'DOZENS' OF HOAX BOMB CALLS MADE; Dissidents tried to wreck US trip.Byline: BY IAN GRAHAM Ian Graham (born January 5, 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL during the 1960's. His best season came in 1964 when he won the Copeland Trophy for Collingwood's Best and Fairest player. DISSIDENT republicans made dozens of hoax bomb calls to disrupt last month's US investment conference, it was confirmed yesterday. A mass of alerts were set off in a bid to grab the headlines and wreck the economic summit - but the PSNI PSNI Police Service of Northern Ireland (UK) PSNI Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland PSNI Professional Systems Network, Inc. prevented their success, Chief Constable Hugh Orde told the Policing Board meeting in Belfast yesterday. And Asst Chief Constable Duncan McCausland said: "It was a very demanding 48 hours. It wasn't just Belfast, it was across the province. "It spread out on the second day. I think the intention was very clear - to steal the headlines from the investment conference." The Chief Constable also reported the constable seriously injured when a booby trap booby trap n. a device set up to be triggered to harm or kill anyone entering the trap, such as a shot gun which will go off if a room is entered, or dynamite which will explode if the ignition key on an auto is turned. bomb exploded under his car in the Co Tyrone village of Spamount last month has been able to leave hospital. Sir Hugh said it was only by good fortune that the PSNI had not had to mount a murder investigation. The attack was "clear evidence there are a small number of people determined to kill for their own deluded ends". |
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