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- ↑ "WEST GERMANY: AFTERMATH OF BOMB ATTACK ON BRITISH ARMY BASE NEAR DUSSELDORF, WEST GERMANY. (1978)". British Pathe. British Pathé Ltd. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ↑ "I.R.A. SETS OFF BOMB AT BELGIAN CONCERT" (Digital Archive). New York Times. 29 August 1979. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ↑ McGladdery, Gary (1 February 2006). The Provisional IRA in England: The Bombing Campaign 1973-1997. London: Irish Academic Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0716533733.
- ↑ "Germans end extradition moves over 1980 shooting" (Digital Archive). The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 June 1994. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ↑ McGladdery, Gary (1 February 2006). "Targeting England". The Provisional IRA in England: The Bombing Campaign 1973-1997. London: Irish Academic Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0716533733.
The first attack of this nature took place on the 16 February 1980 when the PIRA shot dead a British Army Colonel in Germany
- ↑ Saen, Herman. "British Official escapes death try in Brussels". UPI archives. UPI. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ↑ The Bulletin. 26 November 1981.
- ↑ "Belfast Man Arrested in Holland". RTÉ Archives.
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- CAIN Web Service - Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland (The CAIN Project: Conflict Archive on the Internet), Ulster University.
- Out of the Ashes: An Oral History of the Provisional Irish Republican Movement – Robert White (2017), Merrion Press. ISBN 978-1785370939.
- INLA: Deadly Divisions – Jack Holland and Henry McDonald (1995), Poolbeg Press. ISBN 978-1853714740.
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