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Thursday, 13 September 2012

Murders in Northern Ireland - A post for @OfficialMHick

@OfficialMHick has been tweeting away about the need for apologies and reconciliation in Northern Ireland but seems unable to see why apologies from former IRA leaders are needed as well as from the UK government and Loyalist paramilitary leaders.

'In relation to perpetration of killings, Republican paramilitaries account for almost 59 per cent of all deaths, Loyalist paramilitaries for almost 28 per cent, the British Army for 9 per cent, the RUC for almost 2 per cent and other groups each for less than 1 per cent. Republican paramilitaries have killed 74 per cent of all Protestants killed over 25 per cent of all Catholics, and almost 96 per cent of those who were classified as "Non Northern Ireland." Loyalist paramilitaries killed 19 per cent of all Protestants killed, almost 50 per cent of all Catholics and just 2 per cent of the "Non Northern Ireland" category.'

Source  is the very detailed 'Mapping Troubles-Related Deaths and Deprivation in Northern Ireland by Marie Therese Fay, Mike Morrissey and Marie Smyth - The Cost of the Troubles Study'

So whilst the British government setup an enquiry into Bloody Sunday and apologised for deaths caused by the  British Army, has Martin 'machinegun' McGuinness ever apologised for the killings that he authorised or maybe even took part in when second-in-command of the IRA in Derry? Has Martin 'machinegun' McGuinness ever apologised for the IRA murders that took place when he was allegedly the head of the IRA's Northern Command ? Has Martin McGuinness ever apologised for the IRA's 1987 Enniskillen bombing, which left 11 civilians dead?

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