Members of an Army unit dubbed Britain's secret terror force have admitted breaking the law by firing on unarmed IRA suspects in west Belfast.
The Military Reaction Force (MRF) also carried out drive-by shootings of nationalists 40 years ago, even though there was no independent evidence any of them were members of the republican group, a new television documentary has claimed.
The elite soldiers believed military regulations prohibiting firing unless their lives were in immediate danger did not apply to them.
One told the BBC's Panorama programme: "We were not there to act like an Army unit, we were there to act like a terror group.
"We were there in a position to go after IRA and kill them when we found them."
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More than 3,000 deaths are being investigated by detectives from the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) as part of the peace process.
The Army has a series of rules known as the Yellow Card, which guides when a soldier can open fire lawfully.
According to the Panorama programme, to be broadcast tonight, seven former members of the force believed the Yellow Card did not apply to them and one described it as a "fuzzy red line", meaning they acted as they saw fit.
The MRF's records have been destroyed but the soldiers denied they were part of a death or assassination squad.
During Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Mr Cameron made clear the Government had no plans to legislate on any form of amnesty.
Panorama: Britain's Secret Terror Force is on BBC One at 9pm tonight.
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