Group 13
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Group 13 | |
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Formation | 1975 (Property:Start) |
Parent organization | Special Air Service |
Purpose/focus | deniable covert assassination |
Type | para-military |
Interest of | Stephan Adolphus Kock |
Rumoured to be a secret cadre of UK ex-SAS and military intelligence operatives |
Group 13 is rumoured to be a secret cadre of ex-SAS and military intelligence operatives. Its remit is said to involve State-sponsored, deniable covert actions such as assassinations. It is thought to be run through the Foreign Office and MI5/MI6. Group 13 have been speculatively linked to various controversial incidents such as:
- the 1984 shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy
- the 1990 assassination of Gerald Bull
- the death of Dr David Kelly in 2003
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Group 13 | article | 1999 | David Guyatt | Does the British Government have a deniable assassination squad? An exploration of evidence that it does. |
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