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In another terrible tableau in the secret files, another suspect was questioned with an IRA man who we know for different reasons. Joe Lynskey was himself executed by his own organisation just over two years later and he became one of the Disappeared. His body has yet to be found
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Ironically, British Army records discovered by Paper Trail, show that the Royal Highland Fusiliers and British Armed Forces nearly snatched one of the suspects from the streets of Ardoyne 3 weeks before the bloody execution of their own Fusiliers at White Brae
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Cat and Mouse: the IRA suspects in the murder of the Three Scottish Soldiers were targets of the British Army long before the IRA executed the three Royal Highland Fusiliers
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🎥 Watch: EXECUTION on a Lonely Brae - The Three Scottish Soldiers youtu.be/scrn9ZF_kok
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We discovered numerous records of human intelligence sources from Irish Catholic community providing unsolicited info on the murders. What this info was, what its grading was, and, importantly, what the British state did with it, remains essential to the families’ campaign today
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The murder of the Three Scottish Soldiers had a massive impact on the British community here and helped radicalize another generation of Loyalist extremists. The secret British Army files we discovered also show that the murders had an impact on the Irish community too
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▶️ Make History. Follow the Paper Trail. Subscribe www.youtube.com/@papertrailp...
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🎥 Watch: EXECUTION on a Lonely Brae - The Three Scottish Soldiers youtu.be/scrn9ZF_kok
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Closed file in the National Archives
The British authorities closed the file for 84 years despite previous Freedom of Information requests for access to basic information held by the British Ministry of Defence.
This begs the question: what is the British state hiding from the families of its own slain soldiers?
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Paper Trail has discovered important new evidence that will relate to the execution of the Three Scottish Soldiers in high-level Headquarters Northern Ireland Commander Diary files. The file is closed for 84 years!
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🎥 Watch: EXECUTION on a Lonely Brae - The Three Scottish Soldiers youtu.be/scrn9ZF_kok
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The Victims: Fusiliers John McCaig (17), Joseph McCaig (18) and Dougald McCaughey (23). The teenagers were brothers. All were friends and Fusiliers in the 1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers (RHF)
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From the secret British military files: The British Army scrambled to confirm rumours that three of its soldiers had been murdered. The victims had military-style haircuts and underwear. Three Scottish soldiers were confirmed to be missing. The Fusiliers were then named in the British Army files
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🎥 Watch our full video: EXECUTION on a Lonely Brae - The Three Scottish Soldiers youtu.be/scrn9ZF_kok
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The names of three Irish Republican Army suspects in the execution of the Three Scottish Soldiers, Fusiliers John and McCaig, and Dougald McCaughey were in the public domain even before their own passing
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🎥 Watch our full video: EXECUTION on a Lonely Brae - The Three Scottish Soldiers youtu.be/scrn9ZF_kok
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In the Belfast of early 1971, the ruthless execution of the Three Scottish Soldiers was a shock to the system. Worse was to come in the months, years, and decades to come.
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The murder of the Three Scottish Soldiers had a massive impact on the British Army and British community in Northern Ireland, which in turn had ramifications for the politics and society of the day. It remains emotive 55 years later.
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"The past is never dead. It's not even past", wrote William Faulkner in Requiem for a Nun. Families who lost loved ones during the conflict know this and live this.
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