I would like to think of this as some form of justice after all these years, but the actions of the British paratroopers were so wrong that I am not sure there is any way to have feelings other than utter disgust.
All those killed on Bloody Sunday were innocent, the Saville Report has ruled.
Thirteen marchers were shot dead on 30 January 1972 in Londonderry when British paratroopers opened fire on crowds at a civil rights demonstration.
Fourteen others were wounded, one of whom later died. The report found that the Army fired the first shot.
Prime Minister David Cameron said he was “deeply sorry” and that the findings were “shocking”.
A huge cheer erupted in Guildhall Square in Derry as Mr Cameron delivered the findings which unequivocally blamed the Army for one of the most controversial days in Northern Ireland’s history.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Cameron said what happened on Bloody Sunday was unjustifiable and wrong. He said his government and the country were “deeply sorry” and the findings were “shocking”.
CAFFEINATED POLITICS 
http://peterreynolds.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/the-bloody-sunday-inquiry/
Thank God that justice has at last been done.
It’s funny how you never mention when US troops kill innocent civilians. E.g. – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/world/asia/13afghan.html
That never seems worth commenting on for you. Oh wait. That’s because you favor our venture over there and civilian deaths are to be euphemized away as “reality on the ground”. Sorry about that.
Skip,
Thanks for writing. I think I have addressed this matter. Though I do not write on every topic every day I have addressed, I think, this matter. For the record I was never in favor of the Iraq War. I do, however, see Afghanistan, in another context, given its background, and those who reside there. We disagree on the role we should play there, perhaps on the Taliban too. But I can assure you, in no way do I think innocent civilians are not important.
Now to the issue of innocent civilians. From 1/22/07, these are my words.
American Army Colonel Michael Steele will not be allowed to give any more orders that kill innocent Iraq citizens. One of the more sad and chilling aspects of the American invasion of Iraq, are the actions of soldiers such as Colonel Steele, which lead to reckless and unwarranted bloodshed in an already hell hole of a situation. It was his orders and style of command that led to senseless and needless deaths of four Iraqi men. In the end his actions led to his reprimand last week, a weak response for his actions.
The most horrible part of this war for me is the never-ending scores of innocent citizens in Iraq who are in the wrong place at the wrong time, and meet a cruel end to their lives. Four such men were on the outskirts of Baghdad when a group of American soldiers under the command of Steele initially captured the men, then released them, and finally shot them in an effort to stage an escape attempt. One of the Iraqi men shot and killed was 70 years old and unarmed. The military investigation of this awful story goes to the heart of the rules of engagement that all soldiers are to follow on the battlefield.
Steele did not properly order his troops to distinguish combatants from noncombatants, in fact it is asserted that he led those under him to believe it not necessary to make that all important distinction. Even more depressing and sad is that soldiers under Steele’s command have sworn that he told them to kill all Iraqi military-age males. What a deplorable attitude. How do we, as a society, create this type of person?
The character flaw of Colonel Steele, and those like him in the military, has long-term consequences for the path of American foreign policy. The way that we are viewed in Iraq and throughout the Middle East on the basis of this war is something that Steele and other soldiers like him seem all to easily to forget. Our ‘footprint’ in Iraq is a sad and shameful one. I am sure that Steele has some convoluted way to explain the deaths, and might suggest that in war bad things happen. While war is an unforgiving place, it is also true that some soldiers and in this case commanders, have severe character flaws that make them unfit to serve.
We can at least be assured that this reckless Colonel will not have a future in the United States military. His role was featured in the book and movie ‘Black Hawk Down” but sadly it is his actions in the Iraq war that will best define him
General Sir Mike Jackson, the erstwhile head of the British army, was the ground commander on that faithful day we remember as Bloody Sunday.
How did this man get to the top of the army, why is there no information in the press about his involvement. Did his silence, convienent loss of memory or involement in a cover up get him to the top. WE MUST KNOW. The Saville report CANnot be the end. It should be the end of the beginning!!!!!!!!!