Originally Posted by
jayteeto
The news didn’t really report the fact that the soldiers were under fire from the IRA that day.
I also think that there would be less arguments if the IRA members had not been given amnesty letters. Things have to be balanced for justice to take place
“She acknowledged the Army was coming under fire from gunmen in the area at the time, but she concluded the use of force against the deceased was "clearly disproportionate".
She said they were innocent, unarmed and were "posing no risk." “
I took that from the same article that was linked...
What should the defence for the soldiers be then? Inability to differentiate between enemy and civilians?
Pretty poor of the British army to have sent them to a war zone when they weren’t adequately prepared then.
”deceased were unarmed and were not acting in any way of threat. No arms were found on or near the deceased and there was no evidence of gunshot residue that satisfied evidential standards," Mrs Justice Keegan said.”