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paul178Mr Merry if your information came from this ‘The Nemesis File’, by ‘Paul Bruce’ have a read of this letter sent to the publishers. If not I would be interested in any other information or links you may have.
‘Dear Sir/Madam,
I understand that your firm has recently republished a book entitled ‘The Nemesis File’, by ‘Paul Bruce’, as part of your Military Non-Fiction catalogue, which John Blake originally printed in 1995.
The ‘Nemesis File’ purports to be Bruce’s account of his service with a covert death squad recruited from 22 Special Air Service Regiment, and his involvement in the murders of 30 people in Northern Ireland during the 1970s. Bruce claims that the SAS unit involved was deliberately killing civilians in order to incite sectarian violence between the Catholic and Protestant communities, which if true represents a shocking example of state-sanctioned violence committed by the UK authorities against their own citizens. However, Bruce’s story happens to be fabricated, and in this respect I am astonished that someone in your firm has seen fit to reprint it as if it were a genuine, factually accurate account.
Bruce was arrested by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (the predecessor to the Police Service of Northern Ireland) on 1st August 1996 on the basis of his ‘disclosures’. Under questioning, he admitted that his claims about an SAS death squad and his description of its activities was total fiction, and had no basis in reality. The RUC issued a statement the following day stating that he had completely repudiated the contents of his bogus memoir. Bruce’s exposure as a charlatan was reported by the national press, and I would direct you to the editions of the Daily Telegraph published on 1st and 2nd August 1996 for confirmation.
I should also add here that Bruce (whose real name is Paul Inman) has no record whatsoever of having served as a trooper in the SAS. Inman’s military record shows that he served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and his service in Northern Ireland was confined to a four-month tour from February-June 1972, during which time he worked as a vehicle mechanic, rather than as part of a clandestine assassination squad. I am sure that if you approached the Ministry of Defence for elaboration, they would provide it.
The conflict in Northern Ireland was an intensely controversial one, and in this war and others like it accusations have been made of official misconduct and of abuses committed by the British Army. Such claims should be examined, and if proven then it is important in a democracy that officials and soldiers who are responsible should be held accountable for the crimes they have committed.
However, I am appalled by the fact that a discredited and fake memoir by a fantasist has been published as if it were genuine history. I should also add here that Mr Inman’s fabrications have caused considerable offence within the British special forces community, and SAS veterans in particular have taken grave exception to the fact that an individual who never served with their regiment has seen fit to tarnish its honour by accusing its members of the deliberate murder of innocent civilians.
I therefore hope that upon reading this letter, and familiarising yourself with the veracity of ‘The Nemesis File’, that you take the only decision which is appropriate for any publishing firm concerned about its reputation; namely that you withdraw it from your catalogue and recall all the copies at the earliest available opportunity. For as you can see from the above, it is not fit to be printed as anything other than a work of fiction’.
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I am not getting at you but in the light of this thread I am trying to scotch this old wives tale once and for all
paul178Mr Merry if your information came from this ‘The Nemesis File’, by ‘Paul Bruce’ have a read of this letter sent to the publishers. If not I would be interested in any other information or links you may have.
‘Dear Sir/Madam,
I understand that your firm has recently republished a book entitled ‘The Nemesis File’, by ‘Paul Bruce’, as part of your Military Non-Fiction catalogue, which John Blake originally printed in 1995.
The ‘Nemesis File’ purports to be Bruce’s account of his service with a covert death squad recruited from 22 Special Air Service Regiment, and his involvement in the murders of 30 people in Northern Ireland during the 1970s. Bruce claims that the SAS unit involved was deliberately killing civilians in order to incite sectarian violence between the Catholic and Protestant communities, which if true represents a shocking example of state-sanctioned violence committed by the UK authorities against their own citizens. However, Bruce’s story happens to be fabricated, and in this respect I am astonished that someone in your firm has seen fit to reprint it as if it were a genuine, factually accurate account.
Bruce was arrested by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (the predecessor to the Police Service of Northern Ireland) on 1st August 1996 on the basis of his ‘disclosures’. Under questioning, he admitted that his claims about an SAS death squad and his description of its activities was total fiction, and had no basis in reality. The RUC issued a statement the following day stating that he had completely repudiated the contents of his bogus memoir. Bruce’s exposure as a charlatan was reported by the national press, and I would direct you to the editions of the Daily Telegraph published on 1st and 2nd August 1996 for confirmation.
I should also add here that Bruce (whose real name is Paul Inman) has no record whatsoever of having served as a trooper in the SAS. Inman’s military record shows that he served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and his service in Northern Ireland was confined to a four-month tour from February-June 1972, during which time he worked as a vehicle mechanic, rather than as part of a clandestine assassination squad. I am sure that if you approached the Ministry of Defence for elaboration, they would provide it.
The conflict in Northern Ireland was an intensely controversial one, and in this war and others like it accusations have been made of official misconduct and of abuses committed by the British Army. Such claims should be examined, and if proven then it is important in a democracy that officials and soldiers who are responsible should be held accountable for the crimes they have committed.
However, I am appalled by the fact that a discredited and fake memoir by a fantasist has been published as if it were genuine history. I should also add here that Mr Inman’s fabrications have caused considerable offence within the British special forces community, and SAS veterans in particular have taken grave exception to the fact that an individual who never served with their regiment has seen fit to tarnish its honour by accusing its members of the deliberate murder of innocent civilians.
I therefore hope that upon reading this letter, and familiarising yourself with the veracity of ‘The Nemesis File’, that you take the only decision which is appropriate for any publishing firm concerned about its reputation; namely that you withdraw it from your catalogue and recall all the copies at the earliest available opportunity. For as you can see from the above, it is not fit to be printed as anything other than a work of fiction’.
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I am not getting at you but in the light of this thread I am trying to scotch this old wives tale once and for all
paul178#325 If only we could the names of most terrorists were known but it was a matter of evidence otherwise a double tap in the back of the head would have saved that country/province a lot of heartbreak and deaths of the innocent. Unfortunately as I write there are those who still want to prolong the “struggle” I hope that issue can be resolved as NI is a beautiful country stained by blood and after all these years I feel no bitterness to those who had to endure it(obviously I exclude the perpetrators of the violence)
paul178#325 If only we could the names of most terrorists were known but it was a matter of evidence otherwise a double tap in the back of the head would have saved that country/province a lot of heartbreak and deaths of the innocent. Unfortunately as I write there are those who still want to prolong the “struggle” I hope that issue can be resolved as NI is a beautiful country stained by blood and after all these years I feel no bitterness to those who had to endure it(obviously I exclude the perpetrators of the violence)
paul178You didn’t…..but you did say that you’d ‘support your country right or wrong‘!
I’ll admit I was playing Devil’s advocate and taking it to an extreme but I wonder at what point you would stop supporting your country (and by country I presumed that you meant the decision of your government)?
Because if it is support ‘right or wrong’ you would support a Holocaust…..if that was British policy?
We have a democracy(for what its worth) I do not feel that the day will come (at least in my lifetime) when the citizens of this country would support ethnic cleansing by any elected UK Government.Grumble ,moan and have a few outbursts of public order maybe by the far right and left but we as a nation have not done anything like it since the English Civil War 1653 if my memory serves me well.
Kristallnacht? what on Saturday not a chance with the X Factor on the tele. Another Auschwitz? what with all the NIMBY’s it would take 10 years of planning and public enquiries to even agree where to build it. I suppose if Scotland ******s off I think a token pushing a few Buckfast filed bods back over Hadrians wall could happen at most.
paul178You didn’t…..but you did say that you’d ‘support your country right or wrong‘!
I’ll admit I was playing Devil’s advocate and taking it to an extreme but I wonder at what point you would stop supporting your country (and by country I presumed that you meant the decision of your government)?
Because if it is support ‘right or wrong’ you would support a Holocaust…..if that was British policy?
We have a democracy(for what its worth) I do not feel that the day will come (at least in my lifetime) when the citizens of this country would support ethnic cleansing by any elected UK Government.Grumble ,moan and have a few outbursts of public order maybe by the far right and left but we as a nation have not done anything like it since the English Civil War 1653 if my memory serves me well.
Kristallnacht? what on Saturday not a chance with the X Factor on the tele. Another Auschwitz? what with all the NIMBY’s it would take 10 years of planning and public enquiries to even agree where to build it. I suppose if Scotland ******s off I think a token pushing a few Buckfast filed bods back over Hadrians wall could happen at most.
paul178British when they want something from the state!
Being British to me is supporting my country right or wrong,if you don’t like it leave. I don’t expect special treatment on political or religious grounds and I don’t expect any half baked nit wits to pussyfoot around me nor do I expect any minorities to get special treatment either. Live here obey the laws contribute to society and turn in the trouble makers to the authorities is all I ask.
#282 Reread what I wrote. Where did I advocate something along the lines of a holocaust? All I said and that applies to ALL BRITISH Citizens no matter what their ethnic background. If you don’t like it here Foxtrot Oscar to some where else(lots have) I repeat so you can get it into your thick head this is a multi cultural country and the majority of people who come here and become British citizens contribute a great deal to this countries economy and live in peace and harmony.The ones I want to see leave are those who would do us harm or insist in changing things for their own ends. Does that clarify matters?
paul178British when they want something from the state!
Being British to me is supporting my country right or wrong,if you don’t like it leave. I don’t expect special treatment on political or religious grounds and I don’t expect any half baked nit wits to pussyfoot around me nor do I expect any minorities to get special treatment either. Live here obey the laws contribute to society and turn in the trouble makers to the authorities is all I ask.
#282 Reread what I wrote. Where did I advocate something along the lines of a holocaust? All I said and that applies to ALL BRITISH Citizens no matter what their ethnic background. If you don’t like it here Foxtrot Oscar to some where else(lots have) I repeat so you can get it into your thick head this is a multi cultural country and the majority of people who come here and become British citizens contribute a great deal to this countries economy and live in peace and harmony.The ones I want to see leave are those who would do us harm or insist in changing things for their own ends. Does that clarify matters?
paul178What’s an Iphone? I use a compuer with a screen,keyboard, mouse and a tower thing and a laptop when it misbehaves.
In case you think I am joking I am not. What does this white mans magic called an I phone do that I can’t? Just in case you think I am completely in the stone age I also have a mobile and a camera with millions of little pixy thing but I have not come to grips with that yet!
paul178What’s an Iphone? I use a compuer with a screen,keyboard, mouse and a tower thing and a laptop when it misbehaves.
In case you think I am joking I am not. What does this white mans magic called an I phone do that I can’t? Just in case you think I am completely in the stone age I also have a mobile and a camera with millions of little pixy thing but I have not come to grips with that yet!
paul178The suicide-bombers were British, they were born in Britain, they had British passports, they were not wanted for any crime in Britain, the bombs were manufactured in Britain, from materials available to anybody in Britain…
…so how can sending British Forces to Afghanistan protect us against that?
British when they want something from the state!
Being British to me is supporting my country right or wrong,if you don’t like it leave. I don’t expect special treatment on political or religious grounds and I don’t expect any half baked nit wits to pussyfoot around me nor do I expect any minorities to get special treatment either. Live here obey the laws contribute to society and turn in the trouble makers to the authorities is all I ask.
paul178The suicide-bombers were British, they were born in Britain, they had British passports, they were not wanted for any crime in Britain, the bombs were manufactured in Britain, from materials available to anybody in Britain…
…so how can sending British Forces to Afghanistan protect us against that?
British when they want something from the state!
Being British to me is supporting my country right or wrong,if you don’t like it leave. I don’t expect special treatment on political or religious grounds and I don’t expect any half baked nit wits to pussyfoot around me nor do I expect any minorities to get special treatment either. Live here obey the laws contribute to society and turn in the trouble makers to the authorities is all I ask.
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