Lontoo on ollut liki 30 vuotta IRA:n pommi-iskujen kohteena kuten seuraavasta voi todeta:
1973
March 8: Two IRA car bombs in London explode outside Old Bailey courthouse and government's agriculture department headquarters, killing one person and wounding more than 150.
1974
October 5: Two IRA bombs explode in pubs in London suburb of Guildford; five dead, more than 50 injured.
November 21: Two IRA bombs in Birmingham kill 19 and wound more than 180.
1982
July 20: Two IRA bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London kill 11 British soldiers and wound more than 40, mostly civilian onlookers.
1983
December 17: IRA car bomb explodes outside Harrod's department store, killing six people and wounding about 100.
1984
October 12: IRA targets conference of ruling Conservative Party, killing five and wounding 24, but narrowly missing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
1989
September 22: The IRA bombs the Royal Marines School of Music in Deal, killing 10 soldiers and wounding more than 30.
1991
February 7: IRA fires three homemade mortar shells at No. 10 Downing Street, British prime minister's official residence in London. No injuries.
1992
April 10: Massive IRA truck bomb in London's financial district kills three and causes hundreds of millions in damage of pounds (euro, dollars) of damage.
1993
March 20: IRA bomb hidden in garbage can in shopping district of Warrington, northwest England, kills two boys aged 3 and 12.
April 24: IRA truck-bomb in London's financial district, killing one and causing heavy damage.
1996
February 9: IRA ends a 17-month cease-fire with a third massive truck bomb in London's financial district, killing two.
February 18: An IRA bomber accidentally kills himself aboard a London double-decker bus, five injured.
June 15: For first time, IRA targets a different English city -- Manchester in the northwest -- with a massive truck bomb, wrecking the central shopping area and wounding about 200.
2000
September 20, 2000 -- IRA dissidents fire rocket-propelled grenades at headquarters of MI5 security agency. No injuries.