28 years ago today 18 members of Britains Royal Parachute Regiment were killed in an IRA ambush at Narrow Water, Co Down. On the same day in Co Donegal, Lord Mountbatten of Britains anti-Catholic Fascist Royal familly was assasinated in Donegal. The Paras were the regiment behind the murders of 14 Catholic civil rights marchers on Bloody Sunday in Derry in January 72. The events of August 28, 1979 were seen as retribution for what happened on Bloody Sunday and graffiti appeared in Catholic districts in the north of Ireland stating 'Bloody Sunday not forgotten, we got 18 and Mountbatten'. The ambush at Narrow Water was Britains greatest single loss in the troubles in Ireland. Was this attack against the Paras justice for the victims of Bloody Sunday or will justice not be served untill Britain is finally ejected from Ireland?
2007-08-28
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