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The Troubles

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  • #32
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    dizzler wrote: »
    well why didnt they plant it in coleraine or balymena then? why bomb their own when knowing that it would turn even more people against them?

    That's kind of my point. I don't think they intended to kill people that day. (FAO the usual crowd, that is not excusing them, planting a bomb like that in a busy market town is just as evil as murder) Had they caused such loss of life and carnage in a predominantly Protestant town like Coleraine/Ballymena, there would no doubt have been retalliation in the form of more killing. At that stage it could have destroyed or massively halted the fragile peace process.

    also it was mentioned above that they would have planted the car bomb on a protestant police officer for fear of loyalist retalation so instead they do it to a catholic! doesnt make sense?

    Yes. If they kill Protestant police members, there is a much bigger chance loyalists will respond by killing Catholics, and they probably fear that in this point in time(with peace process in a much better place) that the finger will be pointed at them as much as the loyalists
    its a bit like being in a fight with someone whos bigger then you but before you give him a right hook on the jaw you realise hes alot stronger than you so you punch your mate instead and hope for the best.......

    No. It just isn't like that, at all.


  • #33
    Pat D. Almighty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Pat D. Almighty


    If the dissidents keep on the track that they're on, we just may have a re-ignition of the conflict. I am of the opinion that the dissident republicans actually want the British armed forces back on the streets in numbers.
    RIRA/CIRA/ICBINIRA membership will increase and support will go through the roof.
    Hopefully it won't come to this.


  • #34
    blahfckingblah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭blahfckingblah


    ICBINIRA???? whats this?


  • #35
    sollar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭sollar


    blahfckingblah wrote: »
    ICBINIRA???? whats this?

    I Can't Believe Its Not the IRA


  • #36
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    The troubles started when a group of loyalists thought that that catholics would be granted equal rights. So in essence the troubles could happen again if bigots thought that catholics were being treated better.


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  • #37
    Pat D. Almighty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Pat D. Almighty


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    The troubles started when a group of loyalists thought that that catholics would be granted equal rights. So in essence the troubles could happen again if bigots thought that catholics were being treated better.

    But Catholics/Nationalists are being treated better. However, that's no excuse to start another conflict. I don't think it will come to that.


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