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January 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Ian Drury
Last updated at 9:56 PM on 6th January 2012
A soldier was yesterday said to be ‘very, very lucky’ to be alive after finding a terrorist bomb planted in his car on a visit to his girlfriend in Northern Ireland.
Dissident republicans opposed to the peace process placed the murderous device beneath the driver’s seat after the soldier left the Vauxhall Astra unlocked.
But the off-duty serviceman, who is not based in Northern Ireland, cheated death after spotting the booby-trap while cleaning the vehicle before picking up a child from school.
At the scene: A bomb disposal crew prepares to deal with the bomb planted in a British soldier’s car in Belfast
He noticed a trip wire which connected the seatbelt to the device on Thursday.
Police said there could have been
massive bloodshed if the bomb on a housing estate in Belfast had
exploded.
Despite the narrow escape the soldier, from Scotland, is
expected to be hauled over the coals by the Army for breaching strict
personal security orders.
His parked car was left open outside
his long-term girlfriend’s home in nationalist north Belfast and he is
understood to have ignored safety guidance by telling several people he
was a member of the Armed Forces.
The vehicle was also described as a
‘party car’ by local politicians who said it had been used to transport
revellers to celebrations across the Ligoniel district on Wednesday
night.
This alerted terrorists belonging to Oglaigh na hEireann, a
splinter group of the Continuity IRA, to his whereabouts and movements.
Heavily populate area: Children watch from their home as security forces deal with the bomb, which police said would have killed many if it had detonated
The faction, blamed in the past for
leaving a string of pipe bombs outside the homes of Police Service of
Northern Ireland officers, claimed responsibility for the foiled attack.
An Army source said: ‘We have very
strict guidelines and protocols and give regular advice to personnel
both serving in and visiting Northern Ireland to take personal security
very seriously.’
He said the soldier would be ‘invited
in for a conversation without coffee’ – meaning a severe dressing down
from a senior officer.
Around 30 families had to be evacuated
from their homes on the housing estate when the car bomb was discovered
in Blackdam Court. Army bomb disposal experts dealt with the device by a
controlled explosion.
There had been a lull in activity by
dissident republicans in Northern Ireland but Chief Inspector Andy
Freeburn said the attack confirmed the threat is still severe.
Mr Freeburn said: ‘He was very, very
lucky. A small but very determined and capable group of people was
involved in this, and we could have been dealing with a serious tragedy.
There is no doubt his vigilance saved his life.
‘Many children aren’t back to school
yet after the holidays and this could have been an absolutely horrendous
start to the New Year.’
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Well, if these cowards care so much, why are they killing others? Surely killing themselves would be a bigger ‘statement’? (And it would save us all the trouble!)
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ask yourselves…why a people would go to these desperate lengths? perhaps because of generations of abuse!
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The so called freedom fighters want to kill a British soldier with a bomb, that I presume would not detonate if a mother and children happen to be walking by. Sick senseless cowards don’t care about anyone with their fixated brainwashed agenda.
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Once again, those who hate the peace process have shown what they are – nothing but cowards!
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I agree what a bunch of cowards they are!!
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Reporting over here that he is likely to be charged for carelessness over his safety. The doors, apparently, had been left unlocked.
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cowards you are just as disgusting as the taliban and other terror organisations… I hope you rot in HELL
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I remember members of the UDR and RUC telling me how they had to check there cars every day, sometimes many times a day, when they came out from shops, there wifes and children always waited wile the car was been checked. I hope it never happens again
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How evil can you get?
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Whatever happens the peace process must stay on track!
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