Sometime in the height of the troubles the S.A.S ambushed and killed an active cell of I.R.A. members. The incident involved a minibus and a JCB , with a bomb in the bucket of the JCB and maybe a dissused school/police station?.
All in all I think their was around 6 I.R.A men killed that day.
I want to know if anyone knows what the area was called and if it was a school/police station or something else? Also the name of the S.A.S operation would be good so I can research it on Wikipedia?
Any info at all would be brilliant.
Thanks
2006-12-18 10:29:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Loughall (sp), 1 civillian died also.
You won;t find the name of the operation anywhere.
May I suggest reading Peter Taylors trilogy on "the troubles" also, Big Boys Rules by Mark Urban and Phoenix; Policing the Shadows by Jack Holland and Susuan Phoenix. All three are excellent books and will help you immensely.
2006-12-18 10:32:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loughall is the right answer - it's about 9 miles from Armagh City. The operation was cheered to the rafters by the loyalist politicians at the time but now it is thought to be best forgotten as it was as deviously and callously executed as many of the IRA and UDA/UVF murders.
2006-12-18 18:46:09 · answer #2 · answered by marcoporres 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You won't find the name of that operation on the Internet because the SAS are very secretive and that's one of the reasons that's why they are the best.
The IRA wanted to kill a lot of people but the SAS(being the best)turned the tables on the IRA like they always do.
2006-12-18 18:49:29 · answer #3 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a police station in Loughgall, County Armagh 1987 - don't know the operation name though
2006-12-18 18:34:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT WAS A POLICE STATION,YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE I WAS.
2006-12-18 19:11:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋