Two hundred bombs found in the Jenin refugee camp are believed identical to those used by the IRA in Northern Ireland. According to a report in London’s Sunday Telegraph, a former British explosives expert now working for the Red Cross in the refugee camp is convinced that the devices either were supplied by the IRA or made by Palestinians under direct IRA supervision.
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