メモ（北アイルランド紛争時のshoot-to-killを実行した兵士訴追の件）

表題の件、BBC Newsの「今日の主なニュース」、2016年12月23日付けより。

Newspaper headlines: Uni 'anti-Semitism' and Berlin suspect
23 December 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-papers-38411847

The Sun interviews a former Army paratrooper who says he has been betrayed by the government because he could be charged with murder in relation to the shooting of an IRA gunman in 1972.

The 67-year-old veteran complains he is being treated like a terrorist for doing his job.

The paper adds that concerns have been raised about the chief prosecutor who will decide whether to bring the case.

Barra McGrory has previously acted as a solicitor for Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-papers-38411847

↓↓↓このThe Sunの一面（NSFW）↓↓↓

Friday's Sun front page:
Betrayed by my country...for doing my job#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/Ivxydl4YKN

— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) December 22, 2016

当該のThe Sun記事。（The Sunは方針が変わって記事閲覧ができなくなる可能性もあるのでアーカイヴでも）
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2463904/furious-army-hero-hounded-for-ira-fiend-joe-mccanns-death-claims-he-was-just-doing-his-job/
https://archive.is/itg4m

問題となっているのはJoe McCann殺害の件。

He said: “I’ve done nothing wrong, I was just doing my job.”

The retired grandad was with a group of soldiers who shot and killed hitman Joe McCann in 1972.

Soldier A served 23 years in the Armed Forces with an unblemished record and, until last week, planned a well-deserved retirement.

But his life is now “on hold” after the case was re-opened in 2012 by the Historical Enquiries Team, which is pursuing a number of soldiers.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2463904/furious-army-hero-hounded-for-ira-fiend-joe-mccanns-death-claims-he-was-just-doing-his-job/

というわけで、マードック組が英軍擁護キャンペーンを始めましたね、というメモ。

これと、おそらく同時に「正当防衛以外にも、基本的人権の侵害が認められるべき場合がある」というキャンペーンが行なわれるんじゃないかな。つまりshoot-to-killの正当化。

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