IRA victims to sue Gadaffi

VICTIMS of IRA atrocities are to sue the Libyan leader, Colonel Gadaffi, and his government for supplying republicans with weapons during the Troubles.

The case is being seen as the biggest ever civil action over terrorism in Britain. Survivors of terrorism and relatives of victims are seeking millions of pounds in compensation and an apology from Libya for supplying war materials to the IRA.

Michelle Williamson, 40, whose parents were killed by a bomb at a fish shop in Belfast's Shankill Road, told a newspaper: "Libya can't wash its hands of responsibility. It's like the pub owner who knowingly supplies drink to a customer knowing he or she is going to drive home drunk. If that driver kills someone, the person who plied him or her with drink bears some responsibility."