BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: British police are calling it a failed attempt at mass murder: dramatic images captured on videotape just moments after a massive car bomb ripped through a section of west London. At least seven were hurt there, and police say the attack has all the hallmarks of the, quote, "Real IRA." Tonight CNN's Matthew Chance and what this group is all about.</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A violent splinter group believed to have been formed in 1997, the Real IRA has emerged as one of the most dangerous opponents of Northern Ireland's peace process. Their bombing of Omagh in 1998, when 29 people were killed, is remembered as the worst single atrocity in 30 years of violence. In response to general outrage then, a cease-fire was called, but bombings soon resumed. An explosion at the headquarters of Britain's state broadcaster, part of what observers say appears to be an intensifying and indiscriminate campaign on the British mainland.</s>PAUL WILKINSON, TERRORISM EXPERT: The Real IRA leadership obviously believes that just blasting away with bombs, continuing to threaten more terrorist attacks is somehow magically going to deliver their maximum demands. And, of course, they're bitterly opposed to the Good Friday Agreement, bitterly opposed to the cause that has been followed by the Sinn Fein leadership. They don't want participation in a power-sharing system. And therefore, this is part of their campaign to try and derail that process.</s>CHANCE: And the process is vulnerable, especially in a week from which the British and Irish governments have been unveiling their latest blueprints for rescuing devolved government
`Real IRA' Suspected in West London Bombing