I remember reading a book by a guy who reckoned he'd been part of an SAS death squad in NI. IIRC he never did any specialist training after selection, he basically suggested that the higher ups knew that the members of this 'special duties' squad would end up so psychologically screwed they'd be useless for any other duties afterwards. It was quite a disturbing read but now you mention it Tig it does seem a bit implausable that he'd be allowed to publish it if it was true.

I reckon thats the same book Targ. Struck me as a load of old cock. There have been too many leaks about supposedly secret operations over the years for this to have remained a secret until he decided to publish his book. And had it been true he probably would have had a D notice slapped on it to stop him publishing it and then gone to jail for breaching the official secrets act.

Unless of course thats what they want us to think..... maybe Legbreaker's conspiracy theories are rubbing off on me.

Neither do I, but it had to be put out there....

People from all sides of the situation are going to have reasons to start the troubles up once again. It's just a matter of picking which ones are behind this latest run of attacks and figuring out why (besides the obvious mental deficiency).

Latest update today is that a third man has been arrested in connection with the murder of constable Carrol and that three men were arrested today in connection with the murder of the two sappers.

Saw on the news this morning a 17 year old has been charged with Constable Carrol's murder.

Just checked the news this morning and a prominent republican dissident has been charged with the murder of the two sappers. Looks like the case might move reasonably quickly. In a press conference Republican Sinn Fein (political wing of dissident republicanism, not to be confused with Sinn Fein who are part of the govt in NI) called a press conference yesterday during which they condemned the police raids that led to the arrests of all the suspects, but refused to condemn the murders, describing them as "regrettable but inevitable acts of war". These are the type of people that we must overcome to try and ensure that we have a decent future for the law abiding majority here in the province.