Bloody Sunday
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13 dead for the business interests of shop-keepers?
For me this article raised the an aspect that I have not encountered
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47559123
“…Col Wilford’s battalion was deployed to Londonderry to crack down on rioters, known to the army as the ‘Derry Young Hooligans’ [DYH], who, local traders said, were ruining their business and getting ever closer to the town centre.
In response, General Robert Ford, the operational head of the army in Northern Ireland, travelled to Derry to listen to the businessmen’s concerns. He was given an earful…General Ford wrote a chilling memorandum to his superior, General Sir Harry Tuzo. It said: “I am coming to the conclusion that the minimum force necessary to achieve a restoration of law and order is to shoot selected ringleaders amongst the DYH “
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