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Army 'terror' unit murdered unarmed Irish
Ex-members speak out on Britain's secret cell

A Covert British army unit which operated in 1970s Northern Ireland gunned down and murdered unarmed civilians with seeming impunity, former members have alleged.

As well as targeting suspected IRA members, it is claimed that the shadowy Military Reaction Force (MRF) also carried out drive-by shootings of nationalists despite there being no independent evidence that they were members of the paramilitary group.

Former members of the unit told the BBC's Panorama programme that they believed they were not subject to military regulations prohibiting firing unless their lives were in immediate danger - known as the yellow card.

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