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Old 14th Mar 2019, 13:04
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racedo
 
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Nope as PSNI are going after other sides as well.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-belfast-trial

Unpalatable as it seems IF there are reviewing ALL cases then it means ALL.

Here is what is happening at the Ballymurphy Inquests regarding 10 people killed over 3 days in the year before Bloody Sunday.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-37911499.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-37907353.htmlGranted anonymity by the coroner, witness M45 described the first day of internment and how his men arrested 18 suspects early in the morning of August 9, 1971. He described the rioting at the Henry Taggart base throughout the rest of the day, with soldiers firing 38 rubber bullets and discharging 11 CS gas cannisters as the base came under attack from petrol bombs, nail bombs and gunfire.He said he had provided his own briefings to his men on when they would be allowed to fire their weapons, rather than relying on the 'yellow card' rules of engagement for soldiers."You cannot deal with a riotous situation if you're looking all the time at a yellow card," he said.

There is no record of what he told people they could do.
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https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-37900325.html

Here is what was said by Senior British officer 3 days ago regarding Ballymurphy
Sir Geoffrey Howlett, 89, expressed “enormous sympathy” with families whose relatives perished in Ballymurphy in August 1971.One of the highest-ranking former British officers to appear before a Northern Irish inquest into conflict deaths said in Belfast: “I realise now that most, if not all, were not IRA.”
He accepted anyone who was not rioting could not be associated with armed republicans, despite the acknowledged level of support for the IRA in the area.
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