There is good evidence the Dublin bombings Dublin and Monaghan bombings in May last year were a reprisal for the Irish government's role in bringing about the sharing Executive. According to one of Craig's people Smellie, the top MI6 officer in Northern Ireland at the time, some of those involved, the Youngs, the Jacksons, Mulholland, Hanna, Kerr and McConnell were working closely with SB Branch and Int at that time. Craig's people believe the sectarian assassinations were designed to destroy [then Northern Secretary Merlyn Rees's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire, and the targets were identified for both sides by Int/SB. They also believe some very senior RUC officers were involved with this group. In short, it would appear that loyalist paramilitaries and Int/SB members have formed some sort of pseudo-gangs in an attempt to fight a war of attrition by getting paramilitaries on both sides to kill each other and, at the same time, prevent any future political initiative such as Sunningdale.