* 'You can imagine us getting over to England... you imagine, with a six-hour timer, we could be over to London and back. Just tick, tick, tick, tick... gone'
* Republican sentenced to 12 years in jail by a Lithuanian judge
* Paid just £5,200 for arsenal of high-grade explosives, grenade launchers, detonators, AK-47s and a special assassin's rifle

A terrorist plot to murder hundreds of innocent Britons in a devastating wave of atrocities was revealed yesterday.

Dissidents belonging to the Real IRA wanted to attack targets, including police and soldiers, in London and elsewhere with rucksack bombs, grenades and a long-distance sniper rifle.

But the plan was foiled when the terrorist sent to buy the weapons was trapped in an elaborate MI5 sting involving a British cigarette smuggler turned undercover agent.

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Update #1: Louth man gets 12-year jail term in Lithuania for attempting to buy arms -- Irish Times
Update #2: How Michael Campbell was caught in a sting by Lithuania and MI5 -- The Guardian

My Comment: On the negative note .... it is sad to know that there are still some in Ireland/Northern Ireland who are willing to provide funds to those who still believe in the conflict and "the troubles". On a positive note .... Lithuanian jails like most east European jails are tough places to find oneself in, and there is no early parole.

Real IRA Threaten British Banks And Bankers

Warning: Security experts believe the Real IRA has access to explosives and has members with experience of carrying out attacks such as the Canary Wharf bomb in London in 1996 (pictured)

Real IRA Threatens To Attack British Bankers -- The Telegraph

The Real IRA has threatened to attack British bankers and their companies, claiming they benefit only a "social elite" at a cost to "millions of victims".

The dissident republican terrorist group labelled bankers as "criminals" and as the "next door neighbours of the politicians".

In an interview with The Guardian the Real IRA said: "We have a track record of attacking high-profile economic targets and financial institutions such as the City of London. The role of bankers and the institutions they serve in financing Britain's colonial and capitalist system has not gone unnoticed."

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More News On the Real IRA Threatening British Bankers

Irish Terror Group Threatens Attacks on U.K. Banks -- Wall Street Journal
Real IRA ready to take aim at British banks in new terror campaign -- The Daily Mail
N. Ireland dissidents threaten to attack bankers -- AFP
Irish dissidents say banks potential target - report -- Reuters
Real IRA says it will target UK bankers -- The Guardian
Northern Ireland Militants Issue Warning to Bankers -- New York Times
Real IRA target banks: 'They branded banks as criminals' -- The Guardian
Guardian Real IRA story reopens debate on 'oxygen of publicity' -- The Guardian opinion
Where will Real IRA threats lead? Not very far -- The Guardian opinion