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The Northern Ireland Veterans Association (NIVA) wants to tell its side of the story in a film The Great Betrayal. RICHARD RUDKIN suspects their version of the truth may differ from his and he explains why
Veterans demand immunity for the former paratroopers who killed 14 civil rights demonstrators during the Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972

Sometimes, the danger of speaking out in an attempt to defend the indefensible can result in the argument initially being challenged becoming stronger.

The Northern Ireland Veterans Association (NIVA) appeal to crowdfund £50,000 to make a film to be titled The Great Betrayal is a case in point.

The veterans claim the film will, amongst other things, highlight the evil acts of violence carried out on men, women and children by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA).

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