In general the provisional IRA (*not* the same people as the "real IRA", who of course aren't) have given warnings when bombing what they would regard as "civilian" targets, though not against the British military or people they see as "collaborators" in Ireland. There have been 3 explosions near buildings I've worked in, and in each case there were police and firefighters there already. The Omagh business was quite different and done by different people. Steve Mynott wrote:

FogStorm writes:

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On Sunday, October 7, 2001, at 04:53 PM, jamesd@echeque.com wrote:

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On 7 Oct 2001, at 12:24, CJ Parker wrote:

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Of course we're not attacking a Religion or a Country's 'people'... So let's prove it by launching Air Strikes against the Irish Republican Army Terrorists and the Irish Government entities that give them aid and support. Lets launch Air Strikes against the homes and families of the SeanPennSeanFeind Irish Politicians who support terroroism.

The IRA did not kill six thousand US civilians in a terrorist attack.

IIRC when the IRA attacks economic infrastructure targets they generally phone in a warning far enough in advance that the area can be evacuated.

Myth.

29 people were killed in an real IRA bombing in Omagh in 1998. This was a shopping High Street full of people.

The warning given was incorrect and _increased_ the number of deaths because the terrorists said, probably on purpose, the wrong end of the street and the people were moved towards the bomb.

-- 1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk

"no man or group of men shall aggress upon the person or property of anyone else." -- murray n. rothbard