Omagh bombing See all media Category: History & Society Also called: Northern Ireland conflict Date: 1968 - 1998 Location: Belfast Londonderry Ulster Participants: British army Irish Republican Army Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary United Kingdom (Show more) Major Events: Bloody Sunday Birmingham pub bombing Omagh bombing See all related content → Recent News Apr. 3, 2024, 8:27 AM ET (MSN) Liam Neeson reunites with Irish co-stars in new Troubles-era film Mar. 30, 2024, 4:42 AM ET (MSN) UN human rights body calls for repeal or amendment of Troubles legacy laws Show More the Troubles, violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists), who desired the province to remain part of the United Kingdom, and the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic nationalists (republicans), who wanted Northern Ireland to become part of the republic of Ireland. The other major players in the conflict were the British army, Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), and Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR; from 1992 called the Royal Irish Regiment), and their avowed purpose was to play a peacekeeping role, most prominently between the nationalist Irish Republican Army (IRA), which viewed the conflict as a guerrilla war for national independence, and the unionist paramilitary forces, which characterized the IRA’s aggression as terrorism. Marked by street fighting, sensational bombings, sniper attacks, roadblocks, and internment without trial, the confrontation had the characteristics of a civil war, notwithstanding its textbook categorization as a “low-intensity conflict.” Some 3,600 people were killed and more than 30,000 more were wounded before a peaceful solution, which involved the governments of both the United Kingdom and Ireland, was effectively reached in 1998, leading to a power-sharing arrangement in the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.

Omagh bombning Se alle medier Kategori: Historie & Samfund Også kaldet: Nordirlands konflikt Dato: 1968 - 1998 Beliggenhed: Belfast Londonderry Ulster Deltagere: Britisk hær Irish Republican Army Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary Storbritannien (Vis mere) Store begivenheder: Bloody Sunday Birmingham pubbombning Omagh bombning Se alt relateret indhold → Seneste nyheder 3. apr. 2024, 08:27 ET (MSN) Liam Neeson genforenes med irske medstjerner i en ny film fra Troubles-æraen 30. marts 2024, 04:42 ET (MSN) FN's menneskerettighedsorgan opfordrer til ophævelse eller ændring af Troubles-lovgivningen Vis mere Troubles, voldelig sekterisk konflikt fra omkring 1968 til 1998 i Nordirland mellem de overvejende protestantiske unionister (loyalister), som ønskede, at provinsen skulle forblive en del af Det Forenede Kongerige, og de overvejende romersk-katolske nationalister (republikanere), der ønskede, at Nordirland skulle blive en del af republikken Irland.De andre store aktører i konflikten var den britiske hær, Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) og Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR; fra 1992 kaldet Royal Irish Regiment), og deres erklærede formål var at spille en fredsbevarende rolle, mest fremtrædende mellem de nationalistiske irske republikanske hær (IRA), der så konflikten som en guerillakrig for national uafhængighed, og de unionistiske paramilitære styrker, som karakteriserede IRA's aggression som terrorisme. Præget af gadekampe, sensationelle bombninger, snigskytteangreb, vejspærringer og internering uden rettergang, havde konfrontationen karakteristika af en borgerkrig, på trods af dens lærebogskategorisering som en "lav-intensitetskonflikt." Omkring 3.600 mennesker blev dræbt og mere end 30.000 flere blev såret, før en fredelig løsning, som involverede regeringerne i både Det Forenede Kongerige og Irland, reelt blev nået i 1998, hvilket førte til en magtdelingsordning i den nordirske forsamling i Stormont.