Gibraltar IRA shootings

Title

Gibraltar IRA shootings

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

8 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:00:24

Description

Parliamentary statement by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, about the shooting in Gibraltar of three IRA members by the SAS (06/03/88). Says most people will be relieved they were stopped before another bombing took place.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Terrorism; Ireland; UK; IRA; Special forces; Gibraltar; Mairead Farrell; Sean Savage; Danny McCann

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