UK intelligence reported #ThisDayInHistory in 1981 that #Unionist #terrorist group #UlsterDefenceAssociation would keep killing #IrishRepublicans, but UK's gov. refused to proscribe the organization as the laws required, offering tacit support for violence against IRA supporters.

It took the British army 3 days to clear a barricade made by Irish Republicans in Westand Street Bogside,
the lorry chassis was buried and covered in cement...

#Motorman #Bogside #Irishstruggle #Ireland #IrishRepublicans #BritishOccupation