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Thursday, August 04, 2005 

Army was involved in murder of Jean Charles de Menezes.

Surprise, surprise. Slowly but surely the truth is coming out:

A new army special forces regiment was involved in the operation that led to the killing of an innocent man at Stockwell tube station in south London last week, the Guardian can reveal.

The Special Reconnaissance Regiment, set up in April to help combat international terrorism, was deployed in the surveillance operation which led to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian electrician, on July 22, according to Whitehall sources.

Yesterday Whitehall sources told the Guardian that soldiers of the Special Reconnaisance Regiment, modelled on an undercover unit that operated in Northern Ireland, was engaged in "low-level intelligence behind the scenes" when the Brazilian was shot. There was "no direct military involvement in the shooting", the sources said.

It is believed to be the first time the new regiment was engaged in an operation.

The regiment absorbed 14th Intelligence Company, known as "14 Int", a plainclothes unit set up to gather intelligence covertly on suspect terrorists in Northern Ireland. Its recruits are trained by the SAS.

Geoff Hoon, the then defence secretary, said the unit had been formed to meet a worldwide demand for "special reconnaissance capability".


It's all coming together. The RUC in Northern Ireland has been well-documented with carrying out assassinations. SAS involvement was always a possibility, and this now shows how the whole police and government story stinks. For now, it seems they haven't managed to get away with an execution. If the IPCC whitewashes the police actions, then shoot to kill will become a reality. That must not happen.

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