Who was responsible for the death of Willie McRae?
Graham Connelly
some more before I come to my own conclusions.
Some say he was murdered by the SAS or other special forces, others say his
death was accidental.
Would the SAS ever be asked to do such a thing on domestic soil to one of
our own people?
Graham
N D Bennett
A book called 'Scotland's Secret War' (sorry, I don't recall who the
author was) goes into some detail about Willie McRae's death, and
although it was written from a nationalist's viewpoint, there do
appear to be several confusing issues.
If I remember correctly, it appears that the official view was that he
either committed suicide or died as a result of his car crashing,
however the book stated that the bullet entry wound was on the back of
his head, and that the gun was found some distance from his body -
both rather suspicious details in themselves, but coupled with the
fact that he was still in his car with the seatbelt fastened, it does
seem rather sinister.
Also, some of his papers (and his hip flask and money?) were missing,
others were found ripped up in a small pile, like the gun, some
distance from the car.
The final strange thing I can remember was that either the fiscal or
sheriff in Fort William refused to order an investigation into
Willie's death despite the above mentioned details, and apparently got
very agitated when pressed on the issue.
The book's overall theme was that Scotland, at the time being home to
the greatest number of nuclear warheads in the world per head of
population, was being politically monitored and controlled by the CIA.
All supposedly subversive groups (SNP included) were seen as a threat
to the US defense.
As for the suggestion that British forces would take illegal covert
action against her own people on her territory, one just needs to
consider Northern Ireland or Gibraltar to see that it wouldn't be
unheard of.
Hopefully someone else can put the story together better.
NDB
Graham Connelly
N D Bennett:
A book called 'Scotland's Secret War' (sorry, I don't recall who the author
was)........
The title of the book was actually "Britain's Secret War - Tartan Terrorism
and The Anglo-American State", and the authors were Ian McLay and Andrew
Murray Scott.
An excellent book it is too.
There was mention in the book of Scottish soldiers on a training exercise
being tasked against an imaginary group of Scottish political insurgents -
back in the 70's or 80's.
Only a few years back, I witnessed with my very own eyes and ears an army
officer briefing his squad during an exercise that the objective was to
seek-out a group of tartan rebels who were attempting to achieve an
independent Scotland.
A Scottish officer, on Scottish training ground, and in command of Scottish
soldiers - absolutely shameful, it turned my stomach.
In the reality of such an event however, I would imagine that all Scottish
soldiers should be confined to barracks and soldiers from other parts of the
UK would be rolled in.
I do hope that I have not contravened any peculiar laws against the British
State here, BTW.
Cheers
Graham
Simon Geary
Graham Connelly <graham....@net.ntl.com> wrote in message
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weewullie
the well known levi & macrae legal partnership (as was), and trainer
of several of Scotland's weel kent legal luminaries, and others no
longer in the public eye. Such names as Rod Mackenzie (Harper Macleod) and
Tony Caplan (Levy and Macrae) come to mind.
He was also the vice president of the SNP at the time of his death.
He was very involved on the side of the objectors in the enquiry into
nuclear issues at Dounreay in 1986.
He was also a frequent defender of the "Seed of the Gael" activists who were
locked up every time royalty crossed the border. He was involved in drafting
the constitution of the state of Israel in 1948, and had many Jewish
clients, and Arab enemies.
Some say he was a homosexual, since he never married. He had been banned
from driving (drink) for a period.
Prior to his death he had invited friends to live with him at this house in
Falkirk, because he feared for his safety. He moved to Queens Park not long
before his death, where he did not have to drive to the office, and felt
more secure.
He left his office around 2.30pm on Good Friday heading straight for Dornie
and Kyle, where he had an appointment. His body was not discovered until the
following morning, by another SNP party official......probably
coincidence..?! Bizarre.
The official story is suicide, although the gun he carried (for protection)
was found a distance away from his car, in a burn. He is said to have shot
himself (twice), then thrown the gun backwards - or even put the gun under
stones in the burn - then seated himself back behind the steering wheel,
putting his seat belt on first before dying.
Taken first to Inverness, they found one bullet hole. Later in Aberdeen they
found the second one. I have never read that the holes were made by bullets
fired from his own gun.
John Macleod, journalist, of the old "Glasgow Herald", did a 3 day piece at
Easter1986, and has since haud his wheesht, because he was shittin' hissel.
And I am not giving my identity, because the same goes for me.
weewullie.
Simon Geary <si...@geary3.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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David Steel
distance in a stream. Everyone agrees he didn't kill himself
. He was waging warfare against the dumping of nuclear
waste in Scotland and was prone to giving insults. Also he
just might have had link with an extremist organisation. But
what prompted the assassins bullet can only be guessed at.
There is a right up in the book 'the McX' files about this case.
Russell Horn
<weew...@hotmail.com> writes
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That was quite interesting.
I had a conversation with a guy also mentioned in Britain's Secret War -
Ben Goodwin. Willie McRae's name caused a lot of agitation.
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Russell Horn
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David Steel
gave a considerable amount of time to this. Perhaps a hit
was arranged by people who stood to gain alot of money from
waste being dumped in Scotland.