The Real IRA also carried out a number of bombings in London during 2000 – 2001 ; the first republican attacks there since 1997 . In June 2000 , a bomb damaged Hammersmith Bridge and in September an RPG-22 rocket struck the SIS Building , headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service , also known as the MI6 . In February 2001 a British Army cadet lost a hand when a booby-trap bomb exploded outside his barracks in west London . The following month a car bomb exploded outside the BBC Television Centre , after a telephoned warning . Another car bomb that exploded near Ealing Broadway station in August left extensive damage in the area . In November , a third car bomb partially exploded in Birmingham city centre
Another car bomb that exploded
2001 Ealing bombing
Dissident Irish Republican campaign