‘IRA bombers’ captured by British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace were innocent

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  1. >Alan Brecknell, a human rights worker at the Pat Finucane Centre, commented: “Did it not occur to Ben Wallace that he was never called as a prosecution witness at a criminal trial? 
    “He claims to have played such a leading ‘Boys Own’ role in the alleged capture of this bomb team and yet no one was ever convicted of a criminal offence connected to these arrests. 
    “Presumably he now intends doing the decent thing and will return his award.”

    Oh dear. Well, in poor Ben’s defence, grab-a-paddy was pretty much the standard procedure for British troops and police during the Troubles

  2. Read the article and I got as far as

    >how his patrol found a sweet jar “filled up with Semtex plastic explosives and ball bearings, with wires coming out of it

    Just seeing that written down brought the memory of those times flooding back. Ball bearings in a bomb. Fuck sake

    I really don’t give a fuck about what some arsehole tory says anymore

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