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Pachyderm's comments are all correct. In addition the mortar attack on 10 Downing Street happened on 7 February 1991 - several months after Mrs Thatcher left office[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/northern_ireland/history/69117.stm] | Pachyderm's comments are all correct. In addition the mortar attack on 10 Downing Street happened on 7 February 1991 - several months after Mrs Thatcher left office[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/northern_ireland/history/69117.stm] | ||
. John Major (and the rest of the cabinet) were the targets. I think you may be confusing this attack with another one seven years prior to this where the IRA left a bomb in a Brighton hotel where Mrs Thatcher was staying during the Conservative Party conference.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/northern_ireland/history/68779.stm] [[User:Ferret|Ferret]] 08:06, 30 August 2007 (EDT) | . John Major (and the rest of the cabinet) were the targets. I think you may be confusing this attack with another one seven years prior to this where the IRA left a bomb in a Brighton hotel where Mrs Thatcher was staying during the Conservative Party conference.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/northern_ireland/history/68779.stm] [[User:Ferret|Ferret]] 08:06, 30 August 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | There is no bit of Ireland that is more Northerly than the most Northern parts of England, thus Ireland is not 'slightly to the North-West of England'. | ||
| + | The IRA attack on 10 Downing Street was made from an abandoned van not with 'hand-held weapons'. [[User:MrSmith|MrSmith]] 16:20, 31 August 2007 (EDT) | ||
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It is not 'English Protestants' who rule Northern Ireland, but Northern Irish Protestants who identify themselves as British - and they rule, now, in coalition with Irish nationalists. Some of the articles here on Ireland and Northern Ireland will give you more insight into the question. And your reluctance to use the term terrorism in relation to Northern Ireland is questionable. Pachyderm 08:43, 29 August 2007 (EDT)
Pachyderm's comments are all correct. In addition the mortar attack on 10 Downing Street happened on 7 February 1991 - several months after Mrs Thatcher left office[1] . John Major (and the rest of the cabinet) were the targets. I think you may be confusing this attack with another one seven years prior to this where the IRA left a bomb in a Brighton hotel where Mrs Thatcher was staying during the Conservative Party conference.[2] Ferret 08:06, 30 August 2007 (EDT)
There is no bit of Ireland that is more Northerly than the most Northern parts of England, thus Ireland is not 'slightly to the North-West of England'. The IRA attack on 10 Downing Street was made from an abandoned van not with 'hand-held weapons'. MrSmith 16:20, 31 August 2007 (EDT)
