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| + | ==February== | ||
| + | *'''5''' - First British soldier shot dead in Northern Ireland.<ref>Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.426.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==April== | ||
| + | *'''11''' - Easter Sunday. According to a 1974 briefing for Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]], "“Plain-clothes teams, initially joint RUC/army patrols, have operated in Northern Ireland since the IRA bombing campaign in Easter 1971."<ref>National Archives PREM 16/154, quoted in Irish were lied to about SAS, by Tom Griffin, Daily Ireland, 5 June 2006.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==August== | ||
| + | *'''18''' - 28-year-old Eamonn McDevitt shot dead by the British Army in Strabane.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-26063432 Eamonn McDevitt: papers 'prove man shot by Army was unarmed'], ''BBC News'', 6 February 2014.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:State Violence and Collusion Project]][[Category:State Violence and Collusion Timeline]][[Category:Northern Ireland]] | [[Category:State Violence and Collusion Project]][[Category:State Violence and Collusion Timeline]][[Category:Northern Ireland]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:51, 18 February 2015
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1971.
Contents
February
- 5 - First British soldier shot dead in Northern Ireland.[1]
April
- 11 - Easter Sunday. According to a 1974 briefing for Prime Minister Harold Wilson, "“Plain-clothes teams, initially joint RUC/army patrols, have operated in Northern Ireland since the IRA bombing campaign in Easter 1971."[2]
August
- 18 - 28-year-old Eamonn McDevitt shot dead by the British Army in Strabane.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.426.
- ↑ National Archives PREM 16/154, quoted in Irish were lied to about SAS, by Tom Griffin, Daily Ireland, 5 June 2006.
- ↑ Eamonn McDevitt: papers 'prove man shot by Army was unarmed', BBC News, 6 February 2014.
