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The Operators: Inside 14 Intelligence Company - The Army's Top Secret Elite

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THE role of a single British soldier in planning up to eight alleged shoot-to-kill operations is to be the “focus of intense scrutiny” at an inquest into the deaths of two IRA men three decades ago. He was himself subjected to daily harassment going to and from school; stopped, spread-eagled against the nearest wall and searched. He saw and experienced all these things before his 14th birthday.

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With the MRF compromised, it was decided that a dedicated force of highly-trained plain-clothes surveillance operatives should be established for operations in Northern Ireland. 14 Intelligence Company was to be selected and trained by a specially setup training wing of 22 SAS. Additionally, SAS officers would form the unit's command. In 1973, 3 Detachments, or 'Dets' were setup, each within its own sector of Northern Ireland Ford, Sarah (1997). One Up: A woman in action with the SAS. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780002558198. Defensive Brief D Meeting between the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach 5 April 1974 Army Plain Clothes Patrols in Northern Ireland, UK National Archives PREM 16/154. Damage to an army landrover that Andrew Rawding was in when it was hit with a Mk12 mortor in Lurgan in 1992.In November 2009, the family initiated an investigation by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of Dennis. The family welcomed the investigation and were hopeful of an independent and objective review of: Joe Cahill, who helped found the Provisional IRA, was pictured abusing a 14-year-old girl in a car in the 1970s, the sources said. The unit, which also went under the titles of 14th Intelligence Company, ‘the Det’ and Force Research Unit, was involved in some of the most controversial incidents during the Troubles.

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Operator's cars would also be fitted with systems to detect any tampering with the vehicle's electronics - a sign that a car bomb had been planted. From time to time, there is a requirement for men and women to volunteer to undertake special duties of a hazardous nature in Northern Ireland. Selection and training for the special duties is both rigorous and arduous. For further details, see defense council instructions…” A 4-man IRA team attempt to firebomb Ballysillan Post Office depot. A joint SAS/RUC team had been tipped-off about the IRA operation and, as the 3 of the IRA men approached the target, However, while the participation of soldiers in other suspected shoot-to-kill operations has been confirmed, the exact role of the troops in each operation has not been revealed.

It is also suspected that members of the British army’s 14th Intelligence Company, a controversial reconnaissance unit working alongside the SAS, may also have been involved in the operation. February 1984: Sergeant Paul Oram was killed in an incident in mainly nationalist Dunloy, Ballymoney when he and a colleague were surprised during the night by an IRA unit operating in the area. Oram and his colleague drew their pistols and engaged the men, striking Declan Martin (18) and Henry Hogan (21). [18] Oram was killed almost instantly. According to his colleague, the two IRA members fell to the ground and were still alive, but he killed them as, in his opinion, they still constituted a threat. [19] Oram's colleague was seriously wounded but team-members stationed nearby assisted, and he survived. As he got older, his call from the doorway when coming into the house was “Mam I’m home.” Dennis was just an ordinary boy growing up in a city that was yet to experience the horrors of war on the very streets we walked to school, work and home again. Of course, he was no saint, he was forever teasing his sisters young and old alike “have you heard they’ve put a zip on bananas to make it easier to open”; closing the front door on their friends when they called at the house – but he always opened it again; wolf whistling at his sisters on the street with them turning expectantly only to see their wee brother smiling innocently at them.

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