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The Troubles’ most notorious and sinister figure Freddie Scappaticci was the ‘jewel in the crown’ of a British infiltration system designed to cause mayhem and chaos in the IRA’s military operations from the late 1970s through to his eventual exposure in 2003.
Codenamed Stakeknife, he headed the IRA’s secretive Internal Security Unit – also known as the ‘Nutting Squad’.
His former comrades reveal extraordinary details about Scappaticci, state-sanctioned murder, and the political scandal that brought him down in Stakeknife’s Dirty War.
The following is an extract from the sensational book by Richard O’Rawe, published by Merrion Press.
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The Troubles’ most notorious and sinister figure Freddie Scappaticci was the ‘jewel in the crown’ of a British infiltration system designed to cause mayhem and chaos in the IRA’s military operations from the late 1970s through to his eventual exposure in 2003.
Codenamed Stakeknife, he headed the IRA’s secretive Internal Security Unit – also known as the ‘Nutting Squad’.
His former comrades reveal extraordinary details about Scappaticci, state-sanctioned murder, and the political scandal that brought him down in Stakeknife’s Dirty War.
The following is an extract from the sensational book by Richard O’Rawe, published by Merrion Press.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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