European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. October 30, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 train crash snarls London traffic traffic was led up in knot Friday morning in i Ondon after these two Loco motives joined the Highway barriers and larded on top of each other on the Motorway that links two of the City s major arteries the i and the North circular Road. Police believe the two British rail locomotives were unmanned Waco they went through the barriers. No injuries were reported in the incident but there were lengthy delays in Lon Don s Friday Rno Niino Rush hour traffic. Experts say Ira gains arms loses Devotion London a the Irish Republican army has enough libyan supplied arms for several years but is facing a shortage of lop operatives willing to risk their lives senior British military sources in Northern Ireland said Friday nonetheless the sources from military Headquarters in Belfast speaking in Lon Don on condition they not be identified said they expect the Ira s Campaign to continue particularly against soldiers on inc British Mainland and Western Europe. The assessment is that they have come to he conclusion thai killing English scottish and Welsh soldiers causes More pain and grief than killing Irish soldiers one source said. Although some people overseas View the Ira As a Bunch of cuddly idealists much embattled by the forces of la and order the source said it was a highly tuned Well honed terrorist Orr Ani action with a lot of brain Power behind it the source said it was impossible la say whether the Ira which is fighting to drive the British out of Northern Ireland and unite the province with the mainly roman Catholic Irish Republic was stronger or weaker at he moment. The Ira is stronger because it is much better armed and each killing produces More effect the source said. But it is weaker because its support in the Catho Lic nationalist Community has decreased and the number of people involved in terrorism has dropped the source said. Sis years ago the sources said the Ira would abort an attack if it risked losing a prestige weapon like an Reg 7, a hand held anti tank weapon but shipments of an estimated 150 tons of weapons from Libya have Given the Ira a High Quality Arsenal. The Security forces in Northern ire land have captured about 5 tons of weapons but believe the bulk of inc libyan shipment remains hidden in the Republic of Ireland with Small amours smuggled across the Border when needed the source said. We believe that they be got the Aims they need now to sustain u Campaign at the level which they be been running recently for a matter of years the source said. This year the Ira has stepped up Jas attacks on the British army extending its Campaign to London and Continental Europe. Twenty Sis a British soldiers have been killed. The Security forces arc particularly vulnerable to heavy machine guns the soviet made i g-7s and very Large quantities of commercial explosives including the plastic explosive semtex in the libyan shipments the sources said. The military believes the shipment also included soviet Sam-7 surface to air missiles that Are capable of clowning helicopters used 10 transport soldiers and supplies in Northern Ireland. So far the Ira has not used one. The sources said. With the Large Supply of libyan weapons one source said the Ira is willing to carry out operations. The critical Factor at the moment is i believe the people that they be got with the bottle guts to really press Home a attack and risk their life one source  source speculated thai the Ira had not been Able to produce these top operatives because of War weariness in the nationalist Community after nearly21 years and the Strong possibility of it Long prison term of  the hardest of the hard Core perhaps being the shooters perhaps there Are Only 70 or to the Souter said. There Are Many others willing to Plant bombs store and transport weapons and otherwise help the terrorists the source said but Ira support in the nationalist Community appears to be dwindling. The source said he would not like to see an increase in the 28,000 Security forces in Northern Ireland and would favor a pullout of three or four Battal ions because if troops were added the chances of any political movement would be  i do by five that if there is a Way Forward it must be a join Advance Onishe political and Security front the source said. 2 men woman sentenced for death plot in Ireland Winchester. England a two Irish men and a woman convicted of conspiring to kill Ullam s top official in Northern Ireland were Given 25-year prison sentences Friday. Judge Swinton Thomas said Martina Shanahan 22, and John Lecann 24. Both of Dublin and Finbarr culler27, of syn ooh conspired to murder Northern Ireland Secre tary Tom King and various other politicians soldiers and judges who were not identified. The three defendants were convicted thursday by a 10-2 jury vote after a two week irial. They stood impassively Friday As tie sentences were read in Winchester Crown Cour defense lawyers pledged to Appeal the convictions and  arrested the three defendants on aug. To. I9s7, near King Shoms in Wiltshire county Southern England. Prosecutor Alan Rawley said a Lent at the Trio s campsite contained a list written on cigarette papers of politicians soldiers and judges in Mainland Britain. They also had18,000 in Cash binoculars a radio thai could pick up police frequencies and a Woolen hat with Eye holes he said. The prosecutor said they had the addresses and automobile License numbers of people on the list the names of military facilities and locations of ounces or the governing conservative party. No evidence was produced in the trial that the three belonged to the outlawed Irish Republican army which is righting to drive the British from Northern Ireland. No weapons or explosives were found. However the British Domestic news Agency press association reported that the three had a history of support for sinn fein the Ira s Iteal political Arm