FBI: Omagh bombing a joint dissident operation

The Omagh bombing was carried out jointly by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA rather than just by the RIRA alone, the trial of the man accused of murdering the 29 victims of the 1998 atrocity was told by an FBI agent today.

FBI: Omagh bombing a joint dissident operation

The Omagh bombing was carried out jointly by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA rather than just by the RIRA alone, the trial of the man accused of murdering the 29 victims of the 1998 atrocity was told by an FBI agent today.

Written evidence from David Rupert, an FBI agent who infiltrated dissident republican groups, also said that accused Sean Hoey had never been named by him to the FBI or the British Security Service as having been involved or associated in any way with the illegal republican groups.

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