The Assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said of Mountbatten's death:

The IRA gave clear reasons for the execution. I think it is unfortunate that anyone has to be killed, but the furor created by Mountbatten's death showed up the hypocritical attitude of the media establishment. As a member of the House of Lords, Mountbatten was an emotional figure in both British and Irish politics. What the IRA did to him is what Mountbatten had been doing all his life to other people; and with his war record I don't think he could have objected to dying in what was clearly a war situation. He knew the danger involved in coming to this country. In my opinion, the IRA achieved its objective: people started paying attention to what was happening in Ireland.

On the same day Mountbatten was assassinated, the IRA also ambushed and killed eighteen British Army soldiers, sixteen of them from the Parachute Regiment at Warrenpoint, County Down in what became known as the Warrenpoint ambush. After this action, graffiti proclaiming "Bloody Sunday's Not Forgotten, We Got Eighteen And Mountbatten" was seen in some Republican areas in Ireland.

On 23 November 1979, Thomas McMahon was convicted of murder for his part in the bombing and later was released in 1998 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

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[GeorginaO89]

Wow, I actually didn't know this history was interesting to the Brits and the Americans? I'm proud to be a Sligoian :)

[MrMickroach]

@WAXY950 You are irish, therefore I would suggest that, before calling others liar, show everyone the proof. The irish have a long history of name calling without proof

[WAXY950]

@MrMickroach i prove your lying everytime you post without backing up your story son i know its al ie you know its a lie everybody knows its a lie lol

why lie ? losers lie

[MrMickroach]

@WAXY950 Prove it wrong old son, you know you cant! However, I can show you the truth, but being a mick, you cant handle the truth!

[WAXY950]

@MrMickroach still waiting on some proof of your uboat story son why is that ? cause it was a lie

brit liars are too easy

[MrMickroach]

@computerrage Indeed!

[computerrage]

@MrMickroach All I did was quote Winston Churchill

[MrMickroach]

@computerrage Strange how you seem to want to draw parallel between aerial bombardment with that of IRA terrorism. But being as you have, 80 years ago, the thought of aircraft bombing countries into submission was key, in fact that "panacea" of area bombing still prevails to day with the deterrent still firmly a key strategy, one that makes the UK the 3rd most powerful nation. However, there is a large difference between total war and that of a group who spurn a ballot box.

[computerrage]

@MrMickroach No answers then? 

[MrMickroach]

@computerrage Still on your puerile spelling bee I see...obviously being pompous is something you cherish!