March 5th, 2020
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Originally Posted by ulsterpatriot
Memorable operations carried out with precision by the UVF. The Tyrone operation brought to justice 3 sectarian killers and decimated the PIRA murder machine in Tyrone/Armagh.
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The Miami Showband killings (also called the Miami Showband Massacre)[1] was an attack on 31 July 1975 by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group. It took place on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down, Northern Ireland. Five people were killed, including three members of The Miami Showband, who were one of Ireland's most popular cabaret bands.
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The massacre dealt a blow to Northern Ireland's live music scene, which had brought young Catholics and Protestants together. In a report published in the Sunday Mirror in 1999, Colin Wills called the Miami Showband attack "one of the worst atrocities in the 30-year history of the Troubles". Irish Times diarist Frank McNally summed up the massacre as "an incident that encapsulated all the madness of the time".
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Showband_killings
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