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Encyclopedia > Loyalist paramilitaries

Loyalist paramilitaries are extra-legal groups in Northern Ireland that use violence to ensure the region remains in the United Kingdom. For the township in Canada, see Loyalist, Ontario In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)4 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages none English is the most widely used language; Irish has official recognition. ...


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The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF or by some of its supporters The Peoples Army) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. ... The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland, outlawed as a terrorist group in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is perceived by its supporters as defending the unionist community from Irish Republican terrorism. ... The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) is a loyalist terrorist group in Northern Ireland which broke away from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and was led by the late Billy Wright. ... The Orange Volunteers (OV) are a break-away Loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. ... Wall mural in Ulster The Red Hand Commando are a Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary (terrorist) group with links to the Ulster Volunteer Force. ...

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PatFinucane (6675 words)
That is allegations of collusion between British forces and loyalists and the South African arms shipment used to re-arm the loyalist paramilitaries in the last 1980s as well as the murder of Pat Finucane.
Between a half and a third of the weapons however still remain in the hands of loyalist paramilitaries o Nelson's central role in the arms transaction and transport meant he, and therefore British intelligence, knew the location of the farmhouse where the weapons would be stored initially after landing.
That is, collusion between British forces and loyalist paramilitaries including a full investigation of the shipment of South African arms used to rearm the loyalist paramilitaries in the late 1980s.
CAIN: Issue: Violence - Chronology of 'pipe-bomb' attacks (5763 words)
Loyalist paramilitaries were blamed for the attack on the officer who was a witness in a Northern Ireland arms trial.
Loyalists paramilitaries were believed to be responsible for leaving the device in the front garden of the house on the Cavehill Road.
A Loyalist, whose family escaped injury in a pipe-bomb attack on their home in Lurgan, County Armagh, claims the police knew it was going to happen.
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