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Date:	97-10-30 21:13:05 EST
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Subj:	 MSN-UK 10/30 - Sinn Fein Repudiates CIRA Derry Attack - "undermines Peace Proc
Date:	97-10-30 20:14:07 EST
From:	redhand@fast.net (Edmond J. (Skip) O'Neill)
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Semtex fears over rebel IRA faction
Continuity IRA claim responsibility

DISSIDENT republicans opposed to Sinn Feins peace strategy were behind a
Semtex bomb attack which put hundreds of lives at risk in the centre of
Londonderry.
        A masked gunman left a incendiary device containing one and a half
lbs of explosives and taped to two gallons of petrol at a government office
building.
        More than 300 civil servants fled and although the detonator
exploded, the bomb, inside a holdall, failed to ignite the main charge.
        The Continuity IRA later admitted responsibility for the attack, but
the disclosure by security sources that Semtex was used means this breakaway
group has got its hands on a type of powerful explosives which the
Provisional IRA apparently had previously only access too.
        Tonnes of it are believed to be hidden in several dumps in the Irish
Republic.

Deeply worrying
A senior security source said: A small amount of Semtex was contained in
this bomb and that must be deeply worrying for everybody.
        But it only confirms what many of us have suspected all along. Its
only a matter of time before the Provos go back. Maybe not all of them, but
certainly some.
        This is the second major CIRA attack since the Provisionals restored
their ceasefire three months ago. A huge van bomb devastated part of
Markethill, Co Armagh last month. It also contained commercial explosives,
but the type was never revealed.
        Tonight Dodie McGuinness, a leading member of Sinn Fein in Derry
said the party was deeply concerned by the attack.
        Those responsible for it are trying to undermine the peace process.
I believe everybody should remain focused on the task in hand, and not be
deflected by incidents of this nature.
        Police said hundreds of lives had been put at risk when a faulty
bomb was carried through the centre of Derry before being left by a masked
gunman in a motor taxation office at Orchard House in Foyle Street.

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From: "Edmond J. \(Skip\) O'Neill" <redhand@fast.net>
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Subject: MSN-UK 10/30 - Sinn Fein Repudiates CIRA Derry Attack - "undermines Peace Process
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 20:06:30 -0500
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