They Killed Him

A song about assassinations

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[ParamoreWorshipper]

General Collins wasn't assassinated, he was killed in a battle with anti-treaty rebels in Béal na mBláth, after returning fire in an amush.

General Collins was not specifically targetted, and the shooter had no idea he had killed General Collins.

[WorldsAssassinations]

Assassination is the targeted murder of a high-profile person, the assassin usually has an ideological or political motivation. The irregulars new Collins was in Béal na mBláth they set a trap for him, when dismantling the trap they had set up the convoy arrived. They had set up for an assassination the fact that it didn't go according to plan it still ended in Collin's death, and they were targeting Collin's because he signed the treaty that means it was politically motivated.

[ParamoreWorshipper]

It was an ambush on a pro-treaty convoy, so that was politically motivated in a way, but they didn't know Collins was in the convoy.

The convoy had passed through Béal na mBláth earlier, and they were waiting for it's return.

Collins wasn't targetted.

There was a volley of shots from different guns and grenades were thrown.

If it were an assassination, would they not throw a grenade at the truck, or use a sniper-attack?

It was typical of an anti-treaty ambush, no different from any other.

[WorldsAssassinations]

It was well know Collins was in the area. Thats who they'd set the ambush up for. "would they not throw a grenade at the truck, or use a sniper-attack?" they had lay mines before but had dismantled them by the time the convo returned.

[WorldsAssassinations]

Collins' column stopped to ask directions. However the man whom they asked, Dinny Long, was also a member of the local Anti-Treaty IRA. An ambush was then prepared for the convoy when it made its return journey back to Cork city.

They knew Collins would return by the same route as the two other roads from Bandon to Cork had been rendered impassable by Republicans.

[RealGateGuardian]

Anyone noticed the majority of these people said "Try to live together peacefully." then were shot?

[redmond12400]

Ghodse Jindabad.

[skush123456]

Che Really? How many did he kill.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Dirty old Randy Gandhi slept with young naked Pakistani girls. Disgusting!

[ling1114]

name of song

Kris Kristofferson - They Killed Him