ARMY KEEPSTHE PEACE' IN ULSTER

One unreported aspect of " told him to say his prayers as life in Ulster today is the they were going to shoot him.

Francis | McCrea made an act continuous harassment of contrition and said to the and intimidation of work- soldiers 'go ahead and shoot me'. ing-class families, particularly in the Catholic areas. Then they took my overcoat inside jacket and shoes off and Despite Tory claims that all they gave me back was my the army was engaged in a shoes. They then told me to 'cool-it' phase while truce dis- get my shoes on and they made cussions proceeded behind the me put my hands behind my scenes, the army has never let head. At this point a soldier up in its terror campaign. grabbed me by the collar and Indeed, as the Official and rushed me over to the Saracen. Provisional IRA have entered All the time there was talks with the Tories, this has soldier in front of me hitting only served to strengthen the me in the stomach with the forces of reaction and expose butt of his rifle. the Catholics to even more When they had both of us sinister attacks. at the flats an officer was there In Divis Street, Belfast, the and he told the soldiers to headquarters of the Associa- make sure and not strike us tion for Legal Justice has on the face. become the pooling point of They then threw me head thousands of sworn statements about army and police first against the side of the brutality. Saracen. As my hands were Since the army occupation behind my head all this time began almost three years ago, my head struck the Saracen the Association has compiled and my head was split. At this a library of crimes committed point I blacked out. When I by the Tory 'law-and-order' came round was in the forces. Saracen and the soldier inside the Saracen kept forcing me lishes some further excerpts to the corner with the butt of This rifle. This lasted for five from these massive files in order to reveal the real face of minutes or more. Tor Poster insister. testing At this point my friend Ulstèr is the Francis was thrown into the ground for the ruling-class's back of the Saracen. The attacks on the working class, soldier did the same to him we should know what they will with the butt of his rifle. The attempt to try on here. remainder the soldiers got into the Saracen then and started asking us where we Raymond Muldoon, 23-year- wanted let out. Sandy Row,