சமாதானப் பொறியும், வட அயர்லாந்து தரும் பாடமும்.

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Nineteen years later ITV broadcast a First Tuesday documentary which shed light on ‘the worst atrocity of the troubles’. The bombings, which were carried out by loyalists based at Portadown, had been executed with ‘military precision’. The Dublin bombs had exploded within 90 seconds of each other and were of a sophisticated design and make-up that was thought to be beyond the loyalists’ then capabilities. First Tuesday presented evidence which suggested that the loyalist paramilitaries were ‘being run’ by a secret British Army ‘special duties team’ who were then called 4 Field Survey Troop - adopting the name of a seemingly harmless Royal Engineers unit as cover - and later 14th Intelligence. During their TV programme First Tuesday broadcast a statement from a former soldier of 4 Field Survey Troop, who said: ‘We were a specialist unit with training in surveillance and anti-surveillance, silent weapons, breaking and entering. We were also trained in weapons for sabotage with explosives and assassination. We also crossed the Irish border with explosives to booby-trap arms dumps and for other missions.’ [52]http://www.troopsoutmovement.com/oliversarmychap11.htm

This early attempt to run counter gangs in Belfast did not prove very effective. Unsurprisingly, the ‘turned’ IRA men were mainly concerned with their own interests and safety and they were often found to be unreliable by their British masters. The Military Reconnaissance Force’s main task was to combine ‘intelligence gathering’ with ‘aggressive patrolling’. This involving the SAS, often in civilian clothe, taking part in assassinations and undercover operations against the IRA.