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I’m sorry, but I strongly disagree with you. Seven of the victims were children, all were unarmed, some were shot in the back as they tried to get away.
I don’t care how much pressure the soldiers were under, they murdered innocent civilians in cold blood.
The situation in NI at the time was complex, but these are professional soldiers trained to deal with stressful, fast moving, complex situations. They knew what they were doing.
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Perhaps things were different in 1972. I’m not arguing that it was wrong but there are a lot of mitigating factors which must be considered.
A £200 million enquiry identified faults. Now there is a legal process in relation to this. The families have vowed to continue the fight on. The story rolls on.
Could anyone confirm that the two stories I linked to made the news on the mainland? (Just out of interest)
TGR
It matters where you live to understand the situation here at the time. Without knowledge of the situation, it makes it easy to make your comments.
To say ‘soldiers were under no threat whatsoever’ is a moronic statement and demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge of the situation in Northern Ireland from 1968 until the present day.
Security Forces lived and continue to live under threat on a daily basis.
Again - recent news -
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47168606