SAS assassinations in the Republic of Ireland

Nothing I said in the thread is conspiracy at all.

A former SAS deputy commander in the documentary I linked says that Sean McKennas claims that he was kidnapped by the SAS and told "if you want to end it here and now then your death will be claimed by the UVF" was probably true. Yet people on here seem to find SAS activity in the Republic as absurd. I find that strange, although maybe not as they might not have much knowledge of what was going on back in those days.

I quoted an SAS deputy commander in the documentary I linked, where he said claims from Sean McKenna that he was kidnapped by the SAS and told if he didn't come with them he would be killed and his death would be claimed by the UVF. The SAS commander said this was probably true and probably happened, yet it's so hard to believe for some of the posters on here and not hard to believe for an SAS commander. I doubt this was the only time this happened either.

The SAS aren't likely to leave behind any die hard evidence for a simple assassination which is why I was asking other people if they have any suspicious evidence on this subject.

I'm hardly saying it's evidence, I'm just saying that it's clearly not an absurd unbelievable claim like you are letting on.

Why would an SAS commander bother lying in a documentary in the late 2000s? I could understand him lying saying the SAS didn't operate on this side of the border, why would he lie saying otherwise.

Also the guards and army had their own suspicions at the time and questioned the soldiers captured on this side of the border about the murder of numerous people.

Anyway this isn't a thread trying to convince people who have little knowledge on the troubles, I'm simply asking people with knowledge if they have any other evidence pointing towards SAS assassinations in the Republic.

Of all the stuff that went on back then, this is a fairly minor claim.

An RTE documentary from a while back that provided clear evidence collusion was committed on a large scale and with impunity. Much of this collision involved killing innocent people on this side of the border such as the Dublin Monaghan bombings, The documentary came to the conclusion that there is clear evidence that points to collusion being not only practice but policy; it was planned and directed with full political authority”.

I don't see how after all of this that it can still be so hard to believe that the army wouldn't have crossed the border to carry out assassinations and kidnappings of specific people.

There was no one going "missing", I or I don't think anyone else claimed that there was. You seem to have misread some of the thread, In reference to the kidnapping claims by former IRA men, they were wanted men in Northern Ireland who were kidnapped by the SAS in the Republic and then handed over to the regular British army in Northern Ireland, they did not disappear off the face of the earth, although some of them were told if they resisted they would be killed here and now and their death would be claimed by the UVF.

Thanks for the info, I found the book https://www.amazon.com/Nemesis-File-Story-Execution-Squad-ebook/dp/B00HBU22X

The soldier was a former SAS member according to numerous sources.

It looks like a legitimate book and a good read, can't find anything about the book being false like you say in your post, can you please provide some evidence to what you said in your post so that I don't waste my time reading it, thanks.

Edit: After more research I found the book was false.

Well they were hardly going to admit they were on this side of the border to commit an assassination were they🙄 or that they were hunting down IRA suspects.

And I seriously doubt you were "all aware" of this incident.

Facts are the guards were very suspicious about this, The shotgun drew the attention of the Gardaí since the same type of weapon was used in three recent murders in the area, the SAS soldiers were questioned about the recent deaths of multiple Irish people on this side of the border, they were also charged with possession of firearms with intent to endanger life.

The Irish army also found a dagger in the boot of one of the SAS cars, the SAS men were captured one day after the funeral of Seamus Ludlow, an innocent civilian believed to have been mistaken for a high ranking IRA member who had been shot with identical weapons and who had also been stabbed numerous times with a dagger.

You are precisely right, they do lie and deny as it suits them which is why there was massive suspicion about that event, some people on this thread are trying to rewrite history and downplay what happened.

FitzGerald was asked in the Dail that "in light of the assurance given by the British Government that their forces would not operate in civilian attire what now was the Government’s response. “Troops in uniform are clearly identifiable, but this SAS unit was not and the men were carrying guns (pump action shotguns) not used by any army in the world but by thugs and criminals” a gun that has been used to kill numerous people on this side of the border just recently.

They were, the Dail was told by Deputy Dowling, operating on what was termed “a search and destroy mission”.

That was where it remained until the heat ebbed out of situation, even though Jack Lynch, then leader of the opposition told the Minister that “people are genuinely apprehensive about army personnel travelling on our side of the Border in unconventional garb carrying unconventional weapons”.

I was quoting an article by the independent, it was a quote from someone in the Dail.

People were rightly suspicious of the SAS operating on this side of the border and what they were doing.

The SAS men were questioned in connection with numerous recent murders in the area.

Seamus Ludlow was killed in the same area a few days before they were captured, he was a completely innocent civilian. His family say that he was an innocent victim of either loyalist or British forces who mistook him for a senior member of the IRA, he was killed with identical weapons and was also stabbed numerous times with a dagger similar to the one found in the car of the SAS men.

This incident where the SAS men were captured aroused already widespread suspicion that the British were operating in the Republic near the border.

The investigation into the Ludlow murder was dropped 3 weeks later, this is similar to the Dublin Monaghan bombings when government interference led to the investigation ending prematurely. I can't speak about the Ludlow murder but the Barron inquiry found that the investigation into the Dublin Monaghan bombings was likely stopped because the FG government was worried the results of the investigation would "play into the hands of republicans". The investigation into the Dublin Monaghan bombings was stopped two months after the bombings.

Someone in the Dail claimed that in the outrage that followed the capture, it was part of the section of this article I quoted.