after publication of the barn report it became obvious that there was still no response from the state. and very serious allegations of where knock on the investigated that there was going to be no response and so we decided that we should respond we should bring people in and their national figures so we approached a number of people u.n. investigators who. people had worked on the set off interest commission and others academics lawyers people think spearheads and we invited them to and i asked them to look at the evidence to meet with whistleblowers to meet with families to meet with p.s. and i was seated. and to troll their own conclusions to draw up their own report the international panel report which is what they did and it was a very valuable experience people from outside the jurisdiction come here look at the evidence and come to their own conclusions.

10 years ago from 2004 to 2006 i have the privilege of chairing an independent international inquiry into potential collusion by british security forces in paramilitary killings of catholics in northern ireland. they certainly were not a few bad apples there are a significant number of british intelligence agents from within the car you see in the u.d.r. who were involved directly in these killings who are in collusion with them and their activities there are illegal activities cording to the evidence we received were known to their immediate superiors and hooting a number of chief inspectors and inspectors where we were not able to ascertain if the time is how far up the chain of command this went we do know that senior authorities in london on notice of information that should have caused them to can . further investigations of this collision in northern ireland we found no no

indication that they took that obligation seriously. the next big step change came when the historically inquiries team was set up to investigate all the unsolved murders of the conflict which quickly broadened all. the conflicts and within that organization the a.g.t. there was a special team set out to investigate claims of collusion aware the state was allegedly involved in the mud as it was headed by a particularly intelligent determined detective called steve morris. my expectations were on conduct a full and thorough review of a number of murders that were believed sort of. involved certain degrees of collusion there was already have been some degrees of collusion from

a lower level and by those members of the security forces that were directly involved but as the review can seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent. to which the collusion was involved in some of those cases. really surprised me was the. step in you know launching some to. where there was overseen by. police officers. that really flabbergasted me by the lack of response from the only you say. it was quite evident from the outside looking that in so this material and documents that elements of the all you say knew that some of their offices who were planning and eventually carried out the face of the step in. effect. suspecting customers.

and 2nd. what it's incomprehensible to me. but they all use a senior level were aware that a bombing was being carried out and in 5 a bombing other. knowing who was responsible and knowing who they were they still did nothing about it. none of those officers were arrested until 1978 and even then my words were arrested specifically for the step in they were arrested for other matters. from the opus 976 until december 19th. the all you see did nothing. for us to step in bombing was the smoking gun because although we believe that it was very similar to a lot of other attacks in the clinic there is the difference with the step in was the

historical enquiries team under steve morris managed to find all the paperwork. which showed that that what the authorities had known about the plan leading up to the step in the carrying out of the bombing itself and the facts that although they knew every single person who'd been involved in the planning the coordination the determining of the target the making of the bomb the storing up the bomb everything then you everybody and everything about this bomb despite that and spite the fact that 2 people were killed and the huge number of other people were very seriously engines not one single person was have a. conviction without bombing despite the i.e.c. knowing everything about it. will be really all those years not easier of course. devastated. and the

same came true we better. relief. that i had gone on a corner. because i knew the army was hearing checked the whole thing out of me in check dish common of pharma and they told. their army and the british were then copy argentina bonior. and known as the i.e. question dad and question on the haiti teetotallers one thing that there must be a survey of around the mid afternoon and you had boma there for years so on this date committed the murder that is not since. order. and place your partner changed the bed. only part indian a get the inquest put forward i know more county. oh not know what they don't.

it was clear deals from seein the individual reports that were coming from the storage like wires team the wall we were looking at here it was was cordoned it attacks the some of the same people is the same weapons same fire hoses same heights same modus operandi or working together and not truly understand what was happening and who needed to be looked at as a whole but the daily thing else would be to optimize each individual attack to individualize that which didn't tell the bigger story the story that was understood a place headquarters that was all arrested at army headquarters at the time that these were coordinated actions and date that some members of the security forces were taking part in these attacks and so we said to the it c.t. that they only way to properly understand this was to produce an overarching report they agreed they began to work on us. it was never completed it was never delivered

. when we think the prospect over and over arching weybridge and thematic report has proved a senior level within the pearson eye because. the conclusions would have been just to construct it would have a sensibly made the case and in fact it would have amounted to a state recognition and confirmation that collusion existed within the security forces in this particular sector in the conflict and i suppose politically for many many other reasons not was just too long comfortable for many people and for the british government that meant a pulling out of the overarching report on not really is just unacceptable for the pharmacy. one of the fundamental elements of my overall to report would have been for this questions to be almost how is it that a group of place officers. know they can go back to a fall where there is

a bomb in a car having been on the surveillance and yet they know they can go back the following day. and the bomb goes off will drive them the confidence that they were not going to be apprehended there and then. or some lighter stice for me that is the biggest question that needs to be answered we're. desperate to get to the truth for some of the elderly bereaved relatives die steve morris is on answered questions were put before the courts and asked. their lawyers challenge the haiti failure to write the thematic report that they were promised. amongst the legal exhibits provided to the high court has a copy of on cadwallader as lethal allies the 1st time any such group is accepted as a legal exhibit in the northern courts. in july 27th the court delivered

stunning victory from the families ordering the chief constable to come up within weeks except to be independent through the resource to court to fulfill its e.t.s. promise. humiliated the chief constable the pm despite objections from the bereaved families 11 of whom passed away since a court case began. with being a long hard road for the families today it underscores a spin very disappointing that the overarching report that would have pulled everton together and made all the connections. and being completed there. how important is paying for the. importance frustrating

yesterday was disappointing and you have your ups and downs equally in the story but i know that however frustration and obsession it is to me there are people all over northern ireland who have lost found a race who are getting up this morning wondering if this is going to be the day when they finally get some justice. so these days you never know what the courts against decide but there's no doubt about this in the 3 months since groundbreaking victory in the courts on the 28th of july 27th team although the p.s. and i and the stage were ordered by the judge to negotiate with us and come forward with a green roofs to inquiry enter a horse we've just discovered that they have done nothing. absolutely nothing so if you're an individual or citizen. and you were ordered to do something but

course you have to do it because somehow if your police force and you're on the right course to something you can get away with doing nothing for at least 3 months and if they decide to appeal today which is possible you could deny everything right here some of our family members are holes you know they might be hearing in just see the report that the wishes of the force the sun all come into existence. and we're going to fulfill the repeated promises apologise to the people and come on you know with all pots to.

break free from. now you want to 1st correct that. you know. paul. 5 i can link up my you join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. very dramatic development only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. time to sit down and talk. is a huge the pivotal day for the families and their faith for justice for 2 reasons the 1st one the court has in the rare move ordered that they should know take action on complete the report that was promised to all of the families the 2nd issues was an

unprecedented move the court has asked for the police to provide often even evidence compelling and setting a way they have not given any notes or records as to why this decision was taken the reality is this decision here by the court is as irrational. tame that justice was no longer to lead to the follies of going on and it just was done on the piece completed the support without any endless litigation. almost 4 years since we started this case and. i of watched family members from. other family members. for the families to speak on emotional torture. logical torture. and it's near tame the. relays that enough is enough on the day of the dangers sure are you c.d.'s. over

to have a proper place in the house to be a furnace and just as i did. at it. so far we've identified 38 people who are involved in the murders of 120 past people who were members of the so-called security forces we've named most of them there may be others we don't know of very few spend a day in jail now that's too many people over short few years involved in 120 murders in one geographic small geographical area to be explainable by the bad apples there as far as the victims were concerned they were just collateral damage in what was a state systemic policy of collusion now as far as the family is a concern and they have the right to truth and justice some want apology and acknowledgement others want a day in court will support whatever road they choose. well it's amazing how

the truth comes out as charged by rich city that said it comes like brought on to the door. and it has happened from time to time. some people have or are not conscious has taken them and they have revealed different material and as years have gone by of course of our mission i've been interested in of trying to find out the truth of what happened and who was responsible but at the same time a lot of our face killings haven't been. going to church at the authorities today and they had to care for information about a very rare for collusion but what in comparison to the sure bunch of collusion only on solved it's not all it's not very fragile. gonna get. on shushed and h.s. . just after only just a style of not been. asked out for

a cup now. those. clues are for what they did. to action made on a head tend. to take a chair that much more. shows that the police protection. and. i think it went to the very very top. i think it is. crossed the water where politicians knew what was going on and gave the go ahead. and basically the arctic showed with their pain. in doing a great job bodies. don't be getting cotton drop and also into problems. i

suppose what still needs to be doen is to get an acknowledgement of what actually helps the other states in the period of the troubles to the period of the conflict take to perturb themselves as a neutral arbiter at this stage that story doesn't stack up anymore the british were involved in the most killings they were involved with loyalist paramilitaries . i suppose my abiding hope would be that we can tell that story and that we can honor those who lost their lives through the collision of acts of members of the security forces. leaving the way to kill a filling stations and a few lonely street lamps among fields you climb the hills towards newton how moved past the. use forest beneath the stars. along that road

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8. russian officials have identified the suspect in a shooting near the federal security service building in central moscow 2 people were killed 5 injured in the attack. another story. in the e.u. lash out to u.s. sanctions targeting russia's north stream 2 gas pipeline to germany in saying it amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog here p c w saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of duma distorts the facts.