The South Armagh Covert Op.

An excerpt from a blog on South Armagh. This includes a covert counter-terrorism operation and how it led to the arrest of IRA terrorists including one who was involved in bomb attacks in England.

Op Kenova & The Moral Maze

Some thoughts on the morality of handling agents inside terrorist groups and dealing with their terrorist leaders. Welcome to the moral maze.

The Collusion Delusion (Part 18) ~ After Stakeknife

This covers Operation Kenova, the investigation into the activities of an agent known as 'Stakeknife' and yet again, a decision by prosecutors not to charge anyone.

Blogs, Cults & Defeating Hamas

Blogging, the Disneyfication of terrorism, cults and defeating Hamas.

The Terror Years ~ On The Road To Gibraltar (Part 7): Remembrance Day

This part of the series is about the 1987 terrorist bomb atrocity in Enniskillen, an attempt at a second bomb atrocity on the same day. The blog also covers who authorised the attacks and the lies that were told by the IRA. At the end of the blog, as the IRA lie about Enniskillen, another IRA unit prepares to commit another bomb atrocity in Gibraltar.

Personal Security

A headline news story this week in Northern Ireland was the data leak from within the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). It emerged on Tuesday (8th August 2023) that as the result of a human error, an Excel spreadsheet containing over ten thousand rows of information on every police officer and member of civilian …

The Terror Years ~ On The Road to Gibraltar (Part 6): Eksund

In the sixth part of this series, we examine the IRA's smuggling of arms from Libya in the 1980s, what was shipped from Tripoli, who was involved, who else was allegedly involved and what the IRA intended to do after receiving tonnes of weapons and plastic explosives.

The South Armagh Festival of Terrorism ~ A Study in Terror

Some thoughts on the Disneyfication and glorification of terrorism, that is intended to sanitise the past.

The Terror Years ~ On The Road to Gibraltar (Part 5): Loughgall RUC Station & Op Judy

In this blog post, we look at the terrorist attack on an RUC station in the village of Loughgall and the events leading up to it.

The Terror Years ~ On The Road to Gibraltar (Part 4)

The first of a two part blog about PIRA's East Tyrone Brigade and their campaign of sectarian terrorism.

The Terror Years ~ On The Road To Gibraltar (Part 3): Secrets & Lies

This blog is about events in the 1980s, during the so-called Troubles, that provide context for a PIRA plot to detonate a car bomb in Gibraltar.

The Collusion Delusion (Part 17) ~ The Trouble With Freddie

It was announced last week that Freddie Scappaticci had died. Over the last couple of decades Scappaticci became very well known, primarily for what appears to have been his secret double life. A double life that is currently the subject of an investigation called Operation Kenova. For readers unfamiliar with Freddie Scappaticci, or 'Scap' as …