Book: IRA came close to assassinating Howe

The IRA came within a whisker of assassinating Geoffrey Howe when he was British Foreign Secretary, according to a book published today.

Book: IRA came close to assassinating Howe

The IRA came within a whisker of assassinating Geoffrey Howe when he was British Foreign Secretary, according to a book published today.

British intelligence saved one of Margaret Thatcher’s most senior ministers from a huge car bomb that would have blown him to pieces and heralded the start of a spectacular new campaign of violence by the terror organisation.

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