Peter Taylor (journalist)

Peter Taylor, OBE, is a British journalist and documentary-maker. He is best known for his coverage of the political and armed conflict in Northern Ireland, widely known as the Troubles, and for his investigation of Al Qaeda and Islamist extremism in the wake of 9/11. He also covers the issue of smoking and health and the politics of tobacco for which he was awarded the WHO Gold Medal for Services to Public Health. He has written books and researched, written and presented television documentaries over a period of more than forty years.

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 * They killed many civilians, let's not underestimate that, but by and large the IRA tactic was not to deliberately kill civilians - although many civilians, I hasten to add, were killed by the IRA.
 * Taylor had made comments on the BBC breakfast programme which were felt to be upsetting by survivors of the IRA and families of their victims as they felt their losses were trivialised. He was to explain to the Belfast Telegraph that this was in the context of a broad conparison between Islamic extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda and the IRA; also acepting and noting exceptions such as Tullyvallen Orange Hall and the Whitecross massacre.
 * Taylor had made comments on the BBC breakfast programme which were felt to be upsetting by survivors of the IRA and families of their victims as they felt their losses were trivialised. He was to explain to the Belfast Telegraph that this was in the context of a broad conparison between Islamic extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda and the IRA; also acepting and noting exceptions such as Tullyvallen Orange Hall and the Whitecross massacre.