Special forces soldiers have been deployed undercover in Northern Ireland.
At least eight of the covert unit have been sent to work with MI5 for the first time in four years as protests and violence escalate.
The move follows clashes in which dozens of officers were injured as stones, petrol bombs and fireworks were hurled by gangs of youths on Belfast’s nationalist Springfield Road.
MI5 and military intelligence officials fear that the riots, which have spread across the country, could spark a return of deadly paramilitary attacks.
A Special Reconnaissance Regiment team will help co-ordinate intelligence operations and attempt to identify the ringleaders behind the violence.
NOW WHO WAS IT SAID BRITISH TROOPS ORDERED ON TO THE STREETS OF BRITAIN TO SHOOT BRITISH CITIZENS .
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