The Intelligence Services and the Northern Ireland conflict
A chronology from the UK Printed Press
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Shining some Light - Updates: Named: British double agent who murdered for the IRA The Sunday Herald - The denying
game Historical archive of articles from Sunday Herald : The Scot behind Ulster's dirty warWorld exclusive: The Sunday Herald today names for the first time the Scottish military intelligence officer who controlled an ultra-secret covert army unit in Northern Ireland that colluded with loyalist terror gangs to murder at least 14 Catholics. Home Affairs Editor Neil Mackay reveals a web of treachery, lies and murder 19/11/00 The secret wars of a
spymaster MoD mounts legal bid to gag
the Sunday Herald British army allowed IRA to
bomb Ulster Ulster 'dirty war' inquiry
collapses Undercover soldiers trapped
in IRA MoD farce as Sunday Herald
gagged Infamous terrorist was army
plant British agent at heart of
Omagh The secrets of
Castlereagh Internal investigation into
RUC break-in Thatcher 'gave go-ahead for
IRA assassinations' The army asked me to make
bombs for the IRA, told me I had the Prime Minister's blessing ... then
tried to kill me Rogue British agents name
MI5 bosses in video expose Key secret agent's cover
blown in court IRA torturer was in the
Royal Marines How Britain's master spy
left Ulster double agents to die 'UDA collusion' masterspy
in top Iraq role The Guardian Tony's
pants still on fire I sat the kids down and said:"I could lose my job ".' So said Mr Blair last week, recalling the dark days of the past month in an exclusive interview with the Sun. Do we believe him? Or is this just as unlikely a scene as the one about Blair first discov... Informer
at heart of the UDA At the centre of the controversy surrounding the Force Research Unit lies the story of one man: Brian Nelson. Defying
terrorists, army and MI5 in search of the truth Sir John Stevens The third Stevens report is one of the most shocking commentaries on British institutions ever published. It is necessarily brief for fear of prejudicing any number of possible future criminal prosecutions. But even the sparse 19-page document released ... Turning
a blind eye to murder Sir John Stevens' report on collusion, the darkest corner of Northern Ireland's "dirty war", is the most damning indictment ever made of British intelligence operations in the province. It paints a shocking picture of sections of army intelligence and RU... Brian
Nelson Brian Nelson, who has died of a brain haemorrhage aged 55, features in today's report by the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir John Stevens. In the early 1990s, Stevens, then a relatively lowly deputy chief constable in Cambridgeshire, was asked to c... Scandal
of Ulster's secret war The conflict in Northern Ireland was needlessly intensified and prolonged by the "disastrous" activities of a core of army and police officers who colluded with the terrorists responsible for dozens of murders, Britain's top policeman has concluded after ... UDA
spy's death sparks fresh call for public
inquiry Campaigners yesterday intensified calls for a public inquiry into the murder of the Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, following the death of Brian Nelson, the army double agent said to have set him up, just days before a new police report on the case. New
calls for public inquiry into Finucane murder Campaigners intensified calls yesterday for a public inquiry into the murder of the Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, following the death, just days before a new police report on the case, of Brian Nelson, the army double agent said to have set him up. Army
had 'hundreds' of agents in IRA An undercover army unit set up to infiltrate paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland recruited and handled between 160 and 200 agents in the Provisional IRA in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Guardian has learned. Brigadier
may face Ulster murder charges A British army brigadier and up to 20 other serving and retired soldiers and police officers could be prosecuted for allegedly conspiring with loyalist terrorists in Northern Ireland, it emerged yesterday. Stevens
sees key witness Detectives investigating alleged security force collusion in the murder of Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane have questioned the British army brigadier who headed the military intelligence force research unit in Northern Ireland at the time. Ulster Stevens report delayedNick Hopkins, crime correspondent October 24 2002 A large-scale report expected to elaborate on widespread collusion between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland has been delayed until the spring, the Metropolitan police announced yesterday. Stevens
fingers Special Branch Sir John Stevens - the Metropolitan Police Commissioner - is to blame two Special Branch officers in Northern Ireland for deliberately failing to stop the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Special
Branch men 'allowed Belfast lawyer to be
murdered' Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, is to blame two Special Branch officers in Northern Ireland for deliberately failing to stop the murder of the Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Finucane
killing: what really happened The notorious murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was "wholly preventable", according to draft reports by the Stevens inquiry into collusion between loyalist murder gangs and some members of the army and police in Northern Ireland. Britain's
tame death squads The British state has been conspiring to murder its own citizens in Northern Ireland. That is the only credible conclusion that can be drawn from the evidence that has seeped slowly into the public domain over the past decade. MI5
'knew of collusion' in Finucane killing M15 knew virtually everything about police and army collusion with the loyalist terrorists who murdered Pat Finucane and other Catholics in Northern Ireland, a television documentary claimed last night. Scandal
of the secret killers Their murder campaign took them from the scenic shores of Lough Foyle in Co Donegal on the western seaboard of the Irish Republic and back across the border to their base in one of the most prosperous, staunchly loyalist towns in Northern Ireland. Finucane:
police blamed The Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, whose murder remains one of the most contentious of the Troubles, would still be alive today if RUC officers had not wanted him killed, according to a member of the loyalist paramilitary gang which allegedly shot him. It's
a deadly business, saving lives Beijing is a long way from Belfast. Perhaps that is why Brigadier Gordon Kerr is our defence attache there. For he is about to be propelled back to the centre of a case which threatens to become a stain on the reputation of the British army every bit as... Me
and my wine...Ralph Steadman If anyone is offered an unusual back-of-the-lorry collection of wine in the Maidstone area, would they please get in touch with Ralph Steadman. The artist's cellar was burgled a few years ago and the thieves half-inched most of his favourite bottles. 'I Shadowy
unit's infiltration role The force research unit was deployed in Northern Ireland in 1980 and given the job of recruiting and handling double agents who could infiltrate loyalist and republican terror groups. Exposed:
security force links to loyalist killer gangs Widespread collusion between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland continued unchecked for years because a culture of "gross unprofessionalism and irresponsibility" allowed officers to create a climate in which Catholics coul... Loyalist
held on Finucane murder One of Belfast's senior loyalist paramilitaries was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of the solicitor Pat Finucane. Hope
of deal as Finucane killer gets protection Detectives have taken a loyalist who admitted killing Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane into protective custody in England in the hope that he will cooperate with their inquiry into alleged security force collusion in the murder. Hypocrisy
at the Hague Slobodan Milosevic is taken to the war crimes tribunal in the Hague (Report, June 29), while Ariel Sharon is wined and dined at Downing Street and the White House. Welcome to the age of hypocrisy! Let's stop the pretence that Milosevic's trial has anyth... IRA
moles plead for protection British soldiers were recruited by the army's secret intelligence wing to infiltrate the Provisional IRA and were cleared to carry out terrorist operations, including bomb-making and the shootings of RUC officers, as part of their undercover work. Sinister
role of secret army unit The methods and practices of the army's once secret Force Research Unit have become the focus of an investigation led by Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan police commissioner, which is examining claims of astonishing collusion between the military and th... Son
urges public inquiry into murder of solicitor The son of the Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane, assassinated by loyalist paramilitaries after alleged collusion with the army and the RUC, today urges the government to allow an independent public inquiry into the murder. They
killed my father How would you feel if you knew the government was responsible for murdering a member of your family? Would you do anything about it? Would you just get on with things as best you could and try not to think about it, or would you spend years struggling t... Innocent
victim of Ulster's dirty war Francisco Notarantonio was having a lie-in the day he died. At 7.30, he
would normally have been up and about, but the 66-year-old grandfather had
retired eight weeks earlier and probably thought another few minutes in
bed was as much as he deserved. Waterstone's
war gets dirty As the book trade gears up for what many believe to be the most
important Christmas bookselling season since... well, since last year's,
there is little indication of the spirit of goodwill infiltrating the
trade at the end of what has been a divisive ye...
The
theme is history I shall think twice before taking the UK Public Health Association
chief executive John Nicholson seriously. He claims (Letters, September
29) that the late Audrey Wise and myself "linked benefits to earnings in a
former Labour government". The reality ...
Was
an IRA informer so valuable that murder was committed to protect
him? It centres on Northern Ireland, and the army's secret war there, its
intelligence activities and its links to paramilitaries. It sounds like
racy, far-fetched fiction or the work of devious conspiracy theorists.
Trouble is, it may yet prove to be true.
Army
intelligence officers face questioning in Finucane
inquiry Police investigating the murder of the Belfast solicitor Patrick
Finucane 11 years ago are planning to arrest and interview under caution
more than two dozen former members of the force research unit, a shadowy
intelligence outfit which ran army agents. The Independent
Justice
for Finucane Former
minister 'ignorant of Army collusion' The
murderous collusion at heart of Ulster's dirty war British
agents conducted illegal, secret war on IRA A
dreadful stain on the reputation of our armed forces A
sobering tale of state-sponsored terrorism Security
officers 'aided sectarian murders' in Ulster Stevens
turns focus on secret agent within IRA Will
Ulster's dirty war claim one of Britain's most senior soldiers? Brigadier
named over collusion to murder Catholics in Ulster Brian
Nelson Army
agent at centre of Ulster scandal dies Army
'helped loyalists to target the IRA' Met
chief finally penetrates dark world of army agents Senior
diplomat faces Finucane murder charge Priest's
role in IRA atrocity was 'covered up' The
spying game - how to beat the IRA Lawyers
in the line of fire Lawyers
in the line of fire RUC
encouraged us to kill Finucane, claims loyalist MI5
and army 'hindered Finucane case' Loyalist
leader arrested in Finucane murder inquiry Special
Branch raiders 'knew layout of offices' Fergal
Keane : A killing that opens up a festering old wound Finucane
murder suspect shot dead by loyalist gang dead in Belfast New
calls for inquiry as Finucane trial collapses Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Concerns Patrick Finucane was shot dead in
February 1989 by Loyalist paramilitaries(1) in Northern Ireland; evidence
has emerged of collusion between the paramilitaries and police and
military intelligence agents in the killing. It is Amnesty International's
firm belief, and one that the organization has reiterated to the
government on many occasions, that evidence of collusion can only be fully
and impartially investigated by a judicial inquiry which has full powers
of subpoena of witnesses and disclosure of documents. The government's failure so far to
establish an independent judicial inquiry into claims of collusion fuel
the perception of a continued cover-up of official involvement in the
killing. The cover-up itself requires a separate focus and should also be
investigated. |
World Socialist Website
During the past three weeks, the Guardian newspaper has run several articles on the Force Research Unit (FRU), an undercover security operation financed and run by the British state in Northern Ireland for more than two decades.
The articles detail how this terror network—involving up to 100 soldiers and double agents— organised a series of covert intelligence and military operations and authorised their agents to carry out numerous illegal activities including bomb making, murder, and the shooting of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers.
See Also:
New evidence supports allegations of RUC collusion in murder of Irish lawyer (26-Jan-2000)
Suspect arrested for murder of Irish lawyer claims he was an RUC agent (26-Jun-1999)
New evidence of RUC collusion in murder of Irish lawyers (24-Jun-1999)
Irish document reveals suspicion of RUC collusion in loyalist killings (07-May-1999)
Ireland: Charges mount of police collusion in murder of civil rights lawyer (01-May-1999)
Report cites Royal Ulster Constabularly hostility to murdered civil rights lawyer (31-Mar-1999)
Civil rights lawyer murdered in Northern Ireland (17-Mar-1999)
Documents prove British state organised murders in
Northern Ireland
(10-Apr-1998)
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Committee on the Rights of the
Child.
Thirty-First Session.
Consideration of reports submitted
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For God and Ulster - A guide to the Orange Order
Amnesty - Political Killings in Northern Ireland
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Consultation
Paper on a Victims' Strategy
Submission to Patten Commission - Part One
Collusion 1990-1994 - Loyalist Paramilitary Murders in the
North of Ireland
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