Bloody Sunday Page #10

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You was there, Lom...

you see what we done.

All civvies are terrorists,

mate.

Terrorists?

I never even saw a gunman!

Keep an eye out on the flats.

They were shooting.

They were there.

You know what happened;

you were there with us.

Aye, I saw what happened.

Listen here, listen here,

be quiet.

We went round there,

we see loads...

there was

about a hundred people.

- We see a gunman.

- At least, at least.

We see a gunman,

we went left and right flanks

and we took 'em out.

You know what happened, right?

Get the story right

'cause this is bound

to come over.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm happy with that.

Okay?

Get O.C. Mortars over here now.

Okay, give me a sitrep,

and then I'll come down.

Firstly,

why have you got no comms?

Why is there no radio operator?

They both want an interview

with you, right now.

Okay. I'll be down there

in 15 minutes.

I've got, uh, bodies on the

barricade... three at least dead.

Um, there was a revolver man

there, fired some shots at us.

Good. Have we got the weapon?

- No, sir.

- We have no weap...

I want to get a clearing patrol

down there now.

We need to secure that area.

We need to get the weapons

off the shooters

on the barricade.

Right, sir.

Company Sergeant Major.

Sir.

I've got to go and see

the general and the TV cameras.

We've just fired a f***ing

horrendous amount of ammunition.

We've got to know why

and we've got

to have some weapons.

Right, sir.

Sir.

What's the situation

on the barrier?

Picked up three, uh... three...

Looked, looked f***ed, sir.

Gray as hell. Uh...

So we have three dead confirmed?

Three dead, three confirmed.

Let's get them back

to the RMP to confirm

Did you find any,

anything on them? Any weapons?

Nothing. No, no weapons there

at all, sir.

Have you searched the barricade?

You've searched the barricade?

As quick as we could, sir, yeah.

The pockets.

- There's no hidden weapons?

- Nothing.

- Empty cases?

- Nothing.

- F***'s sake.

- Okay.

We fired three rounds... um...

Okay, who were you engaging?

No one, sir. I was firing at...

What do you mean, "No one"?

There was...

The crowd was advancing, sir.

I had... I had no backup.

I had to move the crowd.

"C" squadron were... arresting,

uh, guys further back.

They-They were all

just coming at us.

I had to move them back, sir.

So you put down rounds

to warn the crowd?

A warning shot?

To move the crowd.

Okay, we will talk

about that later.

People are alleging

on the Bogside

that the Army went in today,

firing indiscriminately.

Let's get this absolutely clear.

One Para went in

and came under fire.

They did not fire back

until they were fired at.

I believe we fired three rounds

after receiving something

between ten and 20.

Three rounds? It seems,

that seems a very low figure.

I mean, I've personally seen

three dead bodies here today.

Well, of course,

they may very well not

have been killed

by our soldiers.

We have three dead bodies.

There were another

three casualties

inflicted by mortars...

All right, that's all right.

That's all right.

Colonel, General Ford is saying

it's absolutely urgent

that you speak to him now

down at barrier 12.

You must go.

I think most of the gunmen are

up there.

I'm gonna go back to the general

and the press

with the three dead.

You've got to find

some justification.

- We're working on it now.

- All right.

I'm securing here.

I'll report

back to you as soon as.

Seven-Six. I can see

some photographers

at the Rossville flats.

They're taking photographs

of a civil rights banner

covered in blood. Over.

Michael.

Sir.

Just get them

out of the Bogside.

Uh, Six-Five, Roger.

I'm doing that now. Over.

Just get them out now.

Uh, Six-Five, this is Zero

requesting immediate pullback.

Repeat, requesting immediate

pullback, please. Over.

Very good, sir.

Six-Five out.

Five-Zero,

this is Six-One Delta.

Uh, the ambulance has just gone

across the diamond

and is now moving

along Ferry Quay Street. Over.

...there is still a body

lying just south

of the Rossville flats.

Zero, this is Six-One Yankee.

One ambulance just now crossing

the Great Albion Bridge

from west to east.

And you call that minimum force?

Another ambulance has

just crossed the bridge

the other way. Over.

You've solved the situation

before with regular troops.

Why the Paras today?

Because I think the situation

in Londonderry

has got completely

out of control...

two policemen shot

last Thursday

81 incidents in

the last few weeks.

Something had to be done

to reinforce law and order.

But why was it considered

necessary to use, uh

live ammunition

instead of rubber bullets?

Who made that decision?

I'm sorry, but the aggression

was brought to us.

It was quite clear that our men

were attacked on the barriers

by the hooligans who got

out of control in the parade...

And yet no soldiers were hit.

...throwing bricks and stones.

Sir, was there a need

to kill innocent civilians?

My understanding is

absolutely clear

that the Paras were fired on

and returned fire.

- Were any...?

- Both high-velocity

and low-velocity bullets

were used.

Were-Were-Were any soldiers hit?

- Uh, not to my knowledge.

- Not to your knowledge.

When can we have a statement by?

We will give you a statement

as soon as we can.

Colonel Tugwell.

Uh, Five Niner, Roger.

That's it, Sergeant Major.

They're pulling us

out of the Bogside.

Simon!

Guys, they're pulling us out.

Lead on.

Move out!

There seemed to be

a very large number

of casualties today,

Colonel Wilford.

You must understand that, uh

we've only just finished

this operation.

We do not know exactly, uh,

what happened, at this stage

but there are certainly

three people killed.

Don't you think

you might have used

excessive force today?

Well, what is force

in a situation like this?

If they fire on us,

we're gonna fire back

and they know that

perfectly well.

But you think

the operation was justified?

Of course.

Do you have no regrets at all

about the operation today?

Absolutely none.

- None whatsoever?

- None whatsoever.

- Please...

- He's all right.

...tell them I'm sorry.

- We're bringing him out now.

They've done that. Get him out.

We're going now.

Going out, you know.

Go, go, go, go,

get the f*** out of here.

Come on, get him in.

Come on, lads.

Come on! Get him in.

All right, come on, lads.

Hang on, hang on,

you're all right, hang on.

- Gentlemen.

- Steady, steady.

- Gerry?

- You're all right.

Go, go, go.

Go on, boy. Go with him.

You go. Go on.

Hang on there, son.

You're gonna be all right.

Can you hear me?

Just try to keep easy there,

boy.

You're gonna be all right now.

Look at me.

Oh, f***, a roadblock!

Okay, just stay calm, stay calm.

You stay calm.

Oh, Jesus Christ, the Brits

are f***ing everywhere today.

Come on, get out the car!

Get out now!

We've got an injured man!

We've got to get this man

to hospital!

We just wanna get him

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