The Police Service of Northern Ireland is facing fresh scrutiny over its long-standing ‘public order’ and security training of Omani police, following last month’s suppression of protests in the country.
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Will UK security agencies learn lessons from their collusion in crimes in Northern Ireland?
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 29 April 2021
TAGGED: Books, Ireland, MI5, Police, terrorism
On the centenary of Ireland’s partition, Northern Ireland is changing. But the lessons from its recent violent ‘dirty war’, in which British agents colluded in killings, risk being ignored by the current British government.
Detectives ‘not interested’ in probing army commanders about Northern Ireland murders, says veteran
by PHIL MILLER | 18 December 2020
TAGGED: Ireland, Police, terrorism
A multimillion-pound police probe into murders allegedly committed by a British army agent inside the IRA in Northern Ireland is reluctant to question senior UK commanders in charge of the covert mission, a retired intelligence officer has told Declassified.
British SAS soldier-turned-mercenary dies aged 86 without facing justice for war crimes
by PHIL MILLER | 22 May 2020
TAGGED: Ireland, Keenie Meenie Services, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Yemen
SAS veteran Brian Baty served on covert operations across the crumbling British empire from the 1950s, then sold his counter-insurgency experience to the Sri Lankan government, profiting from massacres of Tamil civilians. A UK minister said these killings should be investigated as war crimes days after Baty passed away unpunished, following decades of official cover-ups.
Explainer: British collusion in Northern Ireland’s dirty war
by ANNE CADWALLADER | 15 January 2020
TAGGED: Declassified files, Ireland, Police, terrorism