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Foreign Secretaryurged new leaders to compensate victims of atrocities sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi

BORIS Johnson has gone into battle to win cash payouts for victims of IRA terror attacks.

The Foreign Secretary urged Libyas new leaders to compensate families of those killed or injured by atrocities sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi.

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He told them it was a top priority of reaching a diplomatic deal on a visit to the desert state last week. A source said: He raised it a huge amount and very forcefully.

Libyas former despot leader was the IRAs biggest supplier of explosives during the Troubles.

Bombings in Enniskillen in 1987, Warrington in 1993 and the London Docklands in 1996 were caused by Libyan Semtex.

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Up to 300 Brits have been denied compensation despite millions handed to American, French and German terror victims.

MPs have accused governments past and present of failing to force Libya to pay up.

Victims lawyer Matthew Jury said: It should be our Governments top priority to secure justice for these British victims.

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