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Sixteen bullets were fired from his Ruger rifle with one flying inside the post office and striking Mrs Foster in the head. var labelText = ''; this article will conduct an in-depth examination of eight case studies of the set-piece tactic in east tyrone including; the ambush of brian campbell and colm mcgirr at coalisland, the shooting of william price in ardboe, the shooting of three ira volunteers at strabane, the ambush of eight ira volunteers at loughgall, the shooting of three ira const oneMonthInSeconds = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30; allow_upgrades: false, return grantedBy.indexOf(grant) > -1 userHasLoggedIn = false; const domain = '.belfasttelegraph.co.uk'; The next morning, November 28, 1983, the officer went on mobile patrol around the centre of Pomeroy with Colin Keys, and a second RUC vehicle containing two policemen. window.dataLayer[0].user.registrationDate = user.created; fontSize: '16px', }); The officer who killed Mrs Foster said of her death: I was completely shattered by this because I never realised for a minute that anyones life had been in danger.. }; const setDataLayerMeterStats = function (accessObject) { document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "= ; path=/;domain=" + domain + ";expires = Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"; This means that the identity of the agent who told his handlers about the Pomeroy robbery will not be made public. }); if (! const script = document.createElement('script'); premium_content: true, }); Each constituency returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons at Westminster and five Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.Six MLAs were returned per constituency until the Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 reduced the number to five, effective from the 2017 Assembly . return; for (i = scripts.length-1; i >= 0; i--) { const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'corporate_account'); const badges = getBadgesForEl(el); premium_content_redirect_url: 'https://member.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/', let bundle_info = bundles.filter(function (bundle) { } else { window.location.href = flipPayConfig.successful_upgrade_redirect_url; } eventAction: 'hd-address', window.shopFrontHeaderSubscribe = false; if (urlHash === 'monthly' || urlHash === 'annual') { const flipPayEl = document.getElementById('flip-pay'); vars.user.subscriptionStartDate = subscriberCookie.subscriptionStartDate || ''; eventLabel = 'saturday'; selectedPrice = getBundleById(priceId); let previouslySelectedPriceId = getPriceSelected(localStorage.getItem('price.selected')) || getQueryStringValue('priceId'); mutations.forEach((mutation) => { if (returnURL) { return text.trim(); Your Market News for trending stories from around the world. filter_prices_by_badge: badgeToFilterBy, } childList: true, The family of Mrs Foster is currently suing the chief constable over her killing and how senior cops failed to prevent the post office robbery taking place despite knowing it was to occur. }; if (priceIdFromUrl) { window.dataLayer.push({ const scripts = document.querySelectorAll("script"); return; return params[key]; See: Attack on UDR Clogher barracks onboarding_article = 'https://subscribe.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/welcome/premium/'; eventLabel: 'shopfront_subscribe' There are other disturbing aspects to the incident which hint at an agent being protected. }); } } if (subscribeButton) { let successful_upgrade_redirect_url = '/welcome/'; ? 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