Lord Saville's report on the Bloody Sunday (Northrn Ireland) killings of 1972, after being trawled through court, has finally concluded the verdict of unlawful killing (after twelve years and tens of millions) that we knew it was all along. Twelve innocent citizens, peacefully protesting, were gunned down by the British Army.
Exactly two weeks ago to this day, there was another Bloody Sunday, when peaceful protestors, amongst them Mairead Maguire, veteran of the Irish Struggle for independence, some children and old people, one or two European M.P.s, and a famous Swedish crime writer in a flotilla carrying paper, pencils, jam, concrete, sweets, hope and most importantly solidarity to Palestine were gunned down in international waters at 5a.m. by the Israeli Defence Forces, who first surrounded the main Turkish boat with gunboats then sent down soldiers from helicopters to blitz those on board the vessel. At least nine were killed, many were seriously injured and still many are still missing. Some were forced to watch as dogs were brought in to maul the dead. Others were cuffed and forced to lie face down in the blood and glass. One woman was sadistically shown a photo of her dead partner 36 hours after he was killed and asked to 'identify' him. His face was by now blown up. She recognised his mouth. Hundreds were imprisoned without charge and stripped of their possessions. Just another day, another dollar for Israel then...
That Bloody Sunday's
a paler pink version
of this Dirty Sunday.
Business as usual
for the IDF who gunned
down brave protestors.