The foiling of an IRA plot to cause terror on the M6

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By Mike LockleyNostalgiaPublished: May 9, 2023Comments

Chilling calls to two West Midland hotels were the smoke that signalled a firestorm of chaos instigated, orchestrated and executed by the Provisional IRA.

Warrant Officer Second Class Aminul Islam QMG, who was awarded the George Medal for bravery in 1998

Those coded messages – traced to a public phone box in Manzoni Gardens, Birmingham city centre – revealed the terror group had returned to wage war in our region.

The foiling of an IRA plot to cause terror on the M6

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