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Balaclava Street

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Exploring the Northern Ireland Troubles, focusing on the loyalist paramilitaries - the UVF, UDA, RHC, and others. All posts are by Iain Turner.

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Gareth Mulvenna @gmulvenna.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Article I wrote for @historyireland.bsky.social in January 2017 on the Tartan Gang phenomenon of the early 1970s. The article was based on my book. historyireland.com/tartan-gangs/
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Balaclava Street @balaclavastreet.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
New post: the implications of Operation Denton, and media handling of the 'Glenanne Gang' story balaclavastreet.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/t...
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The Gang That Never Was
On 9 December last year we got our first glimpse at the findings of Operation Denton, the long-awaited police review into what was referred to as the ‘Glenanne series’ of murders—over 120 killings …
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Balaclava Street @balaclavastreet.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
When republicans want to attack the DUP, they say Ulster Resistance brought these weapons in. When they want to attack the British government, they claim it was Brian Nelson. It was Ulster Resistance. Brian Nelson had no involvement that I'm aware of. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
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Security forces permitted UVF and UDA to import weapons used in murders across NI, High Court told
The security forces allegedly permitted loyalist terrorists to import and distribute a shipment of weapons for use in a series of murders across Northern Ireland, the High Court has heard.
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Balaclava Street @balaclavastreet.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
In the near future I'll be posting the odd snippet of work here, possibly with longer extracts on my website. The Twitter account is dead and isn't coming back. No decent person should be on that fucking sewage outlet.
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