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In
writing this page the officers and members of the SOUFB Glasgow pay
respect to Brian's Memory and to his family who have to endure the
thinking that Brian was shot by the forces of a country for which he
loved and dedicated his entire adult life to, Brian Robinson new that
when he took the decision to Volunteer his services to B Company of the
Belfast Brigades 1st Battalion of the UVF that he would either end up in
Prison or Dead for standing up for his people and helping them in their
day to day struggle to remain part of the UK, Brian will be turning in
his grave now knowing that that Very country for which he fought plotted
his death and used him as a political pawn to reflect the sudden out cry
by republicans about the shoot to kill brought to the fore only one week
before Brian was slain on Belfast's Crumlin Rd.
Brian Robinson was a sad case of reality inside the Dirty War that DOES
exist in Northern Ireland & Beyond!.
On Saturday 2nd Sept 1989 at approx 10am Irish
Republican Patrick Mckenna was executed outside the Ardoyne shops by 2
members of an Ulster Volunteer Force Active Service Unit. The 2 Volunteers made their escape on a motorcycle down the Crumlin rd
as they approached the junction of Crumlin rd and Flax St The
Pinion Passenger (Brian) was shot several times in the back just before
the motor cycle was rammed from behind by a blue astra car that contained a male &
female, both were members of an Under Cover Army Unit , also present at
the Ambush was a green fiat regatta and a further 2 males (also
undercover army) the 2 men were knocked off the motorcycle with one
(Brian) being knocked 30 feet in the air (Already Wounded)"according to witnesses"
subsequent actions by the Army Unit resulted in the Motorcycle passenger
being Shot Dead & the driver of the Bike being arrested. At the time the public opinion was exactly what the security forces and
their strategists!! wanted it to be!, "that the 2 Volunteers simply ran
into the Undercover Army Unit due to Bad luck !" and that "the Army Unit
was simply in the right place at the right time"
but numerous questions started to come to the fore in the days and weeks
that followed.
1/ Eye witness accounts confirm that the 2 Army Units had been seen
sitting close by and were in eye view of the actual shooting of Patrick
Mckenna.
The above being the case echoed by several witnesses WHY?
did they not intervene before the shooting, to arrest the 2 Volunteers.
2/ Brian was knocked 30 feet in the air his helmet & his shoes had been
knocked off by the impact, the weapon was also knocked 50 feet from
where Brian fell, HE WAS NO THREAT TO ANYONE AT THIS TIME ! especially
professional elite soldiers,
as Brian lay he was shot several times with an
automatic machine pistol, why was he not arrested?????
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