MI6 Hit by Missile: London's Security Shaken
Someone fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the headquarters of Britain's foreign intelligence service — and got away with it. The RPG-22, a Soviet-designed disposable launcher, punched a hole in the MI6 building's upper floors on the south bank of the Thames. No one was killed. No one was ever charged. The attack was later linked to dissident Irish republicans, though never officially confirmed. A spy agency hit in broad daylight, in London, with a weapon built by a Cold War enemy. They still don't know who pulled the trigger.
September 20, 2000
26 years ago
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