Black Watch sent home from US
Six soldiers from the notorious Black Watch regiment
have been sent home from a tour of the United States.
Three were sent home after failing random drug tests,
the other three were found guilty of other crimes and a
seventh remains in prison after allegedly stealing a
gun. The trouble flared when the soldiers were in
Seattle in February for a British army exercise called
``Trumpetdance''.
During their 11 tours of duty in the Six Counties the
Black Watch have been responsible for the murder of 12
Catholics including three during the Falls Curfew in
July 1970.
Three Black Watch soldiers were dismissed in 1995 for
taking drugs and an MOD spokesperson said that those
who failed drug tests would be automatically dismissed,
``but if the commanding officer can put forward a strong
argument, that might change.''
![[An Phoblacht]](http://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/aprn.gif)