general, Tim THE BRITISH ARMY Is to have a new General Officer Commanding in the North of Ireland. And the nature ol the appoiniment offers positive evidence that the army's torture, murder, and "dirty tricks' are to be stepped up.
The chosen boss is a majorCredacy, whose military rebord includes service in Aden and Kenya. Most signifi cantly, Creasey, as a serving British officer, was commander of the Sultan of Oman's armed forces from 1972-75.
The record of repression in ing, even hy the standards of the British Army. The British Forces, which included a strong contingent olSASmembers, were operating as advisers" to the tyrannica! Sultan, backed by Britain against the People's Front for the Liberalion of Oman Oman's oil accounts for Britain's invoiveThe way Creasey direcred his band of official mercenaries was publicised at the time by the PFLO. In |975 a memorandum to Amnesty Incernational, the PFLO listed the acuities practised by British and fordanian officers The tortures overseen by Creasey * Plucking the hair, nsils and teetle of the prisoners * Hurning them with cigarettes and gas torebes * Putting prisomen in suckes and und cold water * Forcing prisoners to sland on une leg for several hours * Keeping prisoners chaimed Preventing prisoners from sleping hy using loudspeakers.
Political parties and trade unions were nannco. Hundreds d. political prisoners were detained THOU THREATS AESDEN ed", never to be seen again. When kensin takeniacether were bed As well as the PFLO, the Oman Red Crescent the Middle East version 01 the Ked Erass restified to this repcession, res Ponsibality for which rested with the British Government and its malitary representatives headed by Creasey:
The International Committee of the British Labour Party, in a report on Oman in January 1926 acknowledeed this responsihilicy when it reported. "It is generally accepted that British influeace remains dommant in the governTHERE DEFIETL Replying to those charges the James Called store i James Callaghan, wrote Labour Weekty 'Stability in the Arabian Peo THUGS FINDER DRECWHRTLIDE should do everything we can to see regime does notzake over 2 COMe Whose terrory COM mandis THEREN chence! throwsh which cho-thirds of our of comes from the Gulf!
The 'everything we can Cal inghan mentioned included not poly the tortures listed by the pertuanent martial law. thee bombliberated renatory, and tfie placing DONLIST HERNS DEUCINECE of the PELO.
the major British representatives responsible for these policies were from 1972-75, Creasey, and from 1974-76. Roy Mason, then Minister of Defence Now Mason is Secrelary for the British Occupation of Ireland. und his teaming up again with the torturer of Oman Creasey shows just how successful the Loyulists demands for stricter security have heen.