'Jihad' in Northern Ireland?

Irish Voice, March, 2004 by Deignan, Tom

Deignan, Tom Irish Voice 03-09-2004 ISSUED in April of 2003, the explosive Stevens Report detailed the first official acknowledgement of collusion between loyalist armed groups and British security forces in Northern Ireland. According to a new book, however, loyalist-British collusion has been central to Britain's response to "the Troubles" for over 30 years. Author Paul Larkin goes so far as to argue that this amounts to a Holy War - or Jihad - against Catholics, in his book A Very British Jihad: Collusion, Conspiracy and Cover-up in Northern Ireland (Beyond the Pale Publications). An investigative journalist, Larkin made his first film for BBC Northern Ireland's Spotlight program in 1989.

The subject was lawyer Pat Finucane's murder by loyalists...

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