Re: A year of living dangerously

Gerry Doyle wrote: 
"William A. T. Clark" <clark.31@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <Xns96C2A32DF915Chmhawktooyahoocom@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
hmhawktoo <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"... the IRA had no overall policy of specifically targetting non
combattant innocents." - SCI: hmhawktoo


Absolutely correct. Here are the facts, once again, for you to try to
ignore:-

Of all those killed by the IRA 33% were innocent civilians.

Of those killed by unionism' legally armed wing. 50% were innocent 

civilians.

Of those killed by unionism' illegally armed wing 89% were innocent 

civilians

Simple fact. desperately scrabbling about for an article from someone of
Lawson's calibre doesn't alter those facts. Not one bit. Not an inch.


Not an

iota. Sorry for you Fal*** old spud. Yet another feeble attempt downed.
*sigh*


So only killing 33% innocent civilians is OK, then? Nice morality you
espouse.



It's all just shitty wordplay, no "overall" policy, not "specifically"
targetting, non-combatant "innocents" presumably as distinguished from
guilty noncombatants, and whoop de fuckin doo, only 1 in 3  of those killed
were "innocent" civilians and all packaged in kill rate percentages instead
of actual numbers, include only the IRA in one total, while lumping all the
other lot together.  Who decided their innocence or guilt, I'm sure they'd
all have appreciated even the dubious justice of a Colombian star chamber in
comparison.

This is the kind of arse covering doublespeak that would even embarrass a
Haughey cabinet member, a sick and hypocritical massaging of figures that
really does show how stats can be nothing but damn lies.

G



Hokay,

From the Cain website:

Civilians killed by Republican forces         737
     Civilians killed by the IRA         516

Civilians killed by Loyalist forces           873
     Civilians killed by the UVF         358
     Civilians killed by the UFF         130
     Civilians killed by the UDA          78

Civilians killed by the British Army          152


It is approbate to include only the IRA, when it is the IRA, specifically, that people are speaking of. The problem with the Loyalist paramilitaries is that there are so many of them, they often use cover names to conceal their activities and that there are 233 civilian deaths attributed to Loyalist paramilitary action with no particular organization identified.

Anyhow, there are the numbers.
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