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War with England will be more intense
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``THE campaign against military and economic targets will
be maintained and intensified during the coming year.''
That promise was contained in Wednesday's statement from
the leadership of Oglaigh Na hÉireann, which claimed
responsibility for the co-ordinated series of bomb attacks
in London's West End last Friday. Eleven explosions in the
space of four hours threw the elite Scotland Yard bomb squad
into panic. Most British and Irish newspapers mis-read the
situation and speculated that the blitz was timed to
coincide with the fifth anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
The statement from GHQ, Irish Republican Army, clarified
the situation and revealed that Friday's operation was
merely a prelude to a new and more intense bombing campaign
in England.
active service unit, acting under control of General
Headquarters, Dublin, brought central London to a standstill
and struck fear into the hearts of big business.
The decision to re-open the second front and bring the
war of liberation to the English capital comes in the wake
of another anti-civilian drive by the British Army.
By bringing the struggle into the enemy's back yard the
leadership of Oglaigh Na hÉireann have again
demonstrated their ability to develop and intensify the war.
Republican News, 12 February 1977.