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In his book The SAS in Ireland, Co Armagh-born priest Fr Raymond Murray refers to reports in British newspapers in the late 1980s claiming that Simon Hayward was a liaison officer between MI5, the SAS and the RUC’s undercover unit known as E4. That is why it’s essential that the inquiry is given full access to intelligence service files on this subject.” Chairwoman Fiona Woolf is expected to examine abuse by MPs, in care homes and schools, and is now facing calls to expand her investigation to cover the role of the intelligence services. During a first trial which collapsed, Mr Adams told the court he confronted his brother about the allegations in 1987 and Liam denied the abuse.

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It seems that the 14th Int was not the only cover name for the SRU. According to the same briefing: I listened to their stories and I think (it) touched with the compassion that I have always had that had perhaps become hidden because of my experiences in the army," he said.The review into your brother’s death is within the caseload of the PSNI’s Legacy Investigation Branch and remains incomplete. It is important that the views expressed by Dr Shephard and other witnesses in this case are fully considered to ensure the review conclusions are factual. In September 2005, 2 members of the Special Reconnaissance Regiment were reportedly arrested in the Southern Iraqi city of Basra. They had apparently been involved in a surveillance operation against the local police when they aroused the suspicion of Iraqi police. A gunfight ensued and the 2 SRR operators were taken into custody. Unable to secure the 2 men's release through diplomatic means, they were rescued by their SAS colleagues in a controversial operation which included the use of British APCs in a diversionary raid on a police station. The two Derry men were killed as they travelled through the grounds of Gransha Hospital in the city’s Waterside on a motorbike in December 1984. It is believed that one of the main roles of the SRR is to support SAS/ SBS special operations by providing close target reconnaissance, surveillance and 'eyes-on' intelligence. The regiment employs state-of-the-art electronic surveillance gear to eavesdrop on their targets. Several secretive military intelligence units operated in Northern Ireland at the time, including 14th Intelligence Company, also known as the Det, and several special collation teams.

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The former soldier reveals how he came close to death on three separate occasions while serving in the north. Nuclear Close Calls That Nearly Caused World War III Join SOFREP Team Room for Insider Access and Analysis Republicans later claimed that the men were surrounded by the SAS before being shot dead, while people said they heard a man calling for help before being “finished off”.He was the only member of the IPLO to die while taking part in paramilitary activities during the Troubles.

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In November 2009, the family initiated an investigation by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of Dennis. The family welcomed the investigation and were hopeful of an independent and objective review of: Unfortunately, until the review is completed, I am not in a position to consider releasing any documentation to you.” It soon became apparent that its cover was blown and the group of people running it were so out of control that it had to be disbanded at once. Without reference to each other, we all produced the same recommendation: it's been a useful tool, but it's well past it's sell-by date. Get rid of it, acquire the needed skills, then reform it in a different guise. The result was 14 Int - the Fourteenth Intelligence Company. [3]A series of events to remember Dennis on the 40th anniversary have been arranged by the Heaney family and they have asked us to share the details : Still don’t understand why we don’t use the MRAPs and Strykers as replacements. Multi wheel driv... The unit, which also went under the titles of 14th Intelligence Company, ‘the Det’ and Force Research Unit, was involved in some of the most controversial incidents during the Troubles. Gerry Adams told the first trial in April last year, that he warned a priest, who is now dead, about his brother’s sinister past and the pair became estranged after the allegations emerged. Another suspected IRA man, Peter Cleary, was arrested by an SAS team who had been manning OPs overlooking his house. Cleary is killed by the SAS during an alleged attempt to escape custody.

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April 1974: Captain Anthony Pollen was shot dead in Derry City while carrying out undercover surveillance on a Sinn Féin event. He was shot twice in front of a crowd of more than 150 people. The former soldier claims that an aunt by marriage is a first cousin and former neighbour of IRA man Seamus Donnelly, who was from Galbally in Co Tyrone. Having risen to the rank of Captain in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers he later left military life to become a minister of the church. The former soldier, who uses the pseudonym Seán Hartnett, served with the British army’s secret Joint Communications Unit - Northern Ireland, being deployed to the north in 2001. March 1988: Corporals Derek Wood and David Howes were killed when they drove into a IRA funeral in Belfast. It is alleged by former British soldier Seán Hartnett that the corporals were members of a military surveillance unit known as the Joint Communications Unit (JCU). [20]I would like to make a correction to the record for Paul Harman. His parent regiment was not 16th/5th QRL as indicated. He was formerly a Tpr with 16/5 L but transferred to the Int Corps on 15 May 1975 - he was not attached but a fully badged member of the Int Corps. From their inception until the Troubles played out, 14 Company carried out numerous operations, mostly following and observing suspected terrorists. These painstaking intelligence gathering efforts often led to the arrest of terrorists by the RUC as well as discoveries of weapons caches.