Evidence of police collusion in Miami Showband massacre comes to light

i doubt very much if the Jackal was a double agent, a lot of paramilitaries on both sides had military experience. repbublican ideology dictates that no NI protestant could organise & run a loyalist terrorist organisation without backing by the brits, to acknowledge that they did would mean that these people who are somehow in denial of a UI could possibly not want to live in one & therefore would resort to the use of violence to deny the RA's objective of a UI, it is akin to the US ideology of inside every NVA is an american wanting to get out. It is much easier to sell the war as getting the troops out as the solving of the irish problem, it becomes an entirely different issue, if the troops had left & the NI prods fought to stay in the UK by launching their own terrorist campaign, the UVF, UFF, RHC, PAF are quite happy to play the collusion game as it absolves themselves of facing are to the reality of their own murderous activities, once the SI state papers are released & the antics of Lynch & the FF govt come to light, Gezza & the boys will be able to use the same excuse & hide beyong the remit that their own activity was sponsored by the irish state, this is staple terrorist stuff, everybody is too blame apart from themselves.

I'm taking a bit of comfort in each of your comments, thank you.

Bren! As an accidental citizen of this counterfeit republic, let me reassure you that there are many coincidental "free-staters" who emphatise with fellow more authentic Irish nationalist and republicans in the neo-provincial statelet of north-eastern Irelans than you think!

Those involved in the murders were not brought to justice. RUC or army terrorist involved are still on the street,they should be jailed. From Dublin Brendan please do not brand me a freestater.

hmm Brendan the GFA voted for both sides of the border released both Loyalist and Republican terrorists who had committed atrocious deeds - should we put all of them back in jail and seek justice for the rest?

How long will it take for the "free-staters" from the lower 26 to comment here about "letting bygones be bygones", or "forget the North already", etc., etc. Sad, but that essentially equates to turning your collective backs on your FELLOW COUNTRYMEN from the North. The leaders of '16 would not be impressed. Up Armagh.