State Violence and Collusion Timeline 1988
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1988.
Contents
May
- 3 - A Military Intelligence Source Report on Brian Nelson (6137) stated:
- 10 - Terry McDaid shot dead.[2] He died after Nelson sent UFF gunmen to the wrong address. Nelson made four phone calls to the FRU on the night of the murder but when the Stevens Inquiry team sought the transcripts they were missing.[3]
July
- Undated July - Nelson called his handlers to check details of Alex Maskey's car registration on the same day as a planned UDA attack on the Sinn Féin councillor. His handler is alleged to have said: "You're not wrong about the car.[4]
August
- Undated August - Brian Nelson was subjected to a violent interrogation by the UDA, who suspected that he was passing information to the IRA.[5]
September
- 23 - The UFF shot dead Gerard Slane in his home, claiming he had been involved in an IPLO attack on UDA man William Quee. The RUC denied there was any evidence of this. Nelson had provided the intelligence for the killers. Peter Taylor reports that although Nelson had warned his handlers that Slane was being targeted ten days beforehand, and on the day of the killing itself, no action was taken.[6] Harkin and Ingram report that FRU handlers had actually helped prepare the targeting file.[7]
October
December
- Undated December - Brian Nelson informed his handlers of a threat to the life of solicitor Pat Finucane.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Peter Taylor, Brits: The War Against the IRA, Bloomsbury, 2002, p.290.
- ↑ David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton, and David McVea, Lost Lives: The stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland Troubles, Mainstream Publishing, 2004, p.1127.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.294-295.
- ↑ Peter Taylor, Brits: The War Against the IRA, Bloomsbury, 2002, p.289.
- ↑ Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 185.
- ↑ David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, 2004, p.1149.
- ↑ 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.
