Loughgall ambush
The Loughgall ambush took place on 8 May 1987 in the village of Loughgall, Northern Ireland. An eight-man unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) launched an attack on the village's Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base. Three IRA members drove a digger with a bomb in its bucket through the base's perimeter fence, while the rest of the unit arrived in a van and fired on the building. As the bomb exploded, the IRA unit was ambushed and killed by a 36-man unit of the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS). The British Army and RUC had received detailed intelligence about the IRA's plans and had been waiting in hidden positions. A civilian was also killed by the SAS after unwittingly driving into the ambush zone. The joint SAS and RUC operation was codenamed Operation Judy. It w
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Loughgall ambush
The Loughgall ambush took place on 8 May 1987 in the village of Loughgall, Northern Ireland. An eight-man unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) launched an attack on the village's Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base. Three IRA members drove a digger with a bomb in its bucket through the base's perimeter fence, while the rest of the unit arrived in a van and fired on the building. As the bomb exploded, the IRA unit was ambushed and killed by a 36-man unit of the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS). The British Army and RUC had received detailed intelligence about the IRA's plans and had been waiting in hidden positions. A civilian was also killed by the SAS after unwittingly driving into the ambush zone. The joint SAS and RUC operation was codenamed Operation Judy. It w
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L'embuscade de Loughgall, offi ...... s fait allusion à l'embuscade.
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The Loughgall ambush took plac ...... incident during the Troubles.
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Засада в Лафголле (англ. Lough ...... новении с британскими частями.
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Royal Ulster Constabulary(MSU)
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1987-05-08
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British victory
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36 SAS soldiers
4 in support
8 in attacking unit
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Mural commemorating the IRA members killed in the ambush
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L'embuscade de Loughgall, offi ...... nette et tire sur le bâtiment.
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The Loughgall ambush took plac ...... codenamed Operation Judy. It w
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Засада в Лафголле (англ. Lough ...... ной службы разгромил боевиков.
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Embuscade de Loughgall
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Loughgall ambush
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Засада в Лафголле
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Loughgall ambush
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