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A List of Bad Things The Queen Did (Before Dying)

It Could Happen Here

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Ian Henderson - The Butcher of Bahrain

Ian Henderson was awarded by Queen Elizabeth with a CBE for services to British interests in Bahrain. He also received a knighthood in the most excellent order of the British Empire. The notorious military reaction force, the MRF, which was accused of being behind a string of illegal shootings of Catholic teenagers in the early 70s, was based at Kidsons headquarters outside Belfast. And one of the units under his command was nicknamed Kidsons private army. Its official name was One Pera and these were the people that did Bloody Sunday. In 1972, Frank Kidson was knighted,. again, same years the massacre was held he was promoted to major general and Knight commander of the order of the

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