The Trespasses
One of the problems with serving in any conflict zone is that we only get one side of the story. What I can verify is that the IRA were supplied with funds, arms and ammo by the USA. I say the USA because their government knew this support of terrorism in the UK was happening...and if you know it's happening and you do nothing to stop it, you're complicit in the act. Various shipments of arms and explosives were intercepted by the British Armed Forces during the troubles. You can Google it for yourselves. The Russians were paying for IRA terrorists to be trained in Libya. This information was information passed down by the unit intelligence cell but I can't personally confirm it. Russia also supplied the IRA with weapons, those of us that served in Northern Ireland can confirm this. There were people who kept the circle of hatred going, Catholics, Protestants and those serving in various uniforms. Some through the pain of loss and injustice, oth...
