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The facts about the June attacks on Short Strand are unambiguous. "Ugly Doris," the local commander of group of vicious sectarian killers called the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), led almost 100 paramilitaries in an unprovoked attack on the Nationalist ghetto. The initial attack was clearly a military operation, with a co-ordinated attack where the participants wore balaclavas and surgical gloves to avoid leaving forensic evidence. Broader sectarian rioting broke out. Shots were exchanged and two attackers and a press photographer were injured As so often in the North of Ireland, it in the aftermath that things become obscure. One would have expected outrage from the victims, denunciation by press, politicians, church, state and trade unions - the sort of moral panic that followed the killing of a police constable recently. This would have led to a vigorous police action, possibly leading to UVF leaders who have been released on license being returned to jail, as happened recently to leading republican Marian Price, jailed for holding a speech transcript for a speaker at a republican rally. full report http://www.socialistdemocracy.org/RecentArticles/RecentShortStrandTheAnatomyOfASectarianState.html ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com