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And the british army itself. and what then compounded it was the widgery tribunal, the original inquiry into bloody sunday which was shown to be a bunch of lies, frankly, when the saville report came out. it did not tell the truth. and what happened at the time was as well the british army insisted there was a gun battle which there demonstrably was not and that all the dead had been carrying weapons or nail bombs which they demonstrably did not. so the saville inquiry was a brilliant thing in many ways because it did what a lot of the families were looking for, what all the families were look...

Public because that did not happen here, it happened elsewhere, it was the sort of thing that happened in czechoslovakia and in poland when risings were put down by the soviet state. and it was a terrible shock to everybody. many years after the event, i met a former parachute regiment officerfrom event, i met a former parachute regiment officer from northern ireland who had been in the regiment at the time, he was not on duty that day and he said it was a blot on the escutcheon, was the phrase he used, did terrible damage as well to an elite, the elite regiment, if you like, of the british ar...

A blot on the escutcheon, was the phrase he used, did terrible damage as well to an elite, the elite regiment, if you like, of the british army and the british army itself. and what then compounded it was the widgery tribunal, the original inquiry into bloody sunday which was shown to be a bunch of lies, frankly, when the saville report came out. it did not tell the truth. and what happened at the time was as well the british army insisted there was a gun battle which there demonstrably was not and that all the dead had been carrying weapons or nail bombs which they demonstrably did not. so th...

Hundreds attend 50th anniversay commemoration

Two Derry IRA men shot dead in controversial circumstances by British troops in the city will be remembered tonight at a special commemoration making the 50th a...