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<youtube align="right" width="200" height="200" caption="BBC Panorama on FRU collusion">6JHuDQKeCH8</youtube> The Force Research Unit was a top secret unit of the British Army which was engaged in running informers and has been alleged to be involved in a number of assassinations and murders in Ireland.|^[1] It has reportedly now been renamed the Joint Support Group.^[2] It appears to be associated with the Special Reconnaissance Regiment created in 2005.^[3]

History

According to journalist Peter Taylor, the FRU was established in 1979.^[4]

People

Agents

According to "Martin Ingram", FRU agents were each given a number of which the first two digits signified their location, with the second two providing a unique identifier. The prefix '30' signified the FRU's western detachment (West Det.), while Brian Nelson prefix '61' signified East Det.^[9]

Provisional IRA

Ulster Defence Association

6137^[14] - Brian Nelson^[15]
Ned Greer^[16]

Notes

↑ Chris Thornton, D-DAY FORCOLLUSION; Prosecutors close to decision on key cases, Belfast Telegraph, 24 February 2007.
↑ Michael Evans, Top secret intelligence unit will quit Belfast for new role in Iraq, The Times, 18 April 2005.
↑ James Kirkup, [VAGUENESS OF ARMY ROLES GIVES RISE TO SUSPICIONS, The Scotsman, 19 August 2005.
↑ Peter Taylor, Brits: The War Against the IRA, Bloomsbury, 2002, p.287.
↑ David Lister and Ian Cobain, Stakeknife is 'under guard at old Home Counties airbase', The Times, 13 May 2003.
↑ Greg Harkin, EX-ARMY AGENT ON WITNESS 'NOBBLE' CHARGE; FINUCANE MURDER SQUAD COPS RAID AUTHOR'S HOME IN ENGLAND, 19 November 2000.
↑ Liam Clarke, Soldier 'gagged' over RUC tribunal testimony, Sunday Times, 7 October 2007.
↑ Alan Murray, Caught on the web ...; Pic of Stakeknife WITH his agent handler could go online, Sunday Life, 23 November 2003.
↑ Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.
↑ Rosie Cowan, He did the IRA's dirty work for 25 years - and was paid £80,000 a year by the government, The Guardian, 12 May 2003.
↑ Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.
↑ David Sharrock, Army concealing information, says former agent, telegraph.co.uk, 20 June 2001.
↑ Henry McDonald, Revealed: five British spies inside IRA, The Observer, 18 May 2003.
↑ Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.
↑ Nelson's shadowy past, BBC, 13 April 2003.
↑ Henry McDonald, The double agent who helped run terror cell, 20 April 2003.

[1] Chris Thornton, D-DAY FORCOLLUSION; Prosecutors close to decision on key cases, Belfast Telegraph, 24 February 2007.

[2] Michael Evans, Top secret intelligence unit will quit Belfast for new role in Iraq, The Times, 18 April 2005.

[3] James Kirkup, [VAGUENESS OF ARMY ROLES GIVES RISE TO SUSPICIONS, The Scotsman, 19 August 2005.

[4] Peter Taylor, Brits: The War Against the IRA, Bloomsbury, 2002, p.287.

[5] David Lister and Ian Cobain, Stakeknife is 'under guard at old Home Counties airbase', The Times, 13 May 2003.

[6] Greg Harkin, EX-ARMY AGENT ON WITNESS 'NOBBLE' CHARGE; FINUCANE MURDER SQUAD COPS RAID AUTHOR'S HOME IN ENGLAND, 19 November 2000.

[7] Liam Clarke, Soldier 'gagged' over RUC tribunal testimony, Sunday Times, 7 October 2007.

[8] Alan Murray, Caught on the web ...; Pic of Stakeknife WITH his agent handler could go online, Sunday Life, 23 November 2003.

[9] Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.

[10] Rosie Cowan, He did the IRA's dirty work for 25 years - and was paid £80,000 a year by the government, The Guardian, 12 May 2003.

[11] Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.

[12] David Sharrock, Army concealing information, says former agent, telegraph.co.uk, 20 June 2001.

[13] Henry McDonald, Revealed: five British spies inside IRA, The Observer, 18 May 2003.

[14] Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.

[15] Nelson's shadowy past, BBC, 13 April 2003.

[16] Henry McDonald, The double agent who helped run terror cell, 20 April 2003.

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-The '''Force Research Unit''' was a top secret unit of the British Army which was engaged in running informers and has been alleged to be involved in a number of assassinations and murders in Ireland. It has reportedly now been renamed the [[Joint Support Group]] and seems to be associated with the [[Special Reconnaissance Regiment]] created in 2005.  Both are reportedly headed by ex FRU head [[Gordon Kerr]].<ref>Simon Basketter
+The '''Force Research Unit''' was a top secret unit of the British Army which was engaged in running informers and has been alleged to be involved in a number of assassinations and murders in Ireland.|<ref>Chris Thornton, D-DAY FORCOLLUSION;
-Features [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=11105 Exposing Gordon Kerr and Tony Blair’s secret army] Socialist Worker online, archive > dated 7 April 2007 | issue 2045</ref>
+Prosecutors close to decision on key cases, ''Belfast Telegraph'', 24 February 2007.</ref>
+It has reportedly now been renamed the [[Joint Support Group]].<ref>Michael Evans, Top secret intelligence unit will quit Belfast for new role in Iraq, ''The Times'', 18 April 2005.</ref> It appears to be associated with the [[Special Reconnaissance Regiment]] created in 2005.<ref>James Kirkup, [VAGUENESS OF ARMY ROLES GIVES RISE TO SUSPICIONS, ''The Scotsman'', 19 August 2005.</ref>
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