David Petraeus Defends British Army Just Days Before New Accusations Of War Crimes
The apparent support expressed by David Petraeus, the disgraced former United States Army general, for the controversial campaign in theContinue Reading
Tag: Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
Amnesty For The British Army, Prosecution For The Irish Republican Army
The high-profile campaign by conservative politicians and media figures in the United States to absolve US military personnel of theirContinue Reading
The Arrest And Intimidation Of Journalists Investigating Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
Just after 10 pm on Saturday the 18th of June 1994, two men wearing boiler suits and balaclavas entered the Heights Bar in Loughinisland, County Down,Continue Reading
British Army Blowing Up A Cross-Border Bridge. A Brexit Warning
From an avowedly partisan television news report broadcast to UK viewers in September 1975*, a video clip of soldiers andContinue Reading
The Legacy Of The RUC
The solidly pro-union newspaper, The News Letter, has launched an editorial campaign to revise the contested history of the Irish-BritishContinue Reading
UK Ministers Demand General Amnesty For British Army War Crimes In Ireland
Around 5.00pm on Monday the 23rd of October 1972, thirty-one-year-old Michael Naan drove into his isolated farm in the townlandContinue Reading
The State-Backed Glenanne Gang, A Very British Death Squad
A former killer with the Glenanne Gang, a pro-British death squad which operated in the UK-administered north-east of Ireland duringContinue Reading
The Torture Of Suspected Insurgents By The US And The UK
Two related stories about torture or more specifically the clinical nature of physical and psychological abuse when practiced by mature,Continue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn’s Problem: The Irish Have Terrorists But The British Have Paramilitaries
There is an old joke from the UK-administered north-east of Ireland, one that has a great deal of truth behind it. DuringContinue Reading
MI5 And The PSNI Offer Money And Gift Cards To Recruit Informers
During the height of the conflict in the north-east of the country it was not unknown for the British ForcesContinue Reading
Britain Moves Towards Amnesty For War Crimes By Its Forces In Ireland
As I predicted back in March, the United Kingdom is slowly moving towards a general amnesty for all members ofContinue Reading
Some More Questions On The Freddie Scappaticci Or Stakeknife Controversy
Further thoughts on the Freddie Scappaticci or Stakeknife affair from a reader who wishes to remain anonymous but who makesContinue Reading
Freddie Scappaticci, StakeKnife And Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
The more I hear about the Freddie Scappaticci spying or “StakeKnife” affair the more cynical I become. How did the ex-volunteer,Continue Reading
Prime Minister Theresa May Supports Clandestine Amnesty For War Crimes In Ireland
In an unprecedented move the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, has launched a stinging attack on law officials who areContinue Reading
The Séamus Ludlow Murder, How Ireland And Britain Conspired In A Cover-Up
Forty-seven year old Séamus Ludlow, a quiet, unassuming life-long bachelor, was something of a man of habit. On the afternoonContinue Reading
Waterboarding And Electric Shock Torture, Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
Since the effective end of the conflict in the north-east of Ireland, the so-called Irish-British Troubles, a few inquisitive elements ofContinue Reading
Brian Nelson, Britain’s Agent Of Terror During The Dirty War In Ireland
The British investigative journalist and author, Ian Cobain, has published a new book examining the United Kingdom’s post-WWII record of covert governmentContinue Reading
History Is Written By The Victors, Even When They Lose
The common maxim, “history is written by the victors“, is a favourite one among writers and journalists trying to elucidate the contested pasts of colonisedContinue Reading
Trump Plays The Islamist Card As Britain Played The Orange Card
In the wake of the slaughter at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, an atrocity driven far more by one man’s self-hatredContinue Reading
UK Forces Conspired With British Terrorists In The Loughinisland Massacre
There is further evidence today of the dual nature of Britain’s counter-insurgency war in Ireland, the use of regular and irregularContinue Reading
Kincora, Whitewashing The Secret History Of Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
With informed observers, including lawyers, journalists and politicians, already predicting a whitewash there seems little hope that Britain is ready to faceContinue Reading
The Dublin And Monaghan Bombings And The Apologist Agenda
On the afternoon of the 17th of May, 1974, as rush-hour commuters made their way through Dublin’s city-centre, three car-bombs explodedContinue Reading
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