Former British SAS soldiers break silence on Northern Ireland operations amid prosecution fears

In the United Kingdom, fifteen former SAS soldiers and intelligence officers have spoken publicly for the first time about their operations in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. They are breaking their silence because they fear prosecution under the new Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, which removes limits on legacy prosecutions. Their testimonies, featured in a podcast called "SAS: The Shadow War," include accounts of firefights, posing as IRA targets, and the first deployment of women in special forces roles. They describe incidents like the 1978 shooting of Blue in South Derry and the Drumnakilly operation, and they feel abandoned by the government.