IRA attack on 10 Downing Street - Eyewitness accounts

Title

IRA attack on 10 Downing Street - Eyewitness accounts

Genre

Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:19

Description

In 7 parts. Eyewitness accounts of and expert opinion on the IRA mortar bomb attack on 10 Downing Street. Including an unnamed male ambulance worker, London taxi driver Peter Thompson(?), an unnamed male BBC employee, and local workers. Defence expert Paul Beaver gives his opinion that the IRA has connections with Libya, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the Palestine Liberation Organization. He also says that despite a Czechoslovakian clampdown, semtex is still readily available. Questions posed by unidentified male reporter.

Contributors

Paul Beaver; Peter Thompson(?)

Keywords

London; Government; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; PLO; Great Britain; IRA; England; Politicians; Libya; Czechoslovakia; Bombs; John Major; Explosions; Explosives; Foreign Office; Iraq; Whitehall; Ministry of Defence; Saddam Hussein; Downing Street

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