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*[[Freddie Scappaticci]]<ref>Rosie Cowan, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/may/12/northernireland.northernireland1 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.</ref>  
 
*[[Freddie Scappaticci]]<ref>Rosie Cowan, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/may/12/northernireland.northernireland1 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.</ref>  
 
*[[Peter Keeley]]<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/may/18/uk.northernireland1 Revealed: five British spies inside IRA], The Observer, 18 May 2003.</ref>
 
*[[Peter Keeley]]<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/may/18/uk.northernireland1 Revealed: five British spies inside IRA], The Observer, 18 May 2003.</ref>
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*[[Brian Nelson]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2944007.stm Nelson's shadowy past], BBC, 13 April 2003.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 12:41, 21 November 2009

<youtube align="right" width="200" height="200" caption="BBC Panorama on FRU collusion">6JHuDQKeCH8</youtube> The Force Research Unit 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.[1]

People

Agents

Provisional IRA

Ulster Defence Association

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Further reading

Notes

  1. Simon Basketter Features Exposing Gordon Kerr and Tony Blair’s secret army Socialist Worker online, archive > dated 7 April 2007 | issue 2045
  2. 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.
  3. Henry McDonald, Revealed: five British spies inside IRA, The Observer, 18 May 2003.
  4. Nelson's shadowy past, BBC, 13 April 2003.