Page 2 - August 1998 News Today

Should do just that. nonetheless, micheal martin, the irish foreign minister, has said he will be consulting with his ministerial colleagues in dublin, including the minister forjustice, to decide on their next steps. the cross—border element to all of this may well be important in that the bomb was transported into 0magh from the other side of the irish border. so this has been a long—running story now, nearly a quarter of a century since the bomb exploded just yards from where i am standin...

So this has been a long—running story now, nearly a quarter of a century since the bomb exploded just yards from where i am standing now in the town centre of 0magh on a saturday afternoon in august 1998, in terms of lives lost, the worst atrocity in the history of the conflict in northern ireland. 29 people murdered including a woman who was pregnant with twins. police forces on both sides of the border have been involved in investigations over the years although nobody has been successfully ...

29 people died after the bombing in the town of 0magh in august 1998, and bereaved families have been campaigning for a full inquiry for more than a decade. a belfast court ruled two years ago that there should be a new investigation into whether the attack — by the so—called real ira — could have been prevented. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in 0magh tonight. it is almost a quarter of a century since a car bomb exploded on this the main shopping street in 0magh. it was a sunny s...

To decide next steps. on the cross—border elements may well be important, and that the bomb was transported into 0magh from the other side of the irish border. so, this has been a long—running story now. it is nearly a quarter of a century since the bomb exploded just yards from where im standing now and the town centre of 0magh come on and the town centre of 0magh come on a saturday afternoon in august 1998. in terms of lives lost, the worst atrocity in the history of the conflict in northe...

Target america, to target the united states of america and specifically to kill american peopleec anywhere in the world. that was february, 1998, that he wrote that declaration of war. later that same year, in august, 1998, they blew up the u.s. embassies in tanzania and kenna, more t than 4,000 people injure more than 200 people killed. in october 2000, they hit the uss cole, a guided missile zroir while it was being refuelled in yemen. i 17 u.s. sailors killed, 37 injured. the year after that,...

Al-qaeda, and all the islamist terrorist groups he proclaimed were all united as what he called the international front against crusaders and jews, not to put too fine a point on it. his declaration in february 1998 proclaimed it their mission to target america, to target the united states of america and specifically to kill american people anywhere in the world. that was february 1998 that he wrote that declaration of war. later that same year in august 1998 they blew up the u.s. embassies in t...

If that happens? >> it would look something like what happened in russia in august 1998 when they defaulted on debt, the ruble lost value and could basically crash and the stock is worth a ruble but the end of this period. it was worth about five and it was a really hard time and people i talked to no moscow worry thats where theyre headed to a second. >> the burning question i ask every time is does that move anything? it does seem, today, putin did this completely unhinged sort of manic rant w...

Especially of coordinated north and south of the border, had a prospect of preventing the bombing and whether the potential advantages of taking a much more aggressive approach towards suspected terrorists outweigh the potential disadvantages inherent in such an approach. well, that news has been welcomed by the families of the victims, including michael gallagher, whose son aidan died here in the 0magh bombing in august 1998 and he said the families today feel vindicated. we have lived with tha...

As well as in the rest of tokyo it is a very worrying start to the opening ceremony. a high courtjudge has ruled there should be a new investigation into whether state agencies could have prevented the 0magh bombing in 1998. the attack, which was carried out by the dissident republican group the real ira, was the worst single atrocity of the conflict in northern ireland — resulting in the deaths of 29 people. in 2013, the government said it would not hold a public inquiry. 0ur correspondent da...

They had a short time to clear the area after a morning but because of the warning was not clear, the operation to try to evacuate the town centre of 0magh was not a very effective and that�*s why 29 people lost their lives in what was the single worst atrocity of the entire troubles. in delivering this judgment today, the high courtjudge said he was satisfied that there are certain grounds to give plausible allegations that there was a real prospect of preventing the bombing and he said any i...