Operation Flavius
Operation Flavius (also referred to as the "Gibraltar killings") was a controversial military operation in which three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) were shot dead by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. The three—Seán Savage, Daniel McCann, and Mairéad Farrell—were believed to be mounting a bombing attack on British military personnel in Gibraltar. SAS soldiers challenged them in the forecourt of a petrol station, then opened fire, killing them. All three were found to be unarmed, and no bomb was discovered in Savage's car, leading to accusations that the British government had conspired to murder them. However keys found on Farrel matched a hire car later found in Marbella (80km away) which was found to contain 64 kg of Semtex and d
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Operation Flavius
Operation Flavius (also referred to as the "Gibraltar killings") was a controversial military operation in which three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) were shot dead by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. The three—Seán Savage, Daniel McCann, and Mairéad Farrell—were believed to be mounting a bombing attack on British military personnel in Gibraltar. SAS soldiers challenged them in the forecourt of a petrol station, then opened fire, killing them. All three were found to be unarmed, and no bomb was discovered in Savage's car, leading to accusations that the British government had conspired to murder them. However keys found on Farrel matched a hire car later found in Marbella (80km away) which was found to contain 64 kg of Semtex and d
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1988-03-06
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Three IRA paramilitaries
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Prevent Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attack
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Operation Flavius
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Die Operation Flavius (Flavius ...... e Fernzündung vorbereitet war.
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Operation Flavius (also referr ...... contain 64 kg of Semtex and d
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Операция «Флавий» (англ. Opera ...... нного в Гибралтар расследовани
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Operation Flavius
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Operation Flavius
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Операция «Флавий»
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