In order to finance their armed campaigns during the Troubles (1969–1998), both Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitaries engaged in numerous...
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Sunday in 1972. The main participants in the Troubles were republican paramilitaries such as the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Irish...
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Terrorism (redirect from Terrorism in Asia)
within the British Isles than overseas donations, including Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and NORAID (see Paramilitary finances in the Troubles for more...
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Ulster loyalism (redirect from Loyalist paramilitaries)
prominently during the Troubles (late 1960s–1998). The biggest and most active paramilitary groups existed during the Troubles, and were the Ulster Volunteer...
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This is a timeline of the events and actions during the Troubles that were carried out in Great Britain, the vast majority of which were carried out by...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Troubles. The Troubles – historical ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern...
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Since the early 1970s, extrajudicial punishment attacks have been carried out by Ulster loyalist and Irish republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland...
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bombings related to the Northern Ireland "Troubles" and their aftermath. It includes bombings that took place in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland...
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Operation Banner (redirect from British Troops in Northern Ireland)
Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, as part of the Troubles. It was the longest...
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Military Reaction Force (redirect from Freds (paramilitary))
counterinsurgency unit of the British Army active in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The unit was formed during the summer of 1971 and operated...
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encompassing all of Ireland. It was the most active republican paramilitary group during the Troubles. It argued that the all-island Irish Republic continued...
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Disappeared (Northern Ireland) (redirect from The disappeared (The Troubles))
which occurred during the Troubles. The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) is in charge of locating the remaining bodies,...
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republican paramilitaries. One statistical breakdown of Troubles deaths showed that 105 people lost their lives in the Republic of Ireland, meaning that the death...
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Irish republicanism (redirect from Irish republican paramilitaries)
1969. This prompted paramilitaries: republicans assembled under the Provisional Irish Republican Army, who waged a campaign against the British state for...
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the current head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A Janjaweed leader from the Rizeigat tribe in Darfur, he was the Deputy head of the Transitional...
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From 1969 until 1997, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) conducted an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England,...
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Project MUSE. McLoone, Martin (2009). "Film, Television and the Troubles" (PDF). Troubles Archive. Gillespie, Gordon (3 October 2020). "Films". Shared...
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was setting up paramilitary operations there to wage war against the British State's presence in the island of Ireland in the form of the Northern Ireland...
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Michael Flannery (category People of the Irish War of Independence)
republican who fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. He supported the Provisional IRA during The Troubles and was a founder of...
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Irish National Liberation Army (category Proscribed paramilitary organisations in the Republic of Ireland)
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA, Irish: Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 8 December...
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Warrenpoint ambush (redirect from The Troubles in Warrenpoint)
over twenty were seriously injured, making it the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles. An English civilian was also killed and an Irish...
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The Provisional IRA in the Republic of Ireland was very active in the country during the Troubles (1969–1998). The country was seen as a safe haven for...
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The Irish People's Liberation Organisation was a small Irish socialist republican paramilitary organisation formed in 1986 by disaffected and expelled...
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The following is a list of books about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Baldy, F. Tom (1997). The Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security. Diane...
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Official Irish Republican Army (redirect from The Official Irish Republican Army)
The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove...
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Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (category Political organizations based in the United States)
information on its finances, "where and how" it conducts its training, who its dues-paying members are, have not been released to the public. The group is now...
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Greysteel massacre (redirect from The Troubles in Greysteel)
Northern Ireland. Members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on civilians in a crowded pub during a Halloween...
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elsewhere in Northern Ireland, led to the deployment of British troops, and is often seen as the beginning of the thirty-year conflict known as the Troubles. Violence...
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Brighton hotel bombing (category Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1984)
was uninjured. The bombing was a key moment in the Troubles, the conflict in Northern Ireland between unionists and republicans over the constitutional...
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members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on the customers in a pub frequented by Catholics. The UDA was...
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