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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

'More lives lost than saved' running British mole 'Stakeknife' inside IRA, says major report

More lives were probably lost than saved through the British Army's operation of its top agent inside the IRA's internal security unit during the Troubles, a major independent investigation has found.

The interim findings of Operation Kenova examined 101 murders and abductions linked to the IRA unit responsible for interrogating and torturing people suspected of passing information to the security forces during the conflict.

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