Betrayed Warriors: The SAS Veterans Facing Legal Persecution

[JAG]

On 3/11/2025 at 9:54 AM, KhunLA said:

Reads like they murdered 4 civilians, suspected of a crime, without due process.  Unless they were pointing a weapon at them, or in danger, did they have the right to kill the 4 civilians.   What were their 'rules of engagement'.

 

While shooing at the building, did they actually kill or harm anyone ?   Were the 4 that were killed, even involved with shooting up the building ?

 

Does seem excessive force was used, along with, the SAS were not in danger or being shot at.

 

 

The Police Station (known in Northern Ireland as Police Barracks) was attacked with a very large bomb carried in the front bucket of a digger, which breached the security fence. The expectation was that there would be policemen in the building. The remains of the building were then machine gunned with a Soviet 12.7mm machine gun ( the equivalent of a .50 Browning machine gun). The bullets from that weapon would have passed through the building and carried on for hundreds of metres with sufficient velocity to further penetrate buildings and kill. There were a number of dwellings near the Police Barracks.

 

The 4 dead PIRA were loading the 12.7mm MG into a van to escape when they were hit. 

 

The rules for opening fire were strict, but they allowed soldiers to fire when the terrorists were clearly armed, and were preparing to fire, firing or had just fired and were carrying the weapons.

 

The "East Tyrone Brigade" had been responsible for a number of attacks, including, regularly, the murder of off duty policemen and soldiers, and of course many civilians. They had carried out several "spectaculars", Loughgall was their last one. They were caught.

 

There is a phrase -" big boy's rules".

[mrwebb8825]

On 3/10/2025 at 7:03 PM, Social Media said:

This officer points to a fundamental “displacement between decision-makers and the delivery end.” He believes that politicians and military leaders must fully comprehend the implications of sending soldiers into conflict zones. “Leaders that truly take time to understand their decisions to go to war or join coalitions would understand what they are asking people to do. That often means killing people, especially for the special forces, and this was the case in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. If you are going to tell people to carry out those operations, then the government must make sure they are properly protected months and years down the road – otherwise you’ll end up with no one wanting to do it.”

This is "Beyond The Pale" and absolutely disgusting, speaking as a bredren.

They should apply for asylum in the US. In about 6 months there are going to be job openings for them as "Security" for American mining companies in Ukraine. Their job would remain the same but the pay would go up 20 fold. Bet that would improve their recruitment. 😁

[roo860]

8 hours ago, KhunLA said:

MOD EDIT: [Quoted post removed for fair use policy and misrepresenting the lengthy article]

 

 

Don't mess with the SAS