Kemp has repeatedly spoken out against the ' malicious , disruptive ' investigation and prosecution of British soldiers for suspected criminal acts in Afghanistan and Iraq , as well as the opening of new investigations relating to the actions of British soldiers in Northern Ireland during the Troubles , including those relating to Bloody Sunday . Kemp has argued that the prosecution of British armed forces personnel for alleged criminal acts ' are part of a concerted campaign of political warfare intended to undermine western democracies and their ability to defend themselves . ' Kemp told the Belfast News Letter that he was concerned about the investigations into historic crimes because , ' It is obvious some soldiers do some wrong things of course but there is a very clear difference between them and terrorists . Soldiers set out to uphold the law whereas terrorists set out to maim and murder . They should be treated differently . ' Kemp told a Law of War Conference at the Israel Law Centre in 2015 that ' it has always been difficult to get soldiers to adhere strictly to the laws of war because the battlefield is an inherently dangerous and frightening place , and soldiers are only human beings who sometimes succumb to the strain and stress of conflict , sometimes make mistakes , and who sometimes get overtaken by anger at seeing their mates blown apart next to them . ' Kemp was himself questioned by police in 2000 concerning his suspected role in the murder of a prominent Republican figure during the 1980s , but formal charges were not brought against him
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Richard Kemp