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After the murder of the three young Scottish soldiers at Ligoniel, four thousand shipyard workers poured on to the streets of Belfast to demand internment. The Catholics wanted reform; the Unionists tougher security, which to some meant anything from the introduction of the death penalty to internment. Others would have settled for an end to the no-go areas in Belfast and Derry, and a saturation-level increase in troops. Everyone wanted an end to the IRA campaign.
The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966–1995 and the Search for Peace
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