Das 2. Bataillon der IRA South Armagh Brigade zündet Borucki Sangar, Crossmaglen, 12. November 1993

Borucki Sangar was a british army observation post named after a soldier killed in Crossmaglen.

On the 12th November 1993 a second improvised flamethrower attack was carried out on the same target, once more time by a tractor dragging a manure spreader, drove by the sanger and headed down the Cullaville road towards the RUC/Army base, then sprayed the bunker with 1,100 imperial gallons (5,000 L) of petrol. Borucki sangar was then engulfed for seven minutes by a 9 metres (30 ft) tall fireball triggered by a small explosive device. The four Grenadier Guards inside the bunker had to be rescued by a Saxon armoured vehicle.

This was the second such Attack in less than a year, at the zenith of the Brigade power in the area. By this point they had control of the region from 1974 and inflicted more than 180 military deaths already, while losing less than a dozen.

1993 also saw 7 of the 9 kills of thw famous South Armagh Sniper, or or out of 11 if you count two in belfast and tyrone, led by Michael Caraher. In 1997 they shot dead one and permanently injured another before being caught by the SAS in April. In March 1999 the four members were convicted with sentences totalling 3 life sentences and 720 years (lack of evidence to link the sniper kills before 1997, otherwise a dozen life sentences) and were released in July 2000 after 16 months