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RBK
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| Morph wrote: | | why if they were there as a a peacekeeping force. Not debating if they carried this out but this was their title, why were they legitimate targets? What about civillians were they legitimate targets because Omagh seems to suggest this |
I think you'll find.....that it is always the Britishers fault. Nothing else comes inti it. 
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parkhead_rfb
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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that may have been their title but evidence seems to state something very different. the british army soon became a vehicle for pushing further harships on the nationalist community. they were deployed to enforce the falls road curfew, no such curfew was enforced in unionist areas. they were used to impose internment, why were no loyalists interned? they murdered 14 civil rights demonstrators. In short the british army were not an impartial peacekeeping force they were there to enforce unionist rule in the north of Ireland therefore they were legitimate targets.
omagh was a terrible operation and i have no support for the real ira but there are factors that you have not acknowledged. A warning was phoned for the bomb had the intention been to attack civillians they could have not done this and civillian casualties would have been ensured. The operation, however, was a disgrace and due to confusion surrounding the bombing the police actually pushed the public towards where the bomb was placed. I agree that the omagh bombing was a terrible operation but civillians were not the intended targets.
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Morph
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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but the bomb should not have been there at all.As long as violent factions continue in ireland they will never see independance
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Aventinian
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| RBK wrote: | | I think you'll find.....that it is always the Britishers fault. Nothing else comes inti it. |
Now there's a word I've not heard in a wee while.
Particular since the late 70s and in the English language press in India... |
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parkhead_rfb
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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at present i agree morph, i have already said that i didnt agree with the operation, i was simply pointing out that the intention was not to kill civillians.
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