• Bomb Found in Ireland Hours Before Queen Arrives
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[quote=NY Times] LONDON — Brushing aside bomb threats, Queen Elizabeth II embarked on the first visit by a reigning British monarch to the Irish Republic on Tuesday — a visit heavy on symbolism after decades of hostility and mistrust, and protected by some of the tightest security Dubliners could recall. Hours before she arrived, the Irish Army carried out a controlled explosion of a pipe bomb discovered in a tote bag in the luggage compartment of a bus heading for the capital, police officials said. The bus was traveling from Ballina in the west of Ireland toward Dublin and the device was found in Maynooth, 40 miles from Dublin. About 30 passengers had left the bus when it was stopped and searched, apparently after a tip by an informant, the police said. News agencies reported that the Irish police also had found a sham device, harmless but meant to appear to be a bomb, at a tram station in North Dublin. On Monday, a bomb threat received in London was first taken by police as credible, but later described as a probable hoax. Despite the alarms, the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, flew into a military airfield outside Dublin, shielded by security operations designed both for her visit and for President Obama, who is scheduled to visit the country early next week. The queen, 85, wore an outfit in the Irish color of emerald green, signaling what British and Irish officials have depicted as a mood of reconciliation between countries that fought a bitter independence war early in the 20th century. In more recent times, British and Irish governments have worked closely on issues such as the effort to cement the 1998 Good Friday peace accord in Northern Ireland and within the European Union, of which they are both members. The Good Friday agreement led to the formation of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland that includes mainly Protestant unionists, who want the province to remain part of Britain, and mainly Catholic republicans, who want a united Ireland. In the past, sectarian rivalries have colored the broader Anglo-Irish relationship, and both sides have long historical memories of a past characterized by war and turbulent relations dating from the 12th-century invasion by King Henry II of England. The queen laid a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance, honoring those who fought against her forebears and dedicated to “those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom.” Her schedule included a visit to the Croke Park Stadium where British forces fired into a crowd during Ireland’s independence war and killed 14 people. The fact that it took so long for her trip to take place was in itself a token of the lingering animosities from that era and long before. While Elizabeth has traveled regularly to Northern Ireland, no reigning monarch had visited the republic since the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922; the queen’s grandfather, King George V, was the last British monarch to visit there, in 1911, when Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom. The Irish president, Mary McAleese, told the state broadcaster that the queen’s visit was “an extraordinary moment in Irish history,” while David Cameron, the British prime minister, said there was “a great sense of history and occasion” to the visit. But the symbolism was offset by concerns about security. For days, the routes the queen plans to travel in Dublin have been cleared of parked cars, and some area have been cordoned off altogether. More than 5,000 manholes, culverts and drains have been checked and sealed. Even the Dublin Zoo, which is close to where the queen will be staying, will be closed for two days. Vantage points to see the queen are restricted and lists of people likely to get close to her have been closely vetted. The measures reflect worries that dissident republicans who are opposed to both the Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland and to the very presence of a British monarch will mount some kind of attack. Weeks before the monarch’s visit, dissident republicans in Northern Ireland appeared with their faces masked in a cemetery in Northern Ireland to warn Elizabeth that she was not welcome. One of them read out a statement: “The Queen of England is wanted for war crimes in Ireland and is not wanted on Irish soil.” Opinion surveys suggest that many Irish people do not object to the monarch’s visit, but a minority remains opposed, accusing Britain of occupying Northern Ireland to thwart aspirations for a single Ireland. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/world/europe/18queen.html?_r=3&hp[/url] Wow, that was pretty scary.
Holy shit, that would of sucked.
Imagine if they had succeeded.
Seriously? You're gonna blow up a little old lady over "war crimes"? She's a fucking logo for the country, not the one making orders
i fucking told my mates at school today something would happen to her. a teacher told us that they're removing speedbumps or whatever you call them in dublin and that the queens car is always supposed to stay over 70 km/h
IRA?
No one wants queen in ROI. Stupid cunt
[QUOTE=Mr.Bossman;29892343]IRA?[/QUOTE] The "Real" IRA. The IRA have stopped doing anything drastic for years now. The thing about the "Real" IRA though is that they have no political party or much public support.
[QUOTE=Bigby Wolf;29892269]Seriously? You're gonna blow up a little old lady over "war crimes"? She's a fucking logo for the country, not the one making orders[/QUOTE] No, she represents the British Empire and to kill the queen would not only outrage Britain but it may have even kickstarted the troubles again.
[QUOTE=TrulliLulli;29892279]and that the queens car is always supposed to stay over 70 km/h[/QUOTE] Of course... [b]THERE'S A BOMB ON THE QUEEN'S CAR![/b] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Speed_movie_poster.jpg[/img]
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[QUOTE=Mr.Bossman;29892343]IRA?[/QUOTE] Irish Rebublican Army, a para-military organisation devoted to the end of British rule first in Ireland as a whole and now in Northern Ireland. There are 2 branches, the "real" IRA who are slightly more passive and made up of conservative IRA members and the "Provisional" IRA which accounted for many of the attacks during The Troubles. Arguably though the real IRA have more experience and are thus more dangerous than their provisional counterparts.
Irish people are weird. The guys who are fixing my house are Irish. They all smoke and drink a lot of soda and I can't understand anything they say.
[QUOTE=analrapist;29892914]Irish people are weird. The guys who are fixing my house are Irish. They all smoke and drink a lot of soda and I can't understand anything they say.[/QUOTE] You get used to it.
Who is next in line to the throne?
[QUOTE=Luuper;29893141]Who is next in line to the throne?[/QUOTE] The Prince of Wales I believe.
[QUOTE=Bigby Wolf;29892269]Seriously? You're gonna blow up a little old lady over "war crimes"? [b]She's a fucking logo for the country[/b], not the one making orders[/QUOTE] Exactly.
[QUOTE=captainHOE;29893285]Exactly.[/QUOTE] No you have it all wrong they want to kill her exactly [I]because[/I] she represents Great Britain.
That's what I was saying...
[QUOTE=captainHOE;29893515]That's what I was saying...[/QUOTE] No you just said exactly which could be taken either way.
I live in Ireland and find this whole anti queen thing stupid. Watching the riots on the news, saw some rioter with a sign saying "Keep Britain out of Ireland", but the mong was wearing a Manchester United jersey.
[QUOTE=Andy;29893737]I live in Ireland and find this whole anti queen thing stupid. Watching the riots on the news, saw some rioter with a sign saying "Keep Britain out of Ireland", but the mong was wearing a Manchester United jersey.[/QUOTE] Bunch of hoodies and eirigi scumbags,along with the standard anarchist rebel gobshite on top of it and you got your self a shitpile. happens all the time.
Oh man I hope Prince Phillip says something bigoted :D
[QUOTE=johan_sm;29892417]No one wants queen in ROI. Stupid cunt[/QUOTE] So you support murdering the royal family if they happen to visit Ireland? I think the only stupid cunt here is you.
There's actually been numerous bombs found, nearly 20 if I remember in the last 2 months... Most of them are gang related.
I think our issues in Ireland were resolved after the Troubles.
[QUOTE=Bigby Wolf;29892269]Seriously? You're gonna blow up a little old lady over "war crimes"? She's a fucking logo for the country, not the one making orders[/QUOTE] It's not that simple, the Queen was in power when bloody Sunday happened. A Lot of people are still angry over the fact that she gave no apology or even acknowledged what happened. But the people who are doing these attacks are idiots and have no say for the people of Ireland
[QUOTE=N0 WAR;29894227]So you support murdering the royal family if they happen to visit Ireland? I think the only stupid cunt here is you.[/QUOTE] Well if she didn't listen when irish asked her, then they have to bomb her.
[QUOTE=johan_sm;29894678]Well if she didn't listen when irish asked her, then they have to bomb her.[/QUOTE] Please, Stop posting.
Just how bad is the situation in Northern Ireland? I read up on The Troubles but is this that out of hand?
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