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| − | *'''23''' - Strabane Shootings: [[TCG North]] commands operation which led to the fatal shooting of [[IRA]] members [[Charles Breslin]], [[Michael Devine]] and [[David Devine on 23 February 1985.<ref name="Urban197">Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.197</ref> | + | *'''23''' - Strabane Shootings: [[TCG North]] commands operation which led to the fatal shooting of [[IRA]] members [[Charles Breslin]], [[Michael Devine]] and [[David Devine]] on 23 February 1985.<ref name="Urban197">Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.197</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:04, 7 September 2012
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1985.
Contents
February
- 23 - Strabane Shootings: TCG North commands operation which led to the fatal shooting of IRA members Charles Breslin, Michael Devine and David Devine on 23 February 1985.[1]
June
- Undated June - Brian Nelson travelled to South Africa on an arms procurement mission.[2]
October
- 25 - Nelson left Northern Ireland for another stint in Germany.[3] He remained an FRU agent, according to the Irish News.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.197
- ↑ Barry McCaffrey, At least 29 killings blamed on actions of double agent;The secrets that died with Brian Nelson THE DEATH OF BRITISH ARMY AGENT 6137, Irish News, 14 April 2003.
- ↑ Peter Taylor, Brits: The War Against the IRA, Bloomsbury, 2002, p.288.
- ↑ Barry McCaffrey, At least 29 killings blamed on actions of double agent;The secrets that died with Brian Nelson THE DEATH OF BRITISH ARMY AGENT 6137, Irish News, 14 April 2003.
