Brits stand down in Northern Ireland - 38 years of "peacekeeping"
The British army’s 38-year military
campaign in Northern Ireland ended at midnight.
The British army’s 38-year military campaign in Northern Ireland
ended at midnight.
Operation Banner - the army`s support role for the police - was the longest in British military history and involved some 300,000 military personnel. When the first troops arrived it was believed they would be gone in weeks - nearly four decades later their job is finally done.
Gerry Kelly, Sinn Fein junior minister at Stormont, said: “The British military was part of the security response to a situation that was political. It was a response that included torture, shoot-to-kill and collusion with loyalist death squads. The security response failed.
“The tactics used by the British Army here are the same as the ones being deployed in Iraq today and the consequences can be seen by everyone.”
Seen, of course, by everyone but Blair and Bush.
Lie to the electorate, rely on lapdog journalists and we can look forward to 4 decades in Iraq, as well.
Operation Banner - the army`s support role for the police - was the longest in British military history and involved some 300,000 military personnel. When the first troops arrived it was believed they would be gone in weeks - nearly four decades later their job is finally done.
Gerry Kelly, Sinn Fein junior minister at Stormont, said: “The British military was part of the security response to a situation that was political. It was a response that included torture, shoot-to-kill and collusion with loyalist death squads. The security response failed.
“The tactics used by the British Army here are the same as the ones being deployed in Iraq today and the consequences can be seen by everyone.”
Seen, of course, by everyone but Blair and Bush.
Lie to the electorate, rely on lapdog journalists and we can look forward to 4 decades in Iraq, as well.
Posted: Wed - August 1, 2007 at 01:51 PM