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    Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland

    By Greg Harkin and Ian Hurst

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    An explosive exposé of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. The stories of two undercover agents -- Brian Nelson, who worked for the Force Research Unit (FRU), aiding loyalist terrorists and murderers in their bloody work; and the man known as Stakeknife, deputy head of the IRA's infamous ‘Nutting Squad', the internal security force which tortured and killed suspected informers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe O'Brien Press
    Release dateOct 15, 2012
    ISBN9781847174383
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    Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland
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    Greg Harkin

    Greg Harkin is the Belfast journalist who broke the Stakeknife story.

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