The Tory government have pledged to protect British soldiers from legal action concerning incidents that may have occurred in northern Ireland before the year 2000. The reason being exhaustive enquiries often resulted in no further action.
An example is soldier F who was accused of killing two people on what has since been known as bloody sunday. Extensive enquiries, including a documentary, revealed that soldiers were ordered to barricade a road in order to stop human rights marchers access to tv cameras. They were ordered to shoot if necessary.
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