Government cover up of Loughgall killings

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On the eight of May 1987 eight IRA men and one civilian were murdered by the SAS in Loughgall Co. Armagh. Another civilian was seriously wounded. The killings were carried out admittedly by the SAS, the British Army's military elite Special Air Services in joint operation with the Royal Ulster Constabulary [RUC].

Loughgall is a small rural village it is the birthplace of the Orange order and an RUC barracks is located there. It was a limited part-time opening barracks. In a planned attack on the barracks eight members of the Irish Republican Army [IRA] and one civilian were killed by the SAS. The circumstances of these killings have never been examined in a court of Law or by an independent investigative body.

This was a carefully well-planned ambush by the SAS and RUC. They have stated in written documents that they had at least 24 hours prior notice of the IRA's intentions to bomb the unmanned barracks. Intelligence reports show that the British army and the RUC knew of the IRA's plan to attack the Loughgall RUC barracks, as well as the IRA personnel involved, several weeks in advance, yet no attempt was made whatsoever to arrest or detain these individuals or to prevent the attack from taking place. The Prevention of Terrorism Act and the Emergency Provisions Act give the RUC and army enormous power and discretion to stop, question and search anyone suspected of planning an offence. The British armed forces, sanctioned at the highest level, however, chose not to utilise these extreme investigative authorisations, but instead carried out a shoot-to-kill ambush clearly calculated to murder these known individuals, evidencing a callous indifference for due process and human life in clear contravention of Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights.

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This just makes me wonder how many other times "the forces of law and order" have allowed things to happen just so they can be justified in their response....