Thread: 38 years later..

Apparently on of the big stories coming out of the U.K. today, is that the Seville Report is now finished and out. The report is all about the events of Bloody Sunday and what happened. It is a longgggg article, and a bunch more stuff besides just the article (you can also download the full report).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...d/10320609.stm

The Prime Minister said:

* No warning had been given to any civilians before the soldiers opened fire
* None of the soldiers fired in response to attacks by petrol bombers or stone throwers
* Some of those killed or injured were clearly fleeing or going to help those injured or dying
* None of the casualties was posing a threat or doing anything that would justify their shooting
* Many of the soldiers lied about their actions
* The events of Bloody Sunday were not premeditated
* Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein, was present at the time of the violence and "probably armed with a sub-machine gun" but did not engage in "any activity that provided any of the soldiers with any justification for opening fire"

Sadly it happens too often when troops confront civilians. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj...ylai/mylai.htm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_530564.html

http://cursor.org/stories/civilian_deaths.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwa...a_usa_01.shtml