PROTEST BRITISH ARMY BANDS TOUR

Tour Dates and Locations

2003: Scots Highlanders and Grenadier Guards, Regimental bands of the British Army, are on a Nation-wide publicity tour of the United States.  These British Army regiments, trained as military infantrymen, will present fifes, drums, and a colorful spectacle for the American public.

The Record of history speaks differently about British Army activity in Ireland – “a record of dishonor in Northern Ireland unmatched by any security force in Europe” (Peter B. Ellis, British historian).

What is the history of the British Army in Ireland over the past 30 years?

 Bloody Sunday – January 30, 1972  - 14 people, half of them teenagers, shot dead by the British Army in Derry

Springhill Massacre – July 9 1972 - 5 people, two of them children, shot dead by the British Army in Ballymurphy 

New Lodge Six Massacre - February 3, 1973 - 6 unarmed men shot dead without provocation

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings – May 17, 1974 - 33 people killed in twin no-warning bombs now linked to British Army involvement

Murder of Pat Finucane – February 12, 1989 - Civil Rights lawyer assassinated by Loyalists using British Army intelligence

Assassination of Peter McBride – September 4, 1992 - Unarmed 18—year-old father of two shot in the back at British Army checkpoint.  Two Scots Guards sentenced to Life for his Murder are released after 3 years, 4 months - currently back on tour in Scots Guards Regiment.   

Murder of Rosemary Nelson – March 15, 1999 - Civil Rights lawyer assassinated by Loyalists using British Army intelligence

Omagh Bombing – August 14, 1998 - 29 people killed, including 2 unborn children - Evidence from MI5 informants points to British Army foreknowledge and involvement

**** In addition to hundreds of civilians and Irish nationalists killed in a documented Shoot-to-Kill Policy by the British Army, and in Collusion with Loyalist paramilitary groups – providing training, maps and personal details to Loyalist assassins. ****

 The British Army has been cited by the European Court of Human Rights, Amnesty International, Relatives for Justice, Justice for the Forgotten, British-Irish Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch, and dozens of other Human Rights organizations world-wide for its appalling record in the North of Ireland.

 KNOW THE TRUTH about BRITISH ARMY WAR CRIMES in IRELAND!!!