Real IRA's Plot To Blow Up London: Wave Of Atrocities Foiled By MI5 Operation That Snared Terrorists' Weapons Buyer -- Daily Mail
* Michael Campbell, 39, caught on tape plotting 'terror day-trip to London'
* Police praise the bravery of undercover MI5 agents after four-year operation
* 'You can imagine us getting over to England... you imagine, with a six-hour timer, we could be over to London and back. Just tick, tick, tick, tick... gone'
* Republican sentenced to 12 years in jail by a Lithuanian judge
* Paid just £5,200 for arsenal of high-grade explosives, grenade launchers, detonators, AK-47s and a special assassin's rifle
A terrorist plot to murder hundreds of innocent Britons in a devastating wave of atrocities was revealed yesterday.
Dissidents belonging to the Real IRA wanted to attack targets, including police and soldiers, in London and elsewhere with rucksack bombs, grenades and a long-distance sniper rifle.
But the plan was foiled when the terrorist sent to buy the weapons was trapped in an elaborate MI5 sting involving a British cigarette smuggler turned undercover agent.
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Update #1: Louth man gets 12-year jail term in Lithuania for attempting to buy arms -- Irish Times
Update #2: How Michael Campbell was caught in a sting by Lithuania and MI5 -- The Guardian
My Comment: On the negative note .... it is sad to know that there are still some in Ireland/Northern Ireland who are willing to provide funds to those who still believe in the conflict and "the troubles". On a positive note .... Lithuanian jails like most east European jails are tough places to find oneself in, and there is no early parole.