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The campaign for IRA victims to receive compensation from the Libyan government gathered pace this week with a motion supporting the claims backed by Parliament.

DUP MPs Jeffrey Donaldson and Nigel Dodds tabled the motion on Monday which called for pressure to be put on Colonel Gaddafi.

A victim of the IRA's devastating bomb at Canary Wharf has spoken of the importance of keeping the pressure on Libya to compensate victims.

At the weekend, the campaign took a huge step forward when Prime Minister Gordon Brown caved in to pressure and said he would back attempts to force Colonel Gaddafi to pay for IRA attacks.

A Survivor of the IRA's bombing of Canary Wharf is to head to Libya in the next few weeks to call on Colonel Gaddafi to give compensation.

Jonathan Ganesh is one of a group aiming to urge the Libyan leader to compensate UK victims, amid claims the country supplied the Irish terrorist group with weapons.

VICTIMS of the IRA’s bombing of Canary Wharf are demanding compensation from the Libyan government before Colonel Gaddafi visits London.

Two people died and 39 were injured in the 1996 explosion, which is alleged to have been caused by Semtex supplied by the African state.