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Grow up & debate... if you can.

What "terrorists" were killed that day?

Trevor's post of the victims makes sobering reading. Other posts are quite illuminating and show the, still, contempt for Ireland, who's troubles are entirely British made.

 

In what way was the troubles British made ? the catholics wanted Northern Ireland to join the Republic but the protestants didn't want that happening and wanted to remain under British rule.

 

My post did mention that Donaghy was a member of the IRA youth and the mystery over the nail bombs . It was documented in both inquiries of the event,

• Gerard Donaghy, age 17. Shot in the stomach at Abbey Park while standing behind Gerard McKinney. Both were apparently struck by the same bullet. Bystanders brought Donaghy to a nearby house, where he was examined by a doctor. The doctor opened Donaghy's clothes to examine him, and his pockets were also searched for identification. Two bystanders then attempted to drive Donaghy to hospital, but the car was stopped at an Army checkpoint. They were ordered to leave the car and a soldier drove it to a Regimental Aid Post, where an Army medical officer pronounced Donaghy dead. Shortly after, soldiers found four nail bombs in his pockets. The civilians who searched him, the soldier who drove him to the Army post, and the Army medical officer, all said that they did not see any bombs. This led to claims that soldiers planted the bombs on Donaghy to justify the killings. Donaghy was a member of Fianna Éireann, an IRA-linked republican youth movement. Paddy Ward, a police informer] who gave evidence at the Saville Inquiry, claimed he gave two nail bombs to Donaghy several hours before he was shot. The Saville Report concluded that the bombs were probably in Donaghy's pockets when he was shot. However, it concluded that he was not about to throw a bomb when he was shot; and that he was not shot because he had bombs. "He was shot while trying to escape from the soldiers".

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47938218

I wish no ill of this soldier but closure for the victims family is more important. Hopefully it'll end in a token sentence & the end of it all.

I'd say the same about the Birmingham pub bombings too.

 

Probably end up like the Hillsborough trial from this year