Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They
AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German
Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an
My Profile
Reuters Science
Stay on top of the latest advancements driving our changing world.
Full Coverage
You are here:
Home
>
News
>
International
>
Article
Home
Business & Finance
News
U.S.
Politics
International
Technology
Entertainment
Sports
Lifestyle
Oddly Enough
Environment
Health
Science
Special Coverage
Video
Pictures
Your View
The Great Debate
Blogs
Weather
Reader Feedback
Do More With Reuters
RSS
Widgets
Mobile
Podcasts
Newsletters
Your View
Make Reuters My Homepage
Partner Services
CareerBuilder
Affiliate Network
Professional Products
Support (Customer Zone)
Reuters Media
Financial Products
About Thomson Reuters
Two British soldiers killed in N.Ireland attack
Sun Mar 8, 2009 1:32am EST
Email | Print |
Share
| Reprints | Single Page
[-]
Text
[+]
By Anne Cadwallader
BELFAST (Reuters) - Gunmen struck at a British army base in one of Northern Ireland's worst attacks since a 1998 peace deal, killing two soldiers and seriously wounding four people, officials said.
Saturday's attack followed a warning from a police chief last week that the threat from republican dissidents was at its highest for nearly a decade and reports that British special forces were back in Northern Ireland to gather intelligence.
Police gave few details of the attack but media reports said personnel at the base were taking delivery of a pizza when the gunmen pulled up in a vehicle and opened fire. The last killing of a soldier in the province was in 1997, said the officials.
"This is a terrible reminder of the events of the past," said Peter Robinson, leader of the province's main Protestant party and head of its power-sharing government. He and other leading politicians vowed the gunmen would not succeed.
The 1998 Good Friday peace accord ended 30 years of political and sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland in which more than 3,000 people were killed.
The Irish Republican Army, which sought a united Ireland and drew support from the minority Roman Catholic community, and pro-British Protestant guerrilla groups agreed to ceasefires.
British troops were stood down in the province in 2007, but sporadic violence has continued despite the peace deal. Until the past few months, much of it was attributed to criminal activities rather than political or sectarian motives.
In January, a large bomb was defused in Castlewellan, a town 30 miles south of Northern Ireland's capital Belfast. A splinter republican group claimed responsibility for the bomb.
JOINT CONDEMNATION
Britain and Ireland, joint mediators and driving forces behind the peace deal, both condemned Saturday's attack at the Massereene base near the town of Antrim, 15 miles northwest of Belfast.
"In recent days action has been taken to increase security in Northern Ireland," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said in a statement.
"This is because of the increased threat from those who, even at this late stage, wish to ignore the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the people of Northern Ireland and attempt to derail the peace process."
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said: "A tiny group of evil people cannot and will not undermine the will of the people ... to live in peace together."
Nationalist politicians reacted angrily last week to the reports that members of Britain's Special Reconnaissance Regiment, at the forefront of intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, had returned to the province.
Northern Ireland's police chief Hugh Orde said on Friday he had deployed what he called specialists to help police deal with dissident groups but that they were not "special forces." Continued...
View article on single page
Share:
Del.icio.us
Digg
Mixx
Yahoo!
Facebook
LinkedIn
Next Article:
Iran says open to Afghan meeting offer from U.S.
"Never waste a good crisis"
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience of young Europeans that the current economic crisis was a golden opportunity to take action on climate change, highlighting opportunities to rebuild greener economies. Full Article | Video
Tongue-tied Clinton gets warm EU welcome
Clinton seeks to press reset button on Russia ties
More International News
Palestinian PM resigns but Abbas asks him to continue
Change attitude towards Pakistan, Musharraf tells India
Iran says open to Afghan meeting offer from U.S.
China won't adopt national voucher plan: vice minister
Pakistan frees 12 Taliban militants in Swat valley
More International News...
Editor's Choice
Slideshow
A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Slideshow
Most Popular on Reuters
Articles
Video
Clinton tells how she fell for Bill "long ago"
Who got AIG's bailout billions?
Tongue-tied Clinton gets warm EU welcome | Video
Venezuela's Chavez turns to confrontation in crisis
UPDATE 2-Pressure may mount to know who got AIG bailout blns
Dean under consideration for surgeon general: report | Video
In crisis, GE finds its deep bench not so magical
Next shoe to drop for U.S. job seekers: lower wages
Bernanke: Fed will use all tools at its disposal
Terrell Owens to join Buffalo Bills
Most Popular Articles RSS Feed
Video
Harare in shock over death
Clinton: "Never waste a good crisis"
Is anybody out there ?
Clinton says Obama to visit Turkey
China cooperates with U.S and U.K
Car bomb kills eight in Pakistan
British politician in custard attack
Pro Tibet demo in London
Indian kids love Python pets
Zimbabwe PM hurt, wife killed
Most Popular Videos RSS Feed
The Great Debate
Setback for America’s pro-Israel hawks
Bernd Debusmann
There are signs that the influence of Washington's right-wing pro-Israel lobby might be waning under the administration of President Obama. Commentary
Follow Bernd Debusmann on Twitter
Reuters Deals
The global destination for corporate leaders, deal-makers and innovators
Knowledge to Act
Reuters.com:
Help and Contact Us |
Advertise With Us |
Mobile |
Newsletters |
RSS |
Interactive TV |
Labs |
Reuters in Second Life |
Archive |
Site Index |
Video Index
Thomson Reuters Corporate:
Copyright |
Disclaimer |
Privacy |
Professional Products |
Professional Products Support |
About Thomson Reuters |
Careers
International Editions:
Africa |
Arabic |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Canada |
China |
France |
Germany |
India |
Italy |
Japan |
Latin America |
Mexico |
Russia |
Spain |
United Kingdom |
United States
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.