This story led me to some untouched aspects of the case of Donald Neilson aka the "Black Panther"
A 🧵about his time with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
A 🧵about his time with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Neilson, born Donald Nappey,.. had a difficult childhood and joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry circa 1954, when he was about 17/18
where he was almost immediately dispatched to Kenya , followed by missions in Aden and Cyprus
en.wikipedia.org
where he was almost immediately dispatched to Kenya , followed by missions in Aden and Cyprus
en.wikipedia.org
The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry regiment was sent to Kenya in 1954 as part of the response to the Mau Mau Uprising. It deployed to Aden in 1955 and to Cyprus in 1956
In 1958 Donald Nappey left the army.
en.wikipedia.org
In 1958 Donald Nappey left the army.
en.wikipedia.org
Before I go on, just to correct that quote👆 from Gordon Honeycombe, Donald Nappey/Neilson did not spend 2 years in the army, he was there for 4 years
from 1954 to 1958
In Neilson's 'MSM story' it is striking how much his time in the army is downplayed
theguardian.com
from 1954 to 1958
In Neilson's 'MSM story' it is striking how much his time in the army is downplayed
theguardian.com
"Most National Servicemen sent to Kenya experienced killings.. In the Aberdare Forest you were allowed to shoot any black man – if he’s black, you shoot him because he’s Mau Mau – it was a prohibited area.”..
"Some young soldiers, like Neilson, called up for National Service, trained and indoctrinated for combat against ‘terrorists’ and then thrust into the middle of a colonial conflict, would find their later life dominated by their brutalising experiences.."..
"The actual connection with the jungle is that it was there, in Malaya and Kenya, that [Gary] Roberts and [Donald] Nielson, in the interests of big-business, had learned to kill for Queen and Country.."..
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"Over fifty years ago, it was the American involvement in Vietnam that most awakened us to the severe psychological problems that wars can bring to those that fight them.."..🤔
Not sure about that.. how to mentally brutalize people was known to dark forces for decades before..
Not sure about that.. how to mentally brutalize people was known to dark forces for decades before..
"A medical apparatus was put in place to deal w/ psychological casualties as close as possible to the combat zone. The aim was to return patients back as quickly as possible to their unit&the front line – drugs were often used as part of this treatment. .."
Ah, next stage
Ah, next stage
“There is … considerable rage, much of it beneath the surface, towards Vietnam veterans. They are resented both for not winning the war & thereby being agents of humiliation, and also for the‘dirty’things they have done. Moreover,
they are deeply feared by a society that sense their potential violence and is all too quick to label them as ‘drug addicts’ or ‘killers’ – and this kind of fear can be quickly converted into rage."
"Just a few decades after British veterans Roberts and Nielson had served in Malaya and Kenya and during the last years of the Vietnam War, a new generation of British soldiers began asserting their presence across nationalist areas in Northern Ireland .."..
"“More than any country in the West, Britain has fostered the myth of a non-violent,civilised society,symbolised by the unarmed London bobby. Even in its period of greatest peace at home, it was fighting a series of Vietnams throughout its former colonies (Malaya, Kenya & Aden)."
I'll stop quoting from that article now
And return to Donald Nappey's return to England when he changed his surname to Neilson
I'll be doing more threads on this"Black Panther" case as it has a number of unseen tentacles that raise many questions about the official narrative
And return to Donald Nappey's return to England when he changed his surname to Neilson
I'll be doing more threads on this"Black Panther" case as it has a number of unseen tentacles that raise many questions about the official narrative
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