Summary of John West's Fry The Brain

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#1 The Belfast brigade had been lying low, recovering from a string of successful British raids based on intelligence from ‘touts’ - what the PIRA turncoats were called. They were ready to act as they had just finished training a new urban sniper cell.

#2 The group met at a pub, but not Reilley’s. Reilley’s was just the code word for meeting at a prearranged location. If the authorities were listening to their phone lines, the police would have no idea where they were actually meeting.

#3 The four men, who had never met before, sat down at a table in the pub. They casually scanned the pub, taking stock of who was in it and what they were doing. Nothing out of the ordinary stood out.

#4 The four men left the pub and followed Gerry to a van parked outside. The van was stolen the day before from an airport long-term parking lot by a separate PIRA unit specializing in obtaining vehicles for combat operations. The men were briefed on the key characteristics of the battlefield.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822546646

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Belfast brigade had been lying low, recovering from a string of successful British raids based on intelligence from ‘touts’ - what the PIRA turncoats were called. They were ready to act as they had just finished training a new urban sniper cell.

#2

The group met at a pub, but not Reilley’s. Reilley’s was just the code word for meeting at a prearranged location. If the authorities were listening to their phone lines, the police would have no idea where they were actually meeting.

#3

The four men, who had never met before, sat down at a table in the pub. They casually scanned the pub, taking stock of who was in it and what they were doing. Nothing out of the ordinary stood out.

#4

The four men left the pub and followed Gerry to a van parked outside. The van was stolen the day before from an airport long-term parking lot by a separate PIRA unit specializing in obtaining vehicles for combat operations. The men were briefed on the key characteristics of the battlefield.

#5

The Belfast unit separated its intelligence collection activities from its ASU activities. The van only idled in place for two minutes when Gerry drove back to the pub. He stopped a mile short at a small parking lot near several shops.

#6

Mike and Shawn went into the pub. They knew they had to kill or be killed, so they wanted to go out feeling good. They knew they would be dead or in prison an hour from now, so they decided to go out drinking.

#7

The operation was executed, and the trio returned to Tom, who had a can of Coke waiting for him. He opened it and took a long swig. Don’t drink and drive! he warned. Tom had half of the job done.

#8

Shawn was ten minutes away from the shoot. He secured a disassembled AR-15 in a plastic bag and placed it in the cooler. He poured water into a suppressor and soaked it, before putting it on the end of the rifle’s barrel.

#9

The police were able to see the back of the van as it drove past, but not the gunman. The gunman was wearing a woman’s nylon mask and a black nylon balaclava, which completely covered his hair and face.

#10

The gang was able to dump the body at the intersection without being seen. Two Land Rovers arrived to collect the body, and Jimmy gave early warning of them like instructed. It was now up to the trigger man to do the rest.

#11

The police officer saw the body of a man on the side of the road. He was wearing black body armor over his smartly pressed uniform, and he had an MP-5 submachine gun. The policeman knew that the PIRA often dumped the bodies of British informers so they could be easily found.

#12

Shawn shot the Peeler in the pelvis, trying to hit an artery or at least the intestines. He knew this was the right answer. His instructors had been in the same situation before. It’s called a body armor drill, men. You have no idea what kind of armor they have on at a distance and at more than a hundred meters, the head is a difficult target.

#13

After the mission, Shawn began the counter-forensic process, removing any incriminating evidence like fingerprints and gunpowder residue. He even cleaned his ears and nostrils, which could contain incriminating gunshot residue.

#14

After the operation, Shawn was glad it was over. He had just seriously wounded a man, maybe even taken his life. He would burn his clothes in the chimney, eliminating any forensic link connecting the shooting to him.

#15

The IRA had to step up the tempo in the cities, and they needed to provide the British with casualties. If they could provide the steady stream of casualties, there was plenty of work for them.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Urban guerrilla sniping is a drastic departure from traditional concepts of sniping. In fact, traditional sniper methodology falls flat in the arena of urban guerrilla warfare for a variety of reasons.

#2

A person who is educated in their field has an advantage over someone who is not, but this is not always the case. Some of the world’s best snipers are self-taught.

#3

The Ghillie Suit is a rural-centric camouflage method that only works in the woods. It makes a sniper stick out in an urban environment. For example, Urban sniper/mass murderer Charles Whitman calmly walked to the observation deck of the Texas Tower in Austin, Texas on August 1, 1966 wearing a pair of coveralls.

#4

A high-powered rifle is not required for effective sniping, especially in an urban environment where a long-barreled, bulky weapon is more of a liability than an asset. In Chechnya, guerrillas were successful at killing Russian soldiers with head shots fired from. 22 caliber rifles.

#5

A high-powered scope is not a requirement for effective sniping. Simo Hayha, the most successful sniper of all times, was a Finnish soldier who killed 542 Russian soldiers over the course of only three months during the Russo-Finish War in 1940. He did not use a scope on his Finnish M28, 7. 62 mm, bolt-action rifle because he thought he created too great a silhouette when he raised his head to look through the scope.

#6

Urban combat ranges are often much smaller than those found in a rural setting. In many situations, soldiers are so close to their enemy that they cannot take a long distance shot even if they wanted to.

#7

The sex of the sniper is important in guerrilla warfare. Since men are typically expected to be snipers, deviations from this stereotype help a guerrilla remain undetected. Women all over the world receive less scrutiny from security forces and the general public than do men, enabling them to move more easily in government controlled areas.

#8