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Ulster Volunteer Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a Loyalist paramilitary group formed in 1966, takes its name from the UVF of the first World War. The Ulster Volunteer Force was mobilised as a Protestant/Unionist militia in 1912 to oppose the Home Rule campaign for a separate Irish parliament.
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GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source for reliable military news and military information, directed by John Pike ... The loyalist Volunteer Force is a breakaway group of the Ulster Volunteer Force which refuses to accept the loyalist cease-fire. ... In June 1997 the Secretary of State proscribed the Volunteer Force.
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This Site Is Dedicated To The Ulsters Peoples Army And Its Associated Organisations ... This Site Is Dedicated To The Ulsters Peoples Army And Its Associated Organisations ; Please click here to visit: UVF - The Ulster Peoples Army - theuvf.2ya.com.
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Ulster Volunteers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ulster Volunteers were a unionist militia founded in 1912 to block Home Rule for Ireland. In 1913 they were organised into the Ulster Volunteer Force . A modern loyalist paramilitary group fou...
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An extreme loyalist group formed in 1996 as a faction of the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) but did not emerge publicly until 1997. Composed largely of UVF hardliners who have sought to prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists in Northern Ireland by attacking Catholic politicians, civilians,
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The Ulster Volunteer Force says it is renouncing violence and will cease to exist as a terrorist organisation. ... The paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force has declared that it is renouncing violence and will cease to exist as a terrorist organisation from midnight.
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Former paramilitary turned politician, David Ervine has been a voice of moderation among hardline loyalist groups in Northern Ireland. ... He is the chief spokesman for the Progressive Unionist Party, which represents the views of the Protestant paramilitary organisation, the Ulster Volunteer Force.
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The UDP failed to win a seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly election on 25 June 1998. Between August and December 2000 an element of the UDA ('C' company led by Johnny Adair) engaged in a feud with the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF);
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Since 1912 until the present day, the Ulster Volunteer Force has produced volunteers - both men and women - who had the courage and honour to make the supreme sacrifice of giving up their lives that others may have their religion, liberties, freedoms and laws safeguarded.
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