The attack on the Military Intelligence Headquarters in Lisburn. Last orders,1988

 In the 1980's I was determined to strike back at those killing IRA men. Since SAS histories strenuously disavowed most of the blame,notably "Who Dares Wins!" (Tony Geraghty,1980),I decided to attack the organising centre after first approaching my target from the periphery.

 What target on the periphery?

 The mobile 'Q-vans' of the gangster elite.

In my final briefings in August 1988,I fastened on intelligence-led operations to identify mobile Military Intelligence vehicles and numbers of occupants and undercover soldiers and policemen. (Some of the latter were involved in this armed gangsterism).

We too set out to conduct close-quarters surveillance and to use vehicles of similar marque and colour and type with similar registration numbers to smuggle in a large bomb.

I decided to deploy Belfast Intelligence against the Military Intelligence Headquarters at Lisburn.

The earliest reports from the resultant 'shock attack' was to the effect that the bomb we smuggled in using subterfuge,cost six undercover soldiers their lives. Later reports said that two soldiers were killed. It detonated in front of a canteen or command building,memory fails me as to which.

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16.9.2025

This was not my first attack on the British "gangster elite"and Hitler-lovers but let it be remembered that while it may have been the boys of the County Cork who beat the Black and Tans,it was the boys of the County Fermanagh who put manners on the SAS.

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25.9.2025

The incident at Dunloy

In my early time in the IRA, I took an unhealthy interest in our opponents.

In the period of my preparation,I broached the idea of setting a trap for our opponents.

I mentioned the outline of a tactic to kill members of the SAS to Michael Mc Manus or others who I was dealing with.

That plan was to alert the SAS to 'IRA' activity by revealing an arms dump to them and drawing them into their preferred location to observe 'IRA' men coming to the dump.

However,it was not my intention to send IRA men to their death but rather to catch the SAS team out and kill the them by coming around behind them and opening fire.

This tactic was tried out at Dunloy and led to the killing of an SAS man and two IRA men in the period 1981-3.

Thereafter,I decided to use different tactics and give these government assassins absolutely no chance.