British Intelligence Operations in Northern Ireland

by Anonymous

A one-time boyfriend of mine 1994-1997 told me that he once worked in Northern Ireland, under the "direction" of MI5/MI6. He claimed that he was "recruited", by security forces, back in 1970. He had "valuable skills", in electronic surveillance methods, which were "of use" to the "intelligence community".

He claimed, that, under their "direction", he was provided with a false identity, and a false background, which meant that he needed to spend time in a Northern Ireland prison. He became "accepted", by the "prison community", most of whom were IRA sympathizers, and, people convicted of attacks on Loyalists and Police/Security Force personnel. Some of these people had been convicted of murder.

He went from prison, in 1972, into the Northern Irish community, where, he then became "established", within the "ranks" of the IRA. From this "base", he then gained all kinds of "intelligence', for the Security Forces. He claimed to have "in-depth knowledge" of "the real story" behind the incidents on "Bloody Sunday".

One of his claims, was that the "forerunner" organization of such units as FRU, was actually responsible for the "massacre". This unit was made up of guys, "specially selected" for their "psycho-tendencies", or, in his words, "bloody stone-cold killers".

Parts of his work involved acting as a "quartermaster" for one of the IRA "brigades" in The Province. from that "position" he was able to provide "intelligence" to the Security Forces, of the movement of arms and explosives. Some of this "intelligence" provided Security Forces (SAS) with the details of "planned ambushes" by the IRA, and, in fact, resulted in a high "kill-rate" for units of SAS during the time of the claimed "shoot to kill" policy, which was subsequently investigated by John Stalker.

My ex-boyfriend also claims that he worked with "14 Intelligence Unit", and was present when one of the members of that unit (a woman with the rank of Sergeant) was gunned down by the IRA in a "suveillance operation" that went disasterously wrong.

He appeared to have a lot of knowledge about the Security Forces, and of the Military Units that were involved in some very high-level "Intelligence Operations". He also mentioned that there was definite "collusion" between the Security Forces/Intelligence Units, and, Loyalist Organizations. UDA, UFF, UVF were all mentioned.

He claimed that after he "developed a conscience", due to the deaths of arounnd 20 members of IRA, "Brigades" at the hands of SAS, during the years..... 1972 - 1975, he "became a liability",especially when asked to provide "interlligence" on people that appeared to have "no connections whatsoever" with the IRA. A lot of this "intelligence" was passed to a very, very, COVERT unit, that had been "spawned from the ranks of British Military Units" and which also used the "services" of Mecinaries.

This "unit" was setup to look like, and act like, a "rogue" Loyalist Organization. It's "job" was to find, and "take-out" members of Republican/Nationalist Para-Military groups, "by whatever means necessary".

This guy, if all that he told me,was "for real" (and I don't believe he ever gave me any reason for doubt)had to "get out" by faking his death, in a "car-bomb accident" when one of the IRA car-bombs exploded "prematurely". He claimed that he was "assisted" in his "exit" from Northern Ireland, and "out of the clutches" of both the IRA and the "Intelligence Community", by members of SAS.

He claimed, at the time, when he told me all of this, 1997, that the "very, very, COVERT unit", to which he gave no title, was, and probably still is (up to that date) still active in Northern Ireland.