Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley.
Description
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 2000. Mural protests collusion between British government and intelligence services and Loyalist paramilitaries. Figure in gun-sight at top of mural, blood dripping down onto statement by former UVF leader, Gusty Spence, '"An element of the UVF were covertly enlisted by the Ulster Government at a fee of ten shillings a day to promote a sectarian war...." UVF leader Gusty Spence'. Handgun, stamped with 'Authourised (sic) by MI5', and with official seal of HM Government - 'Approved'; 'Collusion! It's not an illusion!', with dead figure and crosses, dated 1980, 1990, 2003. Graffiti on mural - 'FTP' (Fuck the Pope). Republican
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