Larry,you would never lie but you are so selective of the truth that you will mislead such as Youngster who wants to get a balanced picture. In Gibralter the unarmed young woman was a member of an IRA active service unit sent to bomb a band concert.The bandsmen were soldiers but unarmed.Bandsmen only do ceremonial duties.Also there would have been many civilians present. Thank God they were stopped.IRA "soldiers" are usually armed and have never hesitated to gun down unarmed English bobbies to avoid arrest.How nervous would you feel if it was your job to arrest such a person? Still She should have been taken alive as most are, witness the number of IRA prisoners (now all released). In contrast the IRA have executed every single soldier and police officer they have ever taken ,often after such appalling torture far exceeding that which you described.Remember the informer who ,hands bound, threw himself through the glass of a third floor window seeking a quicker death. Which side would you rather be arrested by?
The SAS were required to justify their action , and their explanation was not implausible. Their bomb had not been located and the IRA had been using remote control devices at the time. The fear was that they would set it off. If that danger was exagerated, shame on them indeed but it ill behoves the IRA to cry murder when they always use those tactics.
Can anyone answer Youngster,s question? It is relevant as the hunger strike was only about whether they should be granted the privillages of a POW