The RUC were investigating a report early this morning that an IRA bomb had been left in the Antrim Road area of Belfast. A message using a recognised IRA codeword and claiming that an "anti personnel device" had been left near the Girdwood army base was phoned to Belfast radio stations and newspapers.
IRA `device' left at Antrim Road
The RUC were investigating a report early this morning that an IRA bomb had been left in the Antrim Road area of Belfast
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