Murder inquiry 40 years after 'Bloody Sunday'.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....ot-dead-soldiers.html

So the police are now going to investigate charges of murder 40 years after the event, following the findings of the 12 year long, £195million inquiry by Lord Saville.

This latest investigation could last another 6 years at a cost close on £8m.

What about the 53 men that the The Parachute Regiment lost, who is to investigate their murder? but then all these terrorist killers have been released and treated with respect by our politicians.

If there were any charges to be made for the killing of those on 'Bloody Sunday' then they should have taken place at the time. not 46 years after at a cost of £203m.

[friedgreentomato]

that kinda sums up your arguement really - pentulant child!!

[MoonRocker]

yep that's the next phase, right on cue!

[ummmm]

Like I said earlier I am NOT an IRA apologist. I, nor anyone else, can condone the murder of innocent people.

I thought the UK had the freedom to protest without being shot for doing so.

Your argument IS pathetic because no matter what angle you look at it innocent people were killed. Killed by British soldiers. It's a FACT...you have no argument.

The families of those innocent people want justice...and I, for one, hope they get it.

[MoonRocker]

no one has ever denied innocents died. That has happenned in all wars. I don't see why this incident is any different to the many others. Can you explain why they didn't spend 40 years attempting to prosecute British/German WW2 bomber crews Inocents died too didn't they? Is the death of "innocents" the only criteria that is needed before we prosecute some old soldiers? If so then Bloody Sunday is just the start

[friedgreentomato]

Because it wasn't a war it was an occupation and treated like an occupation!!

[ummmm]

It wasn't a war.

[anotheoldgit]

/// Because it wasn't a war it was an occupation and treated like an occupation!! ///

It was a 'war' and it wasn't an occupation.

It was a 'war' on terrorism, committed in part of the UK.

[friedgreentomato]

Britain has occupied Ireland since Elizabethan times, the first uprising was in 1798, The IRA was formed in early 20th C and fought against the black and tans for the anglo irish war of 1919/21.

Then you have partition the formation of the irish free state and northern ireland, in 21-23 is the irish civil war.

In the late 1960's we had the civil rights movment where the Catholics fought for equal rights (god forbid) the British Governments idea to protect the catholics was to segregate the catholics, several mistakes by the British army later including bloody sunday, PIRA came into full force.

So you see the british governement did occupy

[emmie]

This inquiry, investigation will likely end in failure,
the soldiers concerned will not be brought to trial and even if they were what can be done to atone for this crime. Jail, an apology, what exactly.
Cameron and any number of other politicians have said that it was a reprehensible act, and has apologised on behalf of the nation,
no one disagrees with that, but if one is honest, what will be achieved by another investigation, which will take years, by which time most of the protagonists will be gone, or in perhaps in care homes.

[ummmm]

Jail - they are murderers.

[ummmm]

And FGT is right...read your Irish history, AOG!!

[MoonRocker]

no one seems to want to answer my questions in the post at 16:05

[THECORBYLOON]

anotheoldgit, Rules of Engagement would normally be that soldiers would not open fire unless they believed their life or that of another was in danger.

That being the case, can you please explain why you think they were justified in opening fire on and killing so many civillians on that day?

[ummmm]

MoonRocker - both me and GFT answered. It WASN'T a war. Simple.

[emmie]

it was a war of sorts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk...d_4075000/4075437.stm

[piggynose]

well done FGT for enlightening the ignorant.

[friedgreentomato]

You have to use a news paper article to try and prove a point Em how disapointing - so that proves it was a war? Don't think so!!

[emmie]

the soldiers were asked to go in, what happened after has caused a rift that will never be healed.

[emmie]

no i didn't have to, i already knew about this, and other parts of the history, but it takes to long to tap this out.

[anotheoldgit]

/// Ireland and Britain joined to become the UK in 1801. 26 counties of Ireland left the union in 1921 and became the Irish Free State (later the Irish Republic) and six Irish counties remained in the union as Northern Ireland. ///

NI is not occupied it is part of the UK and flies the Union Flag, and the Unionists and Loyalists are loyal to Britain.

http://www.philipjohnston.com/ni/whowho.htm