The Reuters article does not, however, contain the word 'terrorist' or 'terrorism' - but describes the terrorists as 'militant Irish Nationalists'. Interesting that.
Bomb defused in Northern Ireland would have caused devastation
BELFAST (Reuters) - Two bombs planted by militant Irish nationalists, including one packed with enough explosives to have killed anyone within a 50-metre (yard) radius, were defused in Northern Ireland on Saturday, police said.
The 600-pound (270-kg) bomb, roughly the same size as one used to kill 29 people in the town of Omagh in the single deadliest attack of Northern Ireland's three decades of violence in 1998, was left in an abandoned vehicle in the town of Newry.
Police blamed nationalist groups opposed to a 1998 peace deal that largely ended violence in the British-controlled province, and said the device was fully primed to cause devastation.
"To put it in perspective - anyone within 50 metres of this device would have been killed and anyone within 100 metres, seriously injured," District Commander Chief Superintendent Alasdair Robinson told a news conference.
"This was a very significant device. If this had exploded it would have caused devastation."
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http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-defused-nort ... 15856.html
Cheers,
Shafique
