War may force general to cancel tribunal appearance

General Sir Michael Jackson, the British Chief of General Staff, may be forced to cancel his appearance at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry because of war in the Gulf, it emerged today.

War may force general to cancel tribunal appearance

General Sir Michael Jackson, the British Chief of General Staff, may be forced to cancel his appearance at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry because of war in the Gulf, it emerged today.

The then Captain Michael Jackson was adjutant to Colonel Derek Wilford on the day paratroopers under his command shot dead 13 civil rights marchers in Derry. A 14th man died later.

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