Was the IRA Kingsmill massacre an act of false flag terrorism

Have you a link for the English accent at kingsmills? I wouldnt put it past them tbh. iirc kingsmills inspired Billy Wright to join up.

Saw a documentary before where some loyalist claimed the Brits wanted them to attack a Catholic primary school and basically start a civil war but the loyalists said no.

Well they couldn’t fight the IRA by conventional methods and were sick to the back teeth of Northern Ireland by 1976.

They had cleared the no go areas in 1972 and 4 years later were still no closer to ending the troubles. Militarily they had no tactics left in such a delicate political situation. So yes it is very plausible that they would use any means necessary to bring about the end of the IRA. And the British army have often used far worse tactics in various conflicts around the world.

There was a UDR and RUC gang in mid ulster that were running a very active murder campaign against random Catholics.

Kingsmill was the IRA saying, 2 can play that game.

After Kingsmill the military handlers of the loyalist Glennane gang signed off on an awful lot less killing.

Same happened in Birmingham and Guildford.

Bars were being blown up in Belfast in a campaign driven by RUC officers.

Their security force handlers got the message that their job over there could have consequences at home.

That was the cold logic of it, doesn't matter what people think if it as an approach.

Both certainly led to a severe reduction in sectarian killings as it became politically inconvenient for Whitehall.

you sound happy it happened danzy 🤮🤮🤮

So basically you have nothing to add to our knowledge of the truth about what happened and think picking at the sore will help to effect some sort of cure.

Interesting topic all the same. Never heard about part of the story. Did any of the rest of them talk?

Were the IRA known for this type of format and execution style at the time?

No idea myself hence the question.

These types of things are discussed on podcasts and Netflix all the time. Unsure why people try to make them off topic here...

This is the kind trollish response that passes for debate here.

The OP raises a perfectly valid issue. I cannot say that this specific incident was likely false flag, I think it probably unlikely, but there were undoubtedly false flag incidents on both 'sides'.

Of course the fact that innocent people were stitched up for atrocities such as the Birmingham pub bombings, genuine Provo atrocities, suited both the corrupt British establishment and the Provos.

Interesting how vocal a former minister for justice in Dublin is regarding why a Truth Commission would be a very bad idea and we should get over ourselves.....almost as though he doesn't want anyone probing into his own role and those of his political allies..

can the shinnerbots not take a few days off from the party business of rewriting history,

brolly is getting socks of his deranged rewriting already do ye really need to double down ?

fact is the ira did it and sf are still to this day hiding the perpetrators

Wasn’t something like half of the senior figures in the IRA in the pocket of the crown during The Troubles anyway? Would they have needed a “false flag” when they could have just got them to do it themselves?

i see you have the feeling as gerry and the rest of the gang towards the innocent victims of terrorist scum ,

they are good for a laugh 🤮

Without any evidence this is just a conspiracy theory.

It was a direct retaliation for the killing of five Catholics in the locality the previous night (another died from his injuries a month later).