A burnt-out car is examined in Belfast after co-ordinated gun and bomb attacksDissident Republicans Blamed For 400lb Bomb After Christmas 'Spectacular' Threat -- Times Online
Irish terrorism will return to the top of the security agenda today after co-ordinated gun and bomb attacks in Northern Ireland confirmed the determination by so-called dissident republicans to strike hard against the Province’s fragile peace before Christmas.
Security chiefs are increasingly fearful that breakaway groups from the Provisional IRA will achieve their objective of a “spectacular” before the year’s end, further imperilling the prospect of an end to political deadlock between the Province’s main parties.
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