paratrooper

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In the predawn hours of March 13, 1944, a Halifax bomber flew across the black waters of the Adriatic Sea carrying four Jewish paratroopers equipped with submachine guns, pistols and knives.

From The Wall Street Journal

The former paratrooper, whose identity is protected by a court order, was found not guilty earlier this month of two murders and five charges of attempted murder on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972.

From BBC

Cairns added the expenditure dates from March 2019, when the former paratrooper was first charged.

From BBC

In 2010, the report by Lord Saville said that on balance, the paratroopers had fired first and that none of the victims had posed any threat.

From BBC

That 12-year public inquiry, the largest investigation in UK legal history, concluded in 2010 that British paratroopers had lost control and that none of the victims had posed a threat.

From Barron's