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Episode 174: How the Troubles hid a history of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and security forces

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The Green Finish Case

In 1988, Belfast was a tense place two years after the Anglo-Irish agreement. The city was still patrolled by the RUC and the British Army were on the streets. Corporal Cameron Hasty as he was then was in the Royal Scots Regiment. He came from Edinburgh, didn't come from a posh part of Edinburgh, but he was a strong fit young man. And you see pictures of him in his uniform from those days, he's proud of himself. On his Facebook page he showed his own image walking along the streets of Belfast with his earpiece in and his rifle in hand.

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