Editing Jim Lynagh (section)

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'''Jim Lynagh '''(Irish: ''Séamus Ó Laighneach''; 13 April 1956 – 8 May 1987) was a Sinn Féin councillor and a member of the [[IRA]]. Known as "The Executioner" by the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Lynagh was a suspect in the murders of former Ulster Unionist Party member Norman Stronge and his son James and the subsequent burning of the Stronge estate.

Lynagh was an admirer of [[Mao Zedong]], and devised a Maoist military strategy against the RUC. The plan envisaged the destruction of police stations and British Army military bases in parts of Northern Ireland to create "liberated" areas that would be thereby rendered under the domination of the IRA. The plan was used at during an attack on Ballygawley police barracks, leading to the deaths of two officers.

On May 8 1987 Lynagh and seven others were killed by the SAS while attacking the Loughgall barracks in Armagh.
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