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The Provo IRA expanding their military campaign to the mainland - England, in order to drive the British out of Northern Ireland.
What was the Mainland Campaign?
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Catholicism.
What religion did the men of the Guilford 4 practice?
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IRA prisoners did hunger strikes in protest of their Special Category Status being revoked by the British government.
Why did people hunger strike?
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The IRA mainly used bombs to instill terror in England.
What was the IRA's main tactic of provocation in England?
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The Guilford 4 and the Maguire 7.
What were the two groups called who were arrested by British police in 1974?
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A status for 'political prisoners' to be given different treatment while in prison, which included not having to wear the prison uniform and receiving additional food.
What was the Special Category Status?
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IRA members would call the police to warn them about bombs they would be detonating and where it would be. The complication with this is that there were often hoax warnings, making it difficult for the British to differentiate between real and fake calls.
How were British police informed of bomb threats and what were the complications of this?
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1989.
When was the Guilford 4 appeal case that revealed they were all innocent?
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Maze Prison.
What was the name of the prison in which the 1980-81 Hunger Strikes largely took place?
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This event is commonly known as the Price Sisters' Bombing and it took place in March 8 1973.
What was the name of the specific bombing in which Dolours Price and her sister took place in and when did it take place?
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6 Irish people from Belfast who were arrested, interrogated, tortured & jailed for false claims of their association with the IRA.
Who were the Birmingham 6?
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If prisoners were dying in the prisons it would make the government and prisons look bad, especially since the whole world was watching.
Why were the Hunger Strikes a problem for the British government?
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3, pretty bad.
How many bombings took place in Britain in 1975?
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21 November 1974.
When were the bombings that the Birmingham 6 were accused of participating in?
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Billy McKee (leader of Belfast Provos) in 1972.
Who was the first Hunger Striker and when did he do his strike?
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