Britian’s most senior policeman John Stevens has reported (after 15 years and three attempts) into collusion between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. The report concludes that that British army intelligence and police officers in Northern Ireland actively and deliberately colluded with loyalist paramilitaries to murder Catholics in the late 1980s. The report also says its inquiries were obstructed by police and army officers, and vital evidence was concealed and destroyed.
This report, severe as it is, is widely seen as a coverup in Northern Ireland and victims’ families have demanded a full judical inquiry into the affair.
To paraphrase this in today’s terms the British Government used terrorist murder gangs to murder opponents of the regime. Does this not make Britian a terrorist rogue state?
Britian’s most senior policeman John Stevens has reported (after 15 years and three attempts) into collusion between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. The report concludes that that British army intelligence and police officers in Northern Ireland actively and deliberately colluded with loyalist paramilitaries to murder Catholics in the late 1980s. The report also says its inquiries were obstructed by police and army officers, and vital evidence was concealed and destroyed.
This report, severe as it is, is widely seen as a coverup in Northern Ireland and victims’ families have demanded a full judical inquiry into the affair.
To paraphrase this in today’s terms the British Government used terrorist murder gangs to murder opponents of the regime. Does this not make Britian a terrorist rogue state?
Reports from The Irish Times, The BBC, and edited and full text of the report in the Guardian’s rushessay and from RTE news a special feature on the Dirty War in Northern Ireland.
