Wright's brigade smuggled homemade weaponry to Drumcree, apparently unhindered by the Orangemen. On 7 July, a day into the standoff, members of Wright's brigade"Murder was 'present' for terror leader" The Telegraph, 8 January 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2009 shot dead Catholic taxi driver Michael McGoldrick near Aghagallon. The man who killed McGoldrick said he had also planned, along with Billy Wright and Mark Fulton, to kidnap three priests from a parochial house in County Armagh and shoot them unless the march was allowed to continue.The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry Report (23 May 2011), p.76 Allegedly, the brigade also planned to drive petrol tankers into the Catholic area and blow them up.Coogan, Tim. The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1995 and the Search for Peace. Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. Page 517. After four days of loyalist protests and violence throughout Northern Ireland, the police reversed their decision and allowed the march to continue.
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