Source C

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Source C

• BLOODY SUNDAY WITNESS APPEARS

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• A witness had told the Bloody Sunday inquiry
  into the deaths of 13 men in Londonderry that he
  heard soldiers talk beforehand of clearing the
  Bog. Daniel Porter claimed he was told of the
  plan by off-duty troops in a pub in England and
  later linked it to the military operation in
  Derrys Bogside on January 30 1972, when 13 men
  were shot dead.

Does he say which troops he spoke to? Does he say
when he was talking to them? How reliable is the
source.
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The Parachute Regiment dont use tanks they are
an infantry unit. Landrovers and armoured cars
yes.

• Mr Porter was the first of up to 1,500 witnesses
  set to take the stand in the mammoth inquiry, I
  remember on night they started talking, saying
  that they would be going to Derry to clear the
  Bog, by which I understood that they would be
  clearing away the barricades. They said they
  would be landing with tanks. I got the
  impression they would be going to Northern
  Ireland pretty shortly.

What does clear the bog actually mean? What
does he think? Is it therefore reliable or are
their other versions?
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This source is different from the other two as it
focuses on witnesses and not forensic evidence.

• An ITN news report broadcast on 28 November 2000
• http//itn.co.uk/news/20001128/britain/05bloody.sh
  tml
• http//itn.co.uk/britain.shtml/brit20000327/video
  /4shoot.ram provides a video excerpt

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Examining Source C

• Supports the interpretation that the army was
  premeditated in its actions on Bloody Sunday
  clearing the Bog and therefore responsible.

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Reliable or not reliable

• Reliable
• Apparent witness to the soldiers movements before
  Bloody Sunday.
• Links in well with the context of Bloody Sunday
  mounting Army casualties.
• Not motive to lie about such an event

• Not reliable
• Classic hearsay evidence there is no proof that
  the event took place.
• No clear identification of the unit involved or
  when the conversation took place.
• Talking about it 28 years later how reliable is
  it?