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IRA suspect convicted of 1989 attack on British base
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| 04/04/2006 - 11:26:22
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Posted on 04/09/2006 10:41:44 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite
IRA suspect convicted of 1989 attack on British base
A former member of the IRA was convicted today for his role in a 1989 attack on a British military base in Germany and sentenced to six years in jail.
A German state court in Celle found Leonard Joseph Hardy, aged 45, from Antrim, guilty on several counts of attempted murder and of deliberately causing an explosion.
Hardy, who was arrested in August in a hotel in the Spanish resort city of Torremolinos and did not fight extradition to Germany in January, has admitted being a member of an IRA “Active Service Unit” that attacked the British Army’s Quebec barracks in Osnabruck on June 19, 1989.
He was not expected to appeal.
Four others implicated in the attack were already convicted of attempted murder before a German court in 1995 and jailed for between nine and 12 years.
Prosecutors said the five wanted to detonate several bombs at the barracks, but were disturbed by a workman as they tried to lay the charges. Only one of the bombs exploded, causing damage but, hurting no one.
Hardy refused to say whether others were involved in the attack or where the group obtained an estimated 265 pounds of military-grade plastic explosives.
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Good news!!!
To: Happygal; Colosis; Black Line; Cucullain; SomeguyfromIreland; Youngblood; Fergal; Cian; col kurz; ..
I hope the POS doesn't get early realease!!
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:44:01 AM PDT
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Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
Gerry Arafat still breaths. Why.
To: SteveMcKing
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:46:13 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: BW2221
I'm not in the mood to listen to IRA trolls like you today!!
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:53:46 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: BW2221; Irish_Thatcherite
It's quite simple, BW.
If you don't want to read the thread, Don't.
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:55:35 AM PDT
by
fanfan
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To: fanfan
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:56:47 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
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posted on
04/09/2006 10:59:23 AM PDT
by
fanfan
( We have become the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world.)
To: fanfan
True, and that poster is tailing me a lot!
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:00:31 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
Remember, if you're taking flak, you're over the target!
;-)
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:03:15 AM PDT
by
fanfan
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To: fanfan
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posted on
04/09/2006 11:04:21 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
A German state court in Celle found Leonard Joseph Hardy, aged 45, from Antrim, guilty on several counts of attempted murder and of deliberately causing an explosion. No laurels for this Hardy.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:47:02 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
Nope. And I wish there none for Brownie!!
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:50:37 PM PDT
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Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Charles Henrickson
A German state court in Celle found Leonard Joseph Hardy, aged 45, from Antrim, guilty on several counts of attempted murder and of deliberately causing an explosion. No laurels for this Hardy.
Ping
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posted on
04/09/2006 3:03:37 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: fanfan; Irish_Thatcherite
Remember, if you're taking flak, you're over the target! That's a good one!
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posted on
04/09/2006 4:51:11 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Incorrigible; fanfan
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posted on
04/10/2006 1:00:03 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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