Gerry Fitt on IRA car bombs

Title

Gerry Fitt on IRA car bombs

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 Mar 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:01:09

Description

Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) MP, Gerry Fitt on the increased use of the car bomb as a weapon by the IRA in Northern Ireland. The interview comes after a spate of attacks in the province during which an eleven year-old boy named Alan McCrum was killed. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Gerry Fitt

Keywords

Armed forces; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Police; Terrorists; Cars; IRA; Defence; SDLP; UDA; Peacekeeping; Security; Bombs; Explosions

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