Latest Terrorist attempt

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Latest terrorist attempt:
Cop Hurt By Car Bomb In Northern Ireland

A policeman has been seriously injured after a bomb exploded under his car in Northern Ireland.

Peadar Heffron, 33, had just driven off when the blast happened in Milltown Road, Randalstown in County Antrim.

He was taken to hospital and army bomb disposal experts were called to the scene of the attack.

It happened just a few miles from Antrim town, where Sappers Mark Quinsey, 23, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, were shot dead by the Real IRA outside Massereene Army barracks last March.

Northern Ireland Security Minister Paul Goggins condemned the latest atrocity.

He said: "This vile attack will sicken people across Northern Ireland."

The one positive result of the bombing of the World Trade Centre - to me - was that Americans finally started to see that terrorism was not just forceful public opinion. Lack of American support had a real impact on the Troubles. All of a sudden, men like Bobby Sands went from being a martyr, to a criminal. What would American public opinion have been if a 9/11 bomber starved himself to death? Ho hum, one less mouth to feed - as opposed to a political prisoner demanding to be treated as such and not as a criminal.

This is only the most recent attack BTW. Another exmaple was the girlfriend of a police dog handler, targeted in October last year. Car bomb. She escaped with injuries.

These people are well schooled in the divisive and personal nature of terrorism.