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The Irish People's Liberation Organisation was an Irish republican paramilitary organization which was formed in 1986 by disaffected and expelled members of the Irish National Liberation Army in the aftermath of the supergrass trials. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Pronounced fee-na fall.) (English: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) is an Irish republican paramilitary organization which was formed on December 8, 1974. ...
Its main purpose was to destroy the Republican Socialist Movement from which it had split, and most of its early attacks reflected this, being more frequently against former comrades than on the security forces of the British state. Movement based in Northern Ireland/the occupied six counties (dependant on your political view of the six counties of Ireland that are under British jurisdiction). ...
The INLA shot and killed IPLO leader Gerard Steenson in March 1986, and following revenge killings by the IPLO, the organisations agreed to go their separate ways. Irish Republican Socialist paramilitary activist. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The IPLO was increasingly becoming involved in the drugs trade, especially in ecstasy, and was becoming a haven for those who fell out with the Provisional IRA: the portents for its future were not good. A fallout over the proceeds of one transaction cost the life of Jimmy Brown, reputedly the only IPLO leader with any politics at all. A full-scale feud followed between two factions (Army Council and Belfast Brigade) which led to the 3000th killing of the Troubles. This was one feud which made no pretence of being anything other than a lethal squabble over money. A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical that alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness, or behaviour. ...
MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the secretion of large amounts of serotonin as well as dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain, causing a general sense of openness, empathy...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all...
Jimmy Brown was a member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP), the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), and the Irish Peoples Liberation Organisation (IPLO). ...
Eventually, the Provisional IRA decided enough was enough and on Saturday 31 October 1992 approximately one hundred IRA members systematically wiped the IPLO from the face of Belfast killing Belfast Brigade leader Sammy Ward, and only sparing more on condition of their unconditional surrender, which was forthcoming from both factions within days. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom, and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland. ...
Leader of IPLO (Irish Peoples Liberation Organisation) Belfast Brigade. ...
According to the Sutton database of deaths at the University of Ulster's CAIN project[1], the IPLO was responsible for 22 killings during the Troubles. Among its victims were twelve civilians, six INLA members, two loyalist paramilitaries and two members of the British security forces. The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-site university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest university on the island of Ireland. ...
The Troubles is a term used to describe two periods of violence in Ireland during the twentieth century. ...
In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. ...
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