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Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1985.
 
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1985.
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==February==
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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>
  
 
==June==
 
==June==

Revision as of 23:40, 6 September 2012

Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1985.

February

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

  1. Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.197
  2. 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.
  3. Peter Taylor, Brits: The War Against the IRA, Bloomsbury, 2002, p.288.
  4. 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.