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...Brighton Bombing...
...I.R.A. bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton [WORLD, Oct. 22] makes me aware once again that many of our American citizens are financing this madness in spite of the efforts of the Irish and British governments to stop it. I also criticize our politicians of Irish background who have made no effort to influence these misguided supporters to stop underwriting murder...
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's remark that the Brighton attack "was the work of evil men" makes me wonder what clear thinkers would call 800 years of British oppression in Ireland...
...residence of the French Ambassador, where Mitterrand was to hold a reception. The technician, acting without authorization, apparently wanted to test British antibomb squads. The explosives were quickly discovered by dogs trained to detect them. Understandably edgy in the wake of the Irish Republican Army bombing in Brighton two weeks ago aimed at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British authorities questioned the French technician at length and gave him what was described as a "verbal lashing...
Despite the financial crisis, the aftermath of the bombing continued to preoccupy the British public. In Brighton, where the most seriously injured victims of the blast remained under police guard, detectives were following up clues, and bomb experts were sifting through the ruins of the Grand Hotel. Their efforts yielded what Commander Bill Hucklesby, head of Scotland Yard's antiterrorist branch, called "significant items." Police theorize that the bomb, possibly wrapped in plastic to hide its odor from police dogs, was planted behind a panel in a bathroom of the hotel by I.R.A. "sleeper agents" long resident in England...