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Hollingworth's article can almost be taken as an unofficial statement of Indeed the article in question deals appointment of General Sir Edwin Bramall as the new Chief of the General Staffs. Bramall; grips with the number one Army end Northern Ireland'.
The Army's problem is twofold, says Hollingworth: 'First, Nato allies voices in complaint because Britain is not fulfilling its commitments in the Western Germany.
'Indeed, Britain's contribution to Nato is short of anything from 11,000 14,000 men absent on duty in *But another factor is that the reportedly growing tired of serving in "There are now men who have Northern Ireland and they are not happy about going yet again.' So 'unhappy' about the prospect soldiers proved that they have gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid the December last year demanded to be sent to jail for a string of motoring offences so that he would be thrown out of the Army.
Parkinson's lawyer explained that his client 'had two more years to serve but could not face another spell in There are also increasing signs of individual soldiers cracking up while on duty in the North of Ireland. At the of June, for example, 18-year-old member of the Battalion the Kings Regiment taken into custody after going absent without leave in Belfast's Andersonstown and shooting random at a group of men, one of whom was badly injured.
Another soldier was arrested only I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.... THE BANK JOBS... THE BREAK-INS.... THE HIT-JOBS ON THERUN ALL THE TIME.... JOE, YOU'VE GOT TO QUIT THE SAS, AND JOIN THE HOLSEHOLD CAVALRY last week after a 12-year-old-girl was shot dead in her home during a visit by the soldier.
The most famous case death in March this year of Trooper Edward Maggs who was shot fellow soldiers after berserk and fired round after round on his own men, killing a corporal in the an process.
Ist Maggs' father commented: 'I only was would happened if my son had not been sent back to Ulster.' To add to the Army's problem, the recent large pay increase has not proved the incentive they had hoped for recruitment. Last month Lord was still was the All by importance he had gone never have showing Strathcona, the Tories" Minister of State for Defence, admitted the Army experiencing "serious shortfalls' in manpower.
this re-emphasises the of the August demonstration in London.
A large tum-out on the march would not only increase the pressure on the Tory government and those in the Labour movement who continue to back Britain's presence in Ireland, it would also add to the growing demoralisation in the Army itself by that there are significant number of people who are now willing to take to the streets to demand that they get out of Ireland.
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