Given that he (Major) has told me in writing that those who were killed on Bloody Sunday should be regarded as innocent of any allegation that they were shot while handling firearms or explosives -- if that is the case, could he please tell me why they were shot?
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Related Toward the end, I could tell they were more focused on hitting that last shot they had to take. KATHY BOCOCK Alive, they were distant, not sharing with me...When they were being killed, there wasn't anything g... EDMUND EMIL KEMPER III I was in prison with the assassins of the former president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, who was killed in ... MAAJID NAWAZ The road to salvation is filled with many false dark turn-offs, if you take those roads they will le... GARY F EVANS... There's an allegation that he was on the farm with her in some capacity and he got incinerated, but ... JEFFREY DENNER So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wo... MUQTADA AL SADR That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY Growing up, I slowly had this process of realizing that all the things around me that people had tol... AARON SWARTZ They were overpowered, they were not shot, they were killed by knives and other metal objects. Some ... EMEKA UMEH Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he wer... MILLER HUGGINS My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who
do the work and those who... INDIRA GANDHI My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who... INDIRA GANDHI My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people; those who do the work and those who... INDIRA GANDHI As they were on their way out, the suspects actually told the victim to stay on the ground. Unfortun... CARLOS TORRES What Fucks me... is that we both are the same... we all walk on the same path... but everything is a... DEYTH BANGER Innocent? Tell me human, who among you is innocent? Who among you has not destroyed without need or ... JESSICA MAJZNER The shot of her laying out in that backyard lifeless when DAS thought they were picking up a carcass... DAVID PARTON He told me they were making fun of me on TV for running the wrong route. GREG LEWIS I absolutely did not say they could go on that property. If they say they were given permission by m... SHERIFF JACKIE MATHENY He knew that there was no quick comfort for emotions like those. They were deeper and they did not n... LOIS LOWRY He was the only kid that could make a shot. I was begging the guys, 'Give Sean shots.' It was hard t... MARK TURGEON When I saw him in Florida, all I really knew was he had good feet. We were told he had some tools an... CRAIG RAMSAY That shot just epitomized where we were. I don't think we doubted ourselves. They were stunned becau... MIKE MCCONATHY They tell me I have a good shot at starting but that is just talk. I got to do the same thing as I h... MIKE BROWN I'll tell you that when an innocent person is killed, we never go about asking or inquiring whet... HASSAN ROUHANI Are you telling me that if he were to swear that he told you that, you would swear in a counter sens... BRUCE JOHNSTON The cool thing about Haskins is that he was basically colorblind. He never understood why white play... JOSH LUCAS The cool thing about Haskins is that he was basically colorblind. He never understood why white play... JOSH LUCAS We were chipping away inning by inning. The girls have been in that situation before, we beat Colema... BRYAN WALLER He famously defended fairy stories against those who said they told children that there were monster... TERRY PRATCHETT Be a good guide, tell me what you see, are sure is that? Please try to describe the picture as ... DEYTH BANGER To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions ... JOEY RAMONE Those farmers were working in their paddy fields when they were taken and shot. BRIGADIER SAMARASINGHE Those farmers were working in their paddy fields when they were taken and shot. BRIGADIER PRASAD SAMARASINGHE Why . . . why did some people think you were dead?” The marquis looked at Richard with eyes t... NEIL GAIMAN They refused to come, and three times they told me they were not doing that service any more. ALBERTO SANCHEZ When they came through the waterfront ... shot the first policeman at the gate (of the offices), pol... IREJU BARASUA If you type 'Salt Flats' into YouTube, you'll find 100 amazing videos that were shot out... CASEY NEISTAT I think that was the shot that broke them. They were trying to take it [the momentum] from us, but h... JUSTIN ROSE As I get older, the tyranny that football exerts over my life, and therefore over the lives of peopl... NICK HORNBY Hey... you gonna ignore me like that? ... Forever? ... You gonna rej... DEYTH BANGER You should never tell someone they have a nice dimple, because maybe they were shot in the face with... MITCH HEDBERG Mr. Spector denies he shot anyone at his house and denies he said he shot anyone. We have made motio... BRUCE CUTLER I don't think I had a contested shot in the first half. They were playing that jump trap and every t... DAN ROSS When I told Anwar that our investigations were still not completed and were only in its initial stag... MUSA HASSAN He was asking me what he should do, and at that time I told him that if he had the courage and the h... JOSEPH TOWLE They were pretty much the same play. On the first one, they left me to focus on Vince, and he did a ... CLIFFORD ROBINSON Why . . . why did some people think you were dead?” The marquis looked at Richard with eyes t... NEIL GAIMAN We are trying to establish whether they were hijacked. Apparently they were on their way to draw som... BILLY JONES All of those released were told that they could expect to be charged at a later date. LIEVE PELLENS He told me that every day people shoot at him. Those were the people he was trying to free and prote... BETTY VEZINA They were dancing in the streets, holding up their purple fingers. They were so proud and they were ... DAN GREGG If they were given free reign, they could take that allocation in a few days. LARRY YETMAN I remember Tim telling me that he had an idea for a musical and he said to me that he was hoping tha... ELAINE PAIGE I told Josh if he had a shot, take it. We were down by a lot. He had some looks. I told him 'don't w... BILLY MITCHELL When I got out of college, I talked to a lot of guys who were coaching or working in the league. A l... ANTWAAN RANDLE EL I told them if they didn't give up that we would win. They (teammates) were looking at me. I missed ... GRIFFIN MILLER It's unclear on which ship (Hickok) died. There were seamen who were killed on shore, in attacks, or... LARRY GREER There are some studies going on now in Missouri on penned birds where they were fed a certain number... JAY ROBERSON Some people say that their pets will tell them when it's time to go. I don't believe that. N... JON KATZ He told me that they sent threatening messages to him, but he continued to tell me that he was born ... BERNICE SMITH The bottom line is we've got to win and keep on going. I think we've still got a shot. Before the ga... CHARLIE MANUEL Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case th... BALTASAR GRACIAN There were several leads and/or calls that came in on Sunday indicating that he was in Shreveport. U... MARIANNE MATUS My jump shot was on at the beginning. I came out, shot a couple, and coach told me, 'Don't settle.' ... DONTAYE DRAPER We were in our press offense. We told Chris to attack the basket. They cut him off, and he pulled up... LUTHER RILEY But when we got there, they told me that they were only taking people who came in (government-sponso... ARMAND WATSON I remember that a Korak once brought to me an old tattered fashion-plate from "Frank Leslie's Illust... GEORGE KENNAN It seems to me the simple fact that they didn't register as agents was not very damning. I don't see... WAYNE SMITH My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head St... DENISE JUNEAU The children were crying and they were very afraid. These planes killed my relatives. We are poor an... SADIA BIBI He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - ... ROBERT ADAMSON He told me, he told you, he told everybody. And they killed him. DANIEL CORONELL I don't know exactly what evidence they have against my client, but I can tell you he is innocent. W... JAMES WATSON If anybody would critique his shot, I don't know if they would find that he does one thing right. Bu... DALE MABREY Dan never told me they were definitely going to take Mario, but he kept telling me they were serious... BEN DOGRA The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot ... ERIN GRUWELL On behalf of these fine young men and women, we certainly regret any perception that they were told ... LAWRENCE DI RITA The lack of second-chance opportunities hurt us. We were getting one shot and they were getting two.... DALLAS RICHARDSON That's the kind of shot we want him to take. He makes that shot all the time in practice, so why not... DEMARCUS NELSON I recall that Mr. Libby was displeased with what he described as 'selective leaking' by the CIA. He ... JUDITH MILLER They told me there was no other surveillance. But the fact is that the case against a lot of these g... EDWARD MACMAHON He helped me understand where they were at in terms of the progression of the offense. If they had n... BRAYLON EDWARDS The worst was relizing that I’d lost him for nothing because he’d been rght about all of it-- va... CLAUDIA GRAY You may have noticed that people in bus stations, if they know you also are alone, will glance at yo... MARILYNNE ROBINSON The vast majority of those involve vehicles that are not equipped with these switches. This is why e... KATHLEEN VOKES Are you telling me, Mr. Jensen, that if Mr. Stevens were to testify that he did, in fact, tell you a... BRUCE JOHNSTON I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager an... LATOYA JACKSON We pretty much shot ourselves in the foot by losing to Central Florida. People were saying we were o... BRENT MURPHY They were Jesuits," she told me. "That means they believe in God but not in terlet paper. You should... DAVID SEDARIS Seymour did a twist and he caught me in an awkward angle. We were handling it pretty well until that... JAKE GROVE If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the ... MARK SHIELDS I wonder why he shot me? HUEY P. LONG, GOVERNOR IN LOUISIANA, WAS MURDERED. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for t... BIBLE Some were greatly offended, some were terribly amused, but mostly they were shocked that he did it k... RICHARD HAMILTON He guards me in practice like that, real real intense. Coach (Gerald Cox) told me they were going to... BRENT BENSON There were just wonderful people who were just waiting for something to do. I can't tell you how man... JALENE HITZEMAN Logically, this kind of atheism did not prove that there was no God.... On the contrary, Southwell w... EDWARD ROYLE
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