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Robert John "Robin" Jackson, also known as The Jackal,〔〔 (27 September 1948 – 30 May 1998), was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary who held the rank of brigadier in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) during the period of violent ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. He was the commander of the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade from 1975 to the early 1990s, when Billy Wright took over as leader. From his home in the small village of Donaghcloney, County Down, five miles southeast of Lurgan, Jackson is alleged to have organised and committed a series of killings, mainly against Catholic civilians, although he was never convicted in connection with any killing and never served any lengthy prison terms. At least 50 killings in Northern Ireland have been attributed to him, according to Stephen Howe (''New Statesman'') and David McKittrick (''Lost Lives'').〔〔 An article by Paul Foot in ''Private Eye'' suggested that Jackson led one of the teams that bombed Dublin on 17 May 1974, killing 26 people, including two infants.〔 Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Patrol Group (SPG) officer John Weir (who was also involved in loyalist killings), also maintained this in an affidavit. The information from Weir's affidavit was published in 2003 in the ''Barron Report'', the findings of an official investigation into the Dublin bombings commissioned by Irish Supreme Court Justice Henry Barron. Journalist Kevin Dowling in the ''Irish Independent'' alleged that Jackson had headed the gang that perpetrated the Miami Showband killings, which left three members of the cabaret band dead and two wounded. Journalist Joe Tiernan and the Pat Finucane Centre alleged this as well as Jackson's involvement in the Dublin bombings. When questioned about the latter, Jackson denied involvement. Findings noted in a report by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) (released in December 2011) confirmed that Jackson was linked to the Miami Showband attack through his fingerprints, which had been found on the silencer specifically made for the Luger pistol used in the shootings. Jackson was a former member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), but had been discharged from the regiment for undisclosed reasons. It was stated by Weir, as well as by others including former British Army psychological warfare operative Major Colin Wallace, that Jackson was an RUC Special Branch agent. ==Early life and UDR career== Jackson was born into an Ulster Protestant family in the small and predominantly Catholic village of Donaghmore, County Tyrone,〔 〕 Northern Ireland on 27 September 1948.〔 Some time later, he went to live in the mainly Protestant village of Donaghcloney, County Down, five miles southeast of Lurgan, County Armagh. Jackson married and made a living by delivering chickens for the Moy Park food processing company. The conflict known as "the Troubles" erupted in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s, and people from both sides of the religious/political divide were soon caught up in the maelstrom of violence that ensued. In 1972, Jackson joined the locally recruited Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), an infantry regiment of the British Army, in Lurgan. He was attached to 11th Battalion UDR. On 23 October 1972, a large cache of guns and ammunition was stolen during an armed raid by the illegal Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), on King's Park camp, a UDR/Territorial Army depot. It's alleged by the Pat Finucane Centre, a Derry-based civil rights group, that Jackson took part in the raid while a serving member of the UDR.〔(Collusion in the South Armagh/Mid Ulster Area in the mid-1970s )〕 Journalist Scott Jamison also echoed this allegation in an article in the ''North Belfast News'',〔Scott Jamison. "UDR guns used in murder of Catholic workmen". ''North Belfast News'', 27 September 2010. retrieved 30 April 2011〕 as did David McKittrick in his book ''Lost Lives''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robin Jackson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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