 "The Guardian" newspaper quoted him as saying, "I would look back and say that Cappagh was probably our best".Because of the ruthlessness of the attacks carried out by his unit, Wright struck fear into nationalists and Catholics in his area.The Cappagh killings in particular surprised the Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade as they had been carried out in a village which was an IRA stronghold, a departure from the usual arbitrary killings of Catholic civilians .