Killed by IRA bombs in Warrington in 1993. Where's the heroism in that? Where's the honour there? And you have the gall to call them freedom fighters, Hangtime?
You have the gall to impune that your goverments hands are clean in Ireland?
In the north of Ireland 3646 people have lost their lives as a result of the conflict. 363 people have died directly as a result of actions perpetrated by the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the British Army -
75 of whom were children. The overwhelming majority of those killed posed absolutely no threat whatsoever - they were unarmed when killed. Almost 200 were civilians and a proportionately high number of the overall deaths have occurred in highly controversial and disputed circumstances where
there is evidence of a shoot to kill policy. 89% of those killed directly by the State were from the nationalist / republican community.
There are approximately 90 killings where the perpetrators remain unidentified. Civilians have died in situations where involvement has been denied by the British Government despite the evidence indicating otherwise. Other civilians have also been killed by off duty members of the State's armed groups.
Some 15,000 Irish Republicans went to prison during the course of the conflict serving a total of 100,000 years - in relation to killings by the State only 4 serving members of the British Army went to prison serving a total of 15 years and 3 months . All were subsequently released significantly early into their sentences and reinstated back into their regiments, two were promoted. No Royal Ulster Constabulary members were ever sentenced to imprisonment.
Additionally, Loyalist paramilitaries have claimed the lives of 1051 people. Many of these killings occurring in circumstances where there exists clear and irrefutable evidence of collusion by the Royal Ulster Constabulary / British Army and Loyalist death squads.
The combined actions of the British State and Loyalist forces are responsible for 1414 deaths.
BBC News.. The Stevens Report Don't wave your bloodstained hands at me, Dowding.
Next, the Mau Mau uprising. After that, Burma. Then we can get into Malayisa. And Palestine. Then India. And there's plenty more in Africa. And that's just the last 50 or so years. How far back you wanna draw the line, oh Holier than Thou Dowding? Tell me, save me some research time.
