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Alex McCrory ☭ British Army General and renowned counter-insurgency 'expert' Frank Kitson has died.

Frank Kitson

There is a proverb: Only The Good Die Young, whereas Kitson lived a full life.

His controversial theories on how to neutralise anti-colonial movements are well known to both the oppressor and the oppressed. Kenya, Cyprus and Ireland are just a few of countries where his ideas were practised on the 'Wretched of the Earth' with devastating effects and horrifying legacies.

His book Low Intensity Operations, published in 1971, is a classic of the genre: it was used by the Americans during the Vietnam war. I came across a copy in Long Kesh with finger creased pages and highlighted paragraphs made by eager students seeking to understand the enemy.
 
The jail had gained a reputation for churning out would-be revolutionaries of the kind that would ultimately drink from the poisoned chalice.
 
In more recent times, members of the Kikuyu tribe, who were corralled into mass internment camps during the Mau Mau struggle for independence, were awarded compensation for the barbaric crimes committed against them under British colonial rule.
 
Internment was introduced in the occupied six-counties in a failed attempt to suppress the early resistance. Gerry 'The Midas Touch' Adams would be awarded compensation for unlawful imprisonment during the period, only to see it withheld under new legislation. Obviously, the British State feared an avalanche of ex-internee claims coming before the courts.

Moving on, Kitson was commanding officer of operations in the north whenever Bloody Sunday and the Ballymurphy massacre occurred, both of which resulted in the deaths of many civilians. In addition, the notorious Military Reaction Force, a counter-insurgency unit that conducted black-ops by employing rouge republicans, was based at his personal headquarters at Palace Barracks.
 
British ruling class may mourn the loss of a dyed in the wool imperialist, a real hero, however, his victims, numbering in the millions, shall be happy to see the end of him.

General Frank Kitson brought much suffering into the world in his efforts to maintain Britain's colonial empire. He left a trail of broken bodies, broken families, and broken hearts in his wake. A chip of the old block, indeed.

Alec McCrory 
is a former blanketman.

Frank Kitson

Alex McCrory ☭ British Army General and renowned counter-insurgency 'expert' Frank Kitson has died.

Frank Kitson

There is a proverb: Only The Good Die Young, whereas Kitson lived a full life.

His controversial theories on how to neutralise anti-colonial movements are well known to both the oppressor and the oppressed. Kenya, Cyprus and Ireland are just a few of countries where his ideas were practised on the 'Wretched of the Earth' with devastating effects and horrifying legacies.

His book Low Intensity Operations, published in 1971, is a classic of the genre: it was used by the Americans during the Vietnam war. I came across a copy in Long Kesh with finger creased pages and highlighted paragraphs made by eager students seeking to understand the enemy.
 
The jail had gained a reputation for churning out would-be revolutionaries of the kind that would ultimately drink from the poisoned chalice.
 
In more recent times, members of the Kikuyu tribe, who were corralled into mass internment camps during the Mau Mau struggle for independence, were awarded compensation for the barbaric crimes committed against them under British colonial rule.
 
Internment was introduced in the occupied six-counties in a failed attempt to suppress the early resistance. Gerry 'The Midas Touch' Adams would be awarded compensation for unlawful imprisonment during the period, only to see it withheld under new legislation. Obviously, the British State feared an avalanche of ex-internee claims coming before the courts.

Moving on, Kitson was commanding officer of operations in the north whenever Bloody Sunday and the Ballymurphy massacre occurred, both of which resulted in the deaths of many civilians. In addition, the notorious Military Reaction Force, a counter-insurgency unit that conducted black-ops by employing rouge republicans, was based at his personal headquarters at Palace Barracks.
 
British ruling class may mourn the loss of a dyed in the wool imperialist, a real hero, however, his victims, numbering in the millions, shall be happy to see the end of him.

General Frank Kitson brought much suffering into the world in his efforts to maintain Britain's colonial empire. He left a trail of broken bodies, broken families, and broken hearts in his wake. A chip of the old block, indeed.

Alec McCrory 
is a former blanketman.
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