Grimaldi ran back behind the rest lucky ones. back of the others did.
of the soldiers were others were total failure. 'I saw a young man running, then grey-haired man was Five yards to his right, a little fur- witness, such explosions glanced down at his of DO O ville. them.
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Michael Bradley was one He didn't die. But 14 Afterwards, there was the Irevitable attempt at a whitewash. But compared to the usual standards oi British propaganda in Ireland it was a The Army and British governmen: minister Lord Balniel claimed that an unspecified number of nail bombs were thrown before soldiers opened fire. Nail bombs make a loud explosion. Other than soldiers, not one including the hundreds of journalists who were present, ever came forward to testify to hearing The Army and Balniel claimed that more than 200 shots were fired b! the IRA at the soldiers. None of these 'bullets' were ever produced. Nor are soldier received a bullet wound, nor.:
the saracens marked The Army also said that fou: the dead were on their wartes When it was later proved tina: a the victims either worked outside he Bogside, or frequently went outsic: it, and thus could be easily picken i? by the Army, the 'wanted' claim i::
Thorough forensic tests were is. ried out on the dead. No conclus::: proof was ever offered that anyone : them had fired a gun or thrown a ne The truth of Bloody Sunday summed up in the words of the De:= Hubert O'Neill, a forte major in the British Army: "This "=: murder. The streets of our cuv ran rei with the blood of young men. Bernadette That was ten years ago. It ma seem inal unis sort or ling cobnever happen again. Perhaps, in ir.: exact form it took on 30 January ir it could not. But las: week, two British soldiers were charg of two Derry youths who had beer. run down by saracens six months ago Every witness at the trial testified as to how the saracen ran, at high speed, towards the two youths. The soldiers were found not guilty. Loyalist majority on the jury helped In that context, the following McAliskey just after Bloody Sunda written Bernadette will bear repeating: "The ruling class respects and recognises only is uni power. In defence of "democrac!"
"peace" they will break ever democratic right, every law, concept of peace and justice thei whense ves ever. set uD 'In Northern Ireland we have beer. batoned and beaten on the streets. Ha intimidated, interrogated We have had our the Bloody Sunday. It may be the last 'What happened in Derry on: January was done in the name of ite British people, in the interests of he brush rullng class. Londoner fight it. You cannot stand in the mid 28 January 1982
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