Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams faces a civil lawsuit in London that accuses him of being an Irish Republican Army leader responsible for bombings in England. A lawyer for three men wounded in the blasts told the High Court on Monday that Adams role in the paramilitary organization made him as culpable as the people who planted the bombs in 1973 and 1996. They seek vindication and ask for a token payout of a pound. Adams's attorney says he sympathized with the goals of the IRA and sought to justify their actions, but emphatically and unequivocally denies ever being an IRA member.
