The Detail on UDR-UVF Collusion

Over at The Detail, Barry McCaffrey has a story concerning links between the UVF and UDR which was prominently covered in the Irish News on Monday. The secret MOD papers reveal how senior figures in the British Army believed up to 70 members of one UDR unit in west Belfast were linked with the UVF, as well as suspecting that £47,000 was siphoned off by  a UDR unit for the UVF. The documents were included in a Feile an Phobail exhibition entitled ‘UDR: Gallant Soldiers, Terrorists or Victims’ in St Mary’s University College on Monday.

An extensive range of links on this theme have been included at the bottom of The Detail story.

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