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Brendan Hughes BBC Spotlight: Former IRA leader says terror group's practise of disappearing people was 'a war crime' that 'should never have happened'
A former IRA leader who was himself almost disappeared by the terror group says that being on the receiving end helped him realise that the practise was "a war crime" that "should never have happened" ...
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'I was in the IRA but then they sentenced me to death'
A former IRA leader who plotted bank robberies and jail breaks has told the BBC that being condemned to die made him realise what the group's victims had gone through. Brendan Hughes, who is ...
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Former IRA commander says conflict was ‘total waste’ of life
A former IRA commander has said that the armed conflict was a ‘total waste’ of life and that the group’s practice of ‘disappearing’ individuals constituted a war crime. Brendan Hughes ...
Instead of scrutinising former IRA man Brendan Hughes, BBC’s Spotlight programme seemed to just illustrate his nostalgia
If you Google the name Brendan Hughes you will hit only confusions.
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BBC Spotlight: IRA leader Brendan Hughes wishes to confess all - so long as he faces no repercussions - but says RUC should not have been 'out there' when murdered by IRA
Co Tyrone man Brendan Hughes was speaking to BBC Spotlight in a two part series in which he said the IRA campaign was a "total waste" of life. Hughes told BBC NI Spotlight’s two part series ...
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'I was in the IRA but then they sentenced me to death'
Brendan Hughes said the Northern Ireland conflict was a "total waste" of life A former IRA leader who plotted bank robberies and jail breaks has told the BBC that being condemned to die made him ...