The Anatomy Of Terror

[mongers]

How a major terrorist attack unfolds, those involved and it's victims.

Saw this documentary about a IRA terrorist attack in 1972 and thought it well illustrated how an attack happened and showed the differences between how terrorism was conducted then and how it happens today.

Worth a viewing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s1iH3z8EhY

Incidentally the graphic images it contains was show that evening on BBC television news, I remember it as an eight year old. And those television news reports contained still more graphic film, but that has been partially edited out of this documentary.

[CountDeMoney]

and showed the differences between how terrorism was conducted then and how it happens today.

Mechanical coin-op parking meter timers make shitty detonation devices for a synchronized bombing campaign.  Woefully inaccurate, as any driver would know.

[Josquius]

The IRA were really rather lovely as terrorist scum go with all their pre warnings and such.
They failed at their one chance of doing something good though. Feckers.

[Ideologue]

Does it star James Stewart?  If not, not interested.

[mongers]

The IRA were really rather lovely as terrorist scum go with all their pre warnings and such.
They failed at their one chance of doing something good though. Feckers.

Did you watch the documentary or at least read the wiki about the events?
The Provos intentional made several false bomb warnings in the hours before the attacks, presumably to help generate gridlock in areas of the city, so when the attacks came the security forces couldn't react to short and often confused warnings given just before the real bombings.
Also because of the extended traffic jams several car bombs had to be abandoned in traffic by their 'delivery drivers' moments before the bombs went of. So the warnings for those were meaningless as they never got to the intended targets. 

[mongers]

I should add here is an apparent definitive list of the bombing on that summer's afternoon in Belfast:

A definitive list

News reports in the aftermath of Bloody Friday detailed conflicting numbers of bombs and different times for the explosions. The definitive list has only recently been established.
1.    Albert Bridge     -     Discovered at approx. 1.00pm, defused
2.    Limestone Road     -     Exploded 2.40pm
3.    Botanic Avenue    -     Exploded 2.45pm
4.    Star Taxis, Crumlin Road    -     Exploded 2.45pm
5.     Brookvale Avenue     -     Exploded 2.50pm
6 .    Queen Elizabeth Bridge     -     Exploded 2.55pm
7.    Ormeau Avenue    -     Exploded 2.57pm
8.    Garmoyle Street     -     Exploded 2.59pm
9.    Liverpool Ferry Terminal     -     Exploded 3.02pm
10.     M2 flyover     -     Discovered 3.02pm, failed to detonate
11.     Oxford Street Bus Station     -     Exploded 3.02pm
12.     Creighton's Garage, Upper Lisburn Road -       Exploded 3.05pm
13.     Stewartstown Road     -     Exploded 3.05pm
14.     Finaghy Road North Railway Bridge    -     Exploded 3.05pm
15.     Electricity Substation, Salisbury Avenue     -     Exploded 3.05pm
16.     Tate's Avenue Railway Bridge     -     Exploded 3.09pm
17.     York Street Station     -     Exploded 3.10pm
18.     Smithfield Bus Station     -     Exploded 3.10pm
19.     Eastwood's Motors, Donegall Street     -     Exploded 3.12pm
20.     Cavehill Road shops    -     Exploded 3.15pm
21.     Dee Street flyover     -     Discovered 3.30pm, defused
22.     Great Victoria Street Station     -     Exploded 4.00pm
23.     NI Carriers, Grosvenor Road     -     Failed to detonate

Taken from here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/bloody_friday_belfast#p00wbbt1

That means 18 of those bombs exploded during just 35 minutes.