catchy verses and chorus". "Spanish Bombs" compares the modern day tourist experience of Spain with the circumstances of the Spanish Civil War, and contrasts...
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the Basque town of Guernica (Gernika in Basque) was aerially bombed during the Spanish Civil War. It was carried out at the behest of Francisco Franco's...
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telephones which were used to detonate the bombs in the attack. He also reportedly helped construct the bombs and was one of the first to be arrested. On...
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January 2011, he formed the Spanish Bombs along with Chris Von Sneidern and San Francisco rhythm section The Park. The Spanish Bombs performed The Clash's LP...
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Cleveland peaked in 1976, when 36 bombs exploded in the city, most of them car bombs, causing it to be nicknamed "Bomb City." Several people, including...
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1966 Palomares incident (redirect from Palomares Hydrogen Bombs Incident)
during the accident were four B28FI Mod 2 Y1 thermonuclear bombs. The letters FI indicated B28 bombs configured in the full fuzing internal configuration....
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January 2023, a 74-year-old Spanish citizen was arrested by Spanish police on suspicion of sending the letter bombs. The Spanish Interior Ministry reported...
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duties include the interdiction of letter bombs and the investigation of letter bombings. The letter bomb may have been in use for nearly as long as...
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Nuclear weapon (redirect from Atom bombs)
fission reactions are commonly referred to as atomic bombs or atom bombs (abbreviated as A-bombs). This has long been noted as something of a misnomer...
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The Civil Guard (Spanish: Guardia Civil; [ˈɡwaɾðja θiˈβil]) is one of the two national law enforcement agencies of Spain. As a national gendarmerie, it...
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Hinds (band) (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
sessions for The Prettiest Curse, the band also recorded a cover of "Spanish Bombs" by The Clash. Explaining why they chose that song, the band said, "As...
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United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000...
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carried out by Spanish aircraft loyal to the Second Spanish Republic, barely hours after the beginning of the rebellion that triggered the Spanish Civil War...
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Thermonuclear weapon (redirect from Hydrogen bombs)
reason, thermonuclear weapons are often colloquially called hydrogen bombs or H-bombs. A fusion explosion begins with the detonation of the fission primary...
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after releasing their bombs, meaning the alert could not be sounded and the bombers could not be detected until after the bombs had exploded on target...
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Molotov cocktail (redirect from Petrol Bombs)
Army (PIRA) and civilians used petrol bombs, although with different uses. Civilians tended to use petrol bombs and rocks against police officers in riots;...
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List of ETA attacks (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
Bergara place homemade bombs, flaming bombs and throwing rockets and molotov cocktails. No one was injured. June 7: A small bomb explodes near a Peugeot...
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Reactions to the 2004 Madrid train bombings are the various responses and actions from the Spanish government, the Spanish population and from international...
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of shrapnel, pipe bombs are much more dangerous than alternatives, such as dry ice bombs or potato cannons. On 4 May 1886, a pipe bomb was thrown during...
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regions. Spanish: España, [esˈpaɲa] The Spanish Constitution does not contain any one official name for Spain. Instead, the terms España (Spain), Estado...
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increased the number of bombs dropped on British soil. As the number of civilian casualties grew due to delayed explosion of bombs, which had often penetrated...
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Project Islero (redirect from Spanish nuclear program)
hydrogen bomb, with the Spanish Foreign Minister, José María de Areilza, declaring in 1976 that Spain would be able to manufacture the bomb "in seven...
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"Montreal" (French and English), The Clash's "Spanish Bombs", José Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" (Spanish and English), Bandolero's "Paris Latino", Magazine...
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Come of Age (category Album chart usages for Spain)
Justin Young cites No Other by Gene Clark, #1 Record by Big Star and "Spanish Bombs" by the Clash as his major inspirations during the writing of this album...
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Thermobaric weapon (redirect from Thermobaric bombs)
and Alaa' destroyed by Syrian bombs". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. "Thermobaric Bombs And Other Nightmare Weapons Of...
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act of the play, Salvador threw the two bombs from the fifth-story balcony into the crowd below. One of the bombs exploded on impact, immediately killing...
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that a carpet covers a floor. Carpet bombing is usually achieved by dropping many unguided bombs. Carpet bombing of cities, towns, villages, or other...
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also acknowledged that he was also inspired by a song by the Clash, "Spanish Bombs", which features a similar subject. The song was not originally intended...
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fallen Irish "Civil War in Spain" - Joe Mulheron (Derry, Northern Ireland) later covered by Pòl Mac Adaim (Belfast) "Spanish Bombs" - The Clash "Life During...
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Irán". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2024. "Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing". Associated Press...
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