The views and opinions expressed in these documentary are soley intended to educate and provide background information to those interested in the Troubles of Northern Ireland. On 6 March 1988, three unarmed IRA members preparing for a bomb attack on the band of the Royal Anglian Regiment were killed by members of the Special Air Service in Gibraltar during Operation Flavius. There they were taken out of the taxi and shot dead. Documentary to explore 1988 Milltown cemetery killings Loyalist Michael Stone attacked a republican funeral in March 1988. Corporal Wood was shot six times: twice in the head and four times in the chest. Yes, the failure of the military to do anything to try and rescue two of their own is inexcusable. These brutal killings marked the conclusion of a period of 14 days that was to prove one the darkest of Northern Ireland's Troubles. Michael Stone.
New documentary The Funeral Murders will be on BBC Two Credit: News UK Ltd When is The Funeral Murders on TV? This documentary-film will be on shown on … The Milltown Attack.
A MAJOR new BBC documentary is set to explore events surrounding the killing of five people during two funerals in Belfast 30 years ago. They in no way reflect my own opinions and I take no responsibility for any inaccuracies or factual errors. The Haditha massacre (also called the Haditha killings or the Haditha incident) was a series of killings on November 19, 2005, in which a group of United States Marines killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians.
The Corporal Killings- Sickening IRA Murder of Two Off Duty British Army Corporals Belfast 1988 April 13, 2016 Major events in The Troubles belfastchildis Disclaimer – The views and opinions expressed in these documentary are soley intended to educate and provide background information to those interested in the Troubles of Northern Ireland. This documentary-film will be on shown on … Sickening IRA Murder of Two Off Duty British Army Corporals Belfast 1988 . Clarke had served as Gerry Adams' bodyguard; he died of cancer in 2000. He had also been stabbed four times in the back of the neck. Terence Clarke, the chief steward on the day, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for assaulting Corporal Wood. Howes was shot five times: once in the head and four times in the body. They in… I know tensions were very high at the time - the 'nationalist' community were angered over The Gibraltar killings, (also known as Murder On The Rock and Operation Flavius), and the attack by UDA member Michael Stone on the mourners at the funeral of the IRA members who were killed in Gibraltar. Corporals Killings – Disclaimer – The views and opinions expressed in this post / documentary are soley intended to educate and provide background information to those interested in the Troubles of Northern Ireland. A heavy security presence was criticized as instigating unrest, leading authorities to adopt a \"hands off\" policy with respect to policing IRA funerals. The Corporal Killings 19th March 1988 Sickening IRA Murder of Two Off Duty British Army Corporals Belfast 1988 Corporals Killings - Disclaimer - The views and opinions expressed in this post / documentary are soley intended to educate and provide background information to those interested in the Troubles of Northern Ireland. The killings took place against a backdrop of violence at high profile Irish republican funerals. Annual Killings by Military and Paramilitary Groups (1969-2001) Source: CAIN Web Service Year Republican Loyalist British Others Total 1969 3 3 10 0 16 1970 18 1 5 2 26 1971 98 21 45 7 171 1972 265 117 86 12 480 1973 133 86 32 4 255 1974 147 123 18 6 294 1975 125…