March 17,1992 the Other Press y: No Accident iquiry Didn't Consider The woman, of course , had been right. When Father Irwin opened the rear doors of the carrier he saw the bodies of McDaid and the other two “ piled like bags of spuds on top of each other in the bai ck. ut Thenanother priestarrived. Father Mulvey would later state that , “Mickey McDaid was lying on top. When I tried toshifthim from the top to get atthe others he was still warm. I couldn’t lift them off the bottom boy whowaslying facedownina poolofblood. If that boy was not dead when he was putinIthe carrier] he would have suffocated because of the position he was in” » Later examination ™™& of the body » would reveal that the boys tongue had swollen enough that he my have ' suffocated to death after yy losing consciousness.Had he not been treated so callously his life might havebeensaved butnowall that could be done was for Father Irwin to ready himself to perform the Last Rites- for the fifth time that day. As the two priests emerged from the carrier The Head of The Knights of Malta arrived and the soldiers on hand barred him from administering - medical aid. . | One and a half hours after they had been shot , having been forcibly denied medical aid, Father Irwinanda Dr McCabe finally saw the three boys admitted to the hospital- the morgue. Onceagain the death toll rose. Barry Liddy had served in the British Army in Palestine and Korea. He had seen death before. Once again he had a front row seat. Liddy watched asa para came running round the corner, firing. The bullets found and killed a 30 year old man across the street from Liddy. Father Bradley had seen enough butchery. He grabbed thepara’s gun.” For God’s sake have younotdone enough damage today ?” he implored. The para shook the priest off and shouted back “Move or you're dead” but due to the roar of ple dying around them, neither man knew whether they had heard ,“Moveand you're dead “or “Move or you're dead “. Their lives hung on’ one word. Luckily the para gotmorespecific. “Up against the wall ! “ They turned to face the wall and as they did so they saw four boys. “ For God’ssake ,don’trun or they'll shoot you” said Liddy. He grabbed one of the boys by the arm. Several days later a red haired 16 year old named Patrick McGinley would turn upin Liddy’s house to thank him for saving his life. The other boys would turn up shot, in an alleyway. Just as Liddy had fearfully anticipated; they had run and they had died. Thirteen were now dead butthe horror was just beginning for those they had leftbehind. Several hundred civilians were taken prisoners that day. Two priests, Father Bradley and Father O’ Keefe, were assaulted during theround up. Father Bradley was finally released but Father O’Keefe would be struck in the stomach with a rifle butt several times. His requests togo with Father Bradley were answered only with pain.Two people who had arrived at the scene to provide medical aid to the wounded were , themselves, brutally attacked by the paras. One was forced into a Saracen carrier and rubber bullets were then fired inside. Herequired twenty eight stiches. One of the most disturbing pieces of evidence involved the media. An ITV film crew filmed McDaid’s death yet only the footage which showed him getting inoto the carrier made the news. Also, Barry Liddy observed nine cameramanstanding opposite the prisoners with their cameras on the ground in front of them in a pile. He was very specific and adamant about this. Not a single member of themedia was braveenough toopenly mention this. Journalists that have reported on situations like Cambodia during the Vietnam War or armed conflictsin Central Americaknow better. Carrying a camera is more dangerous than carrying a gun. The prisoners were then: marched toexhaustion, beaten with rubber hoses, and then transported, to FortGeorge, in carriers with triangular pointed irons laid on the floor.Once at Fort George they wereagain beaten with rubber hoses and made to run a gauntlet of trained attack dogs. They were then made to stand with their hands against the walls of the containment area. One guard would order their hands up the next would order them down. Then the first guard would beat them for disobeying him, and so it went. The guards worked their way up and down the rows of civilians jeering, taunting and of course beating them. After two hours at the walls they were made to stand with their hands on barbed wire trestles, located in the centre of the room. Liddy, an ex British service man, knew his assailants. He 5 worked as a bartender at the pub on the base at Fort George. They knew Liddy as well.They especially knew of aspecific problem he had with hisinner ear which leads to vertigo. They exploited this knowledge to it’s full potential.Liddy had saved Irishlivesthatday andin return was beaten untilhelostconsciouness,revivedand then beaten till he blacked out again. The sadsitic treament of civilians was even more evident in the case of a boy named McLaughlin. He wasmadetostand overa heater for over thirty minutes with his head close to the heat. Then one of the paras came over to him and with full force punched him in the groin. McLaughlin fell and hit the ground so hard that his head made aloud noise as it hit the concrete. Staff Seargeant Wilkinson of the Coldstream Guards grabbed the trooper. “We don’t want a heart attack in this place” he said. Unfortunately his opinion was not shared. Another para picked the boy up and asked him if he wanted a drink. The boy, dehydrated and in shock, weakly replied ,”yes”. The para told Mclaughlin to open his mouth. He complied. The para then spat into his mouth and laughed.” T'll tell you now , if they were dying in there, I wouldn’t even wet their lips” The “softening” process»was over. Interogation then . It was now 8:15 pm, four hours after the massacre had begun. As the prisoners were interogated they were asked to show their hands. After holding barbed wire for hours their hands werecutand filthy. The police officer present said “Your hands are dirty. That means you were throwing stones” No other explanation,eventheobvious torture, wasallowed as an explanation. All prisoners that were badly injured were given summons. It was clearly evident that the Britsh were in the process of criminalizing their victims. They were all put up against a wall and photographed with a paratrooper.These photo’s would be used to “properly identify “ people in court- and in the street. Half an hour past midnight Barry Liddy was finally released. His base access had been withdrawn but he would be cleared for work the next day. To Barry Liddy this was not of prime concern. He was dragging one of his legs behind him. Bloody Sunday was over butit’s memory would last for generations. The killing and the cover ups continue So does the fight for civil rights and freedom.. The author wishes to thank all his sources in Ireland for their brave efforts to make the truth known. Tiocfaioh ‘ar la.