BBC BOMB REVENGE FOR PANORAMA PROGRAMME?
BBC bomb revenge for Panorama programme
By JOHN McCUSKER
AN ITV documentary will tonight focus on US funding for the Real IRA in the wake of the weekend car bomb attack on the BBC headquarters in London.
The attack is thought to have been the work of dissident Republicans in revenge for a Panorama programme which named Real IRA members suspected of involvement in the 1998 bombing of Omagh.
One person was slightly injured when a London taxi loaded with up to 201bs of high explosive blew up outside the BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Adrian died in the Omagh blast, this week slammed those involved in the weekend attack.
"The very words 'car bomb' strike terror into everyone affected by an explosion," he said. "Looking at this incident makes you think of Omagh. It had the potential to cause a lot of death and injury and I don't believe the people who planted it would have cared if it had."
Mr Gallagher, RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan and Alan Fry of the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Unit will be among those taking part in the Tonight with Trevor McDonald investigation due to be screen at 10.20pm this evening.
As part of the programme, veteran correspondent, Michael Nicholson recorded a head-to-head interview which saw Mr Gallagher confront US fundraiser, Dorothy Robinson who has been accused of raising monies for Republican terrorists.
The interview took place during a trip by Mr Gallagher to New York and Washington during which he lobbied politicians to have the Real IRA outlawed in the States.
Ms Robinson - a member of the Irish-American group Clan na nGael has denied the fund-raising allegations stating that at no time has she ever carried out activities for the benefit of the Real IRA.
Later this month, Mr Gallagher is to meet with the Republic's Justice Minister, John O'Donoghue when he intends to raise the question of the sentencing policy of those convicted of terrorist offences in the South.
By JOHN McCUSKER
AN ITV documentary will tonight focus on US funding for the Real IRA in the wake of the weekend car bomb attack on the BBC headquarters in London.
The attack is thought to have been the work of dissident Republicans in revenge for a Panorama programme which named Real IRA members suspected of involvement in the 1998 bombing of Omagh.
One person was slightly injured when a London taxi loaded with up to 201bs of high explosive blew up outside the BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Adrian died in the Omagh blast, this week slammed those involved in the weekend attack.
"The very words 'car bomb' strike terror into everyone affected by an explosion," he said. "Looking at this incident makes you think of Omagh. It had the potential to cause a lot of death and injury and I don't believe the people who planted it would have cared if it had."
Mr Gallagher, RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan and Alan Fry of the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Unit will be among those taking part in the Tonight with Trevor McDonald investigation due to be screen at 10.20pm this evening.
As part of the programme, veteran correspondent, Michael Nicholson recorded a head-to-head interview which saw Mr Gallagher confront US fundraiser, Dorothy Robinson who has been accused of raising monies for Republican terrorists.
The interview took place during a trip by Mr Gallagher to New York and Washington during which he lobbied politicians to have the Real IRA outlawed in the States.
Ms Robinson - a member of the Irish-American group Clan na nGael has denied the fund-raising allegations stating that at no time has she ever carried out activities for the benefit of the Real IRA.
Later this month, Mr Gallagher is to meet with the Republic's Justice Minister, John O'Donoghue when he intends to raise the question of the sentencing policy of those convicted of terrorist offences in the South.
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Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/0745
Published Date: 08-Mar-01
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