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<text id=91TT2887>
<title>
Dec. 30, 1991: World Notes:Britain
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 30, 1991 The Search For Mary
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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WORLD, Page 31
World Notes
BRITAIN
'Tis the Season To Plant a Bomb
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<p> Christmas comes but once a year--for which Londoners can be
thankful, since the Irish Republican Army has chosen to mark the
season with terrorist attacks. Last week a bomb exploded at
London's Clapham Junction, the country's busiest railway
intersection. No one was injured, but an estimated 500,000
commuters were affected and the city's businesses could lose
around $90 million.
</p>
<p> Since Dec. 1, the I.R.A. has set off 25 fire bombs across
the country in a campaign of economic sabotage. Although no one
has yet been hurt, one device went off at London's National
Gallery.
</p>
<p> In Northern Ireland the activities of the I.R.A. and
Protestant extremists have been more lethal, taking 89 lives
this year. But as a government spokesman explained, "It doesn't
make news to bomb in Northern Ireland. Fire bombs in London at
Christmas cause lots of publicity."
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</body></article>
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