Britain's SAS heroes are being 'thrown under the bus' by the 'insane hounding' over their service during the Northern Ireland Troubles, furious veterans have raged.
Elite troops - many of whom are now elderly - face being 'dragged across the coals' over their actions while fighting the IRA decades ago, with renewed prosecutions.
It comes as an inquest ruled a Special Air Service squad used unjustified force to kill four IRA terrorists who had used a mounted machine gun to shoot up a police station in 1992.
Meanwhile, the Government is in the process of repealing an act which banned inquests and offered conditional amnesty to soldiers who served during the conflict.
But the decision has sparked outrage among serving and former members of the famed 'Who Dares Wins' army regiment, who fear it will see heroes hauled into court and prosecuted with alleged war crimes - while IRA militants are pardoned.
Special forces veteran Phil Campion was enraged his comrades could be hit by future murder probes over their service. The 56-year-old Staff Sergeant said: 'We're being unfairly hounded. It's insane.
'The government has thrown a shroud of protection around the IRA and completely thrown us under the bus.'
Phil, who served 15 years in the military, five of which were with 22 SAS, and spent about five years on operational tours in Northern Ireland, added: 'There are people who risked their lives to serve who no...
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