After spreading communal terror and stoking vicious sectarian violence, Britain’s man in Northern Ireland leaves a dark legacy hanging over the West, writes Mick Hall. Second of a two-part article.
Read Part One: A Blueprint for Counter-Insurgency in the West
By Mick Hall
Special to Consortium N
A date has been set for a former police officer to contest a charge of assaulting a senior republican figure who is currently one of seven people charged with the attempted murder of PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell.
The City of Cape Town has stepped in to provide essential services to a navy dormitory suburb where infrastructure is crumbling in the hills above Simon’s Town.
RICHARD has insisted that I write a little bit about the death of Frank Kitson. Kitson, British Army general and leading advocate of counter-insurgency operations and collusion between state forces and death squads, died last week. I have written about him many times. I am sure his death will be mourned by those within the British system whom he served over many decades in defence of the Empire. He was rewarded with medals, a knighthood and military promotions. He was for a time Commander-in-Chief of UK Land Forces and from 1982 to 1985 he was Aide-de-Camp General to the British Queen.