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UNITING INNOCENT VICTIMS UNITING Innocent Victims CONTENTS UNITING INNOCENT VICTIMS UNITING innocent victims CONTENTS Foreword 4 Teebane Massacre 1992 75 Victims and Perpetrators in Northern Ireland 7 Ann McCabe 1996 78 The Claudy Atrocity 1972 18 M62 Coach Bomb 1974 22 The end of ETA and the IRA? Impunities and lies Rogelio Alonso 81 Joy Bingham 1976 26 Manuel Albizu Idiáquez 1976 90 The North Family 1977 29 Jesús Lolo Jato 1978 93 Grant Weir 1979 31 Antonio Ramírez y Hortensia González 1979 96 The Graham Family 1981 34 Jesus Ulayar Liceaga 1979 99 The Hyde Park and Regents Park Bombings 1982 37 José María Urquizu Goyogana 1980 102 Patrick Kelly 1983 43 Basilio Altuna Fernández de Arroyabe 1980 105 The Funston Family 1984 46 Aurelio Prieto Prieto 1980 108 Brian Stack 1984 49 Ángel Pascual Múgica 1982 111 The Brighton Bomb 1984 52 Enrique Cuesta Jiménez 1982 114 Je! Smith 1985 55 Gregorio Ordóñez Fenollar 1995 117 Alan Irwin 1986 57 Pedro Antonio Blanco García 1998 120 Enniskillen Poppy Day Bomb 1987 60 Juan Carlos Beiro Montes 2002 123 Ernie Wilson 1988 64 Joseba Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz 2003 126 Stephen Smith 1989 67 Julián Embid Luna 2003 129 Heidi Hazell 1989 69 Eduardo Puelles García 2009 132 Deal Barracks Bomb 1989 71 2 3 UNITING innocent victims whom have been consistent supporters of our work and who themselves have done much down the years in shining a light upon the modus operandi FOREWORD of The Provisional IRA and ETA, who have challenged those Movements and who have stood for and by the Truth. The Uniting Innocent Victims / Uniendo Victimas Inocentes Project is an initiative developed by our two groups; South East Fermanagh Foundation The UK Government has bought o! the Provisional Movement and allowed (based in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland) and Covite (based them to dictate the terms of their defeat and surrender. This publication sends in San Sebastian, Spain) a message to the Spanish Government, do not appease ETA and feed its’ demands, be fair and be strong but do not develop a Peace Process which For circa four years our groups have been working collaboratively on a range results in the subversion of your natural criminal justice system and which of projects and initiatives for the betterment of those we collectively serve; further penalises the innocents wronged by the campaign of terrorism. the innocent victims and survivors of terrorism. There is a great deal of commonality between those of our organisations, we This Project has been developed in the year that both our groups celebrate each submit that there is no justification for the use of criminal violence in the 20 years since formation. furtherance of or defence of political objectives. Furthermore our members also come from a similar moral base where there is commitment to faith, This testimonies publication complete with academic article contributed by respect for a law and order and a dignified yet steely determination to do Prof Henry Patterson (formerly of University of Ulster) and Prof Rogelio Alonso what is right by those who are no longer here to speak for themselves. (University of Madrid) seeks to illustrate the evils of two ideologies - that of Irish and Basque separatism and how they have worked collaboratively in The testimonies included within this Publication cover the outworkings furtherance of their own narrow political objectives. of Provisional IRA and ETA terrorism perpetrated across borders; whether Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Republic of Ireland, or in Spain and Terrorism perpetrated via Provisional Movement/Provisional IRA is the genesis throughout other parts of mainland Europe. for so much other terrorism and bloodshed across the world including; ETA, FARC, PLO and even some of the tactics and methods by Islamic State are Those remembered were members of the security services/forces whether founded in PIRA developed techniques of terror warfare. military or police. There are also many civilians represented who were murdered because of sectarian and ethnic hatred, they were deemed to This book acts as a warning as to the dangers posed by such violent represent the State or in fact were viewed as collateral damage. movements and also the legacy of the terrorism within a circumstance were Government appeases and empowers the political annexes of such terror South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF) and Covite are committed to movements. developing our partnership and relationship further, we understand the importance of our groups working collaboratively in best e!ecting positive We are indebted to Prof Henry Patterson and Prof Rogelio Alonso, both of change for those we serve. 4 5 UNITING innocent victims We are determined that innocent victims will work together across Nations, “This publication has VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS that we will better understand each other’s approaches and how through received support from working in unity we may best hold accountable terrorism as well as deliver the Victims Support IN NORTHERN IRELAND Programme for Groups upon the needs of those we serve. Working with Victims and Survivors, which is PROFESSOR HENRY PATTERSON Thanking those who made it happen administered by VSS on We would like to thank the following organisations and individuals who have behalf of the Northern It is now a conventional wisdom of Northern Ireland’s political class, echoed Ireland Executive O"ce. worked tirelessly in ensuring this Project could be delivered. by academics and NGOs involved in the conflict resolution and transitional The views expressed do justice fields that the issues of victims and the past are the unresolved Victims and Survivors Service c/o the Northern Ireland Executive O"ce not necessarily reflect those of the Victims and business of the peace process and that this will not be fully secure until they (Funders for the Project) Survivors Service”. have been addressed. It is the argument of this paper that this is the exact Prof Henry Patterson opposite of the truth. In fact there was a profound disIocation between the Prof Rogelio Alonso political logic of the peace process and the interests and needs of victims. Kenny Donaldson (SEFF’s Director of Services) This has resulted in the current situation in Northern Ireland were many victims Joy Aiken (SEFF’s Projects Coordinator) of terrorism are deeply suspicious of the proposals for addressing the legacy Inés Gaviria (Covite Communications Director) of the past which are contained in the Northern Ireland O"ce ‘s Consultation Paloma Dealbert (Covite Collaborator) Paper. In Northern Ireland and the Basque Country it has been organisations And all other SEFF and Covite sta!/personnel who assisted families/ like SEFF and COVITE who have kept the issue of innocent victims of terrorism individuals with their contributions. in the centre of the political debate . Without them, particularly in Northern But we reserve our deepest appreciation to those who contributed Ireland, the popular narrative of the past would have been dominated by a testimony, those who trusted our organisations to share their personal and nationalist victimology which focussed disproportionately and unjustly on the intimate experiences wit, we appreciate that this will will have evoked deep state, armed forces, police and intelligence services. emotions, this publication is a testament to your courage and resolve to stand by the truth. This process is particularly strongly developed in Northern Ireland. Victims of paramilitary violence have looked to the British state to defend their interests Yours, but have often been sadly disappointed for reasons which will be set out later in this chapter. In the Basque Country, perhaps because all main parties Eric Brown Chairman of SEFF in the Spanish state have regarded the region as part of Spain and not, like the British political and administrative class, a ‘place apart’, there has been a Consuelo Ordóñez President of Covite stronger resistance to the legitimation of terrorist narratives. The stories told in this booklet are not ones that will have been covered by BBC NI which 6 7 UNITING innocent victims has devoted much air-time to programmes about the so-called ‘Dirty War’ organisations – a guarantee of release from prison within two years, no and collusion between state forces and paramilitaries. Supported by well- matter how horrendous the crimes for which they were incarcerated.1 From funded NGOs and legacy lawyers the perspective on dealing with the past the point of view of the British state and a narrow majority of Northern in Northern Ireland has been distorted radically. Academia, with a focus on Ireland’s Protestant/Unionist majority this was seen as a bitter necessity of transitional justice and conflict transformation, has been a crucial part of this establishing an end to violence. However, it soon became obvious, that the process. Historians with their focus on what archives actually tell us about ethical compromise of 1998 was just the first in a series as the leaders of Sinn the past in Northern Ireland have largely been ignored. Fein extracted the maximum price for ‘consolidating the peace’. A small number of incidents, involving killings of civilians by the Army or This was evident of willingness to allow Sinn Fein into government in 2000 alleged collusion by state agents , have dominated the TV screens and without any decommissioning of weapons by the IRA; to ignore clear evidence newspapers. We have recent films on the Ballymurphy massacre ( the second of IRA involvement in killings and robberies- including the largest bank robbery in 2 years) and the Loughinisland UVF attack . I doubt we will see films on in the history of Britain and Ireland ; in the ‘letters of reassurance’ to 200 IRA any of the stories told in this booklet. Yet these involve horrendous crimes members who were ‘on –the-run’ assuring them that they were not being for which no-one has ever been brought to justice or even charged .
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