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- THE WEEK, Page 18WORLDAnother Cruel Yule
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- Terrorists ignite two explosions in Manchester and target London
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- Since the eruption of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland
- 23 years ago, Christmas in Britain has frequently brought the
- distinctly unjoyous prospect of Irish Republican Army terrorism.
- 1992 is already part of that deadly tradition. At the height of
- Thursday's morning rush hour, two bombs exploded in central
- Manchester, injuring 64 people. Most of the victims were hit by
- flying glass in the second blast after they had sought refuge
- from the first near the city's Anglican cathedral. Police,
- citing phoned messages, blamed the I.R.A.
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- The double hit in Manchester came one day after a foiled
- bombing attempt in London. Police discovered and disarmed a
- load of explosives hidden in a van parked in central London's
- West End. It was the third I.R.A. attack that authorities have
- managed to disrupt in the past two weeks, although last April
- three people were killed in a spectacular bombing that caused $1
- billion in damage to the financial district. In the Northern
- Ireland capital of Belfast, meanwhile, 27 bystanders were
- injured last week when panic broke out upon discovery of a bomb
- hidden in a travel agency. Said Michael Mates, British security
- minister for Northern Ireland: "It is a sad fact of life that it
- is virtually impossible to deliver total protection."
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