The #UlsterVolunteerForce, a proscribed #terrorist group, committed the #ReaveyAndODowdKillings across two towns in #CountyArmagh, #NorthernIreland, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1976. Militants broke into homes & shot seven Catholic civilians. There were revenge attacks the next day.

MI5 spies left ‘Winkie’ Irvine in the lurch over gun bust, loyalists claim Cops busted an MI5 guns operation when they arrested UVF boss Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine, loyalist sources are claiming.

Did MI5 recruit Winston Irivine? #spiesandinformers #loyaistterrorism #securityservice #ulstervolunteerforce #mi5stingoperation

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