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Thu 04 Apr 2003Colonel did not consider operation had been a successTHE BLOODY SUNDAY INQUIRY/Day 317: The commander of the British soldiers who shot dead 13 unarmed civilians in the Bogside, Derry, 31 years ago, said yesterday that he did not consider the military operation on the day to have been a success.Former Lt Col Derek Wilford also denied that before the killings, he had briefed soldiers under his command in the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment to act "speedily, aggressively and ruthlessly" when he ordered their deployment into the Bogside.