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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Johnny Adair
Johnny Adair was born in Belfast on 27 October 1963 into a working-class loyalist background.
Adair returned to prison in January 2003, when his early release licence was revoked by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, on grounds of engaging in unlawful activity.
Johnny Adair was born in Belfast in 1963 into a working class loyalist background in the Lower Shankill area.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Johnny-Adair   (3571 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Johnny Adair
Johnny Adair (nickname: Mad Dog) was the leader of the loyalist paramilitary organisation Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF), acting in opposition to those who want Northern Ireland to become part of the Republic of Ireland.
In January 1998, Adair was one of five Loyalist prisoners visited in the Maze prison by British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
On 25 September, 2002, Adair was expelled from the UDA/UFF along with close associate John White, and the organization came under severe pressure to split.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Johnny_Adair   (572 words)

  
  Johnny Adair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnny Adair was born in Belfast in 1963 into a working class loyalist background in the Lower Shankill area.
Adair once remarked to a Catholic journalist from the Republic of Ireland upon the discovery of her being catholic, that normally Catholics travelled in the boot of his car.
Adair returned to prison in January 2003, when his early release licence was revoked by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, on grounds of engaging in unlawful activity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnny_Adair   (1388 words)

  
 Johnny Adair Information
Johnny Adair (nickname: Mad Dog, 1963-) was the leader of the notorious "C Company" of the loyalist paramilitary organisation Ulster Freedom Fighters, a cover name of the Ulster Defence Association.
Adair once remarked to a Catholic journalist from the Republic of Ireland that she was the first "live" Catholic to ride in his car.
In 1999, shortly after his relase from prison, Adair was shot at and grazed by a bullet in the head at a UB40 concert in Belfast.
www.bookrags.com /Johnny_Adair   (1359 words)

  
 Loyalist terror leader is freed
JOHNNY ADAIR, whose suspected role in at least 20 sectarian killings made him one of Northern Ireland's most notorious loyalist terrorists, was freed early from jail yesterday to a future of looking over his shoulder.
Adair, 34, an Ulster Freedom Fighters commander nicknamed "Mad Dog", was released after serving only a third of a 16-year sentence imposed in 1995 when he became the only person to be convicted in the province of directing terrorism.
Adair, one of a breed of UFF activists inspired by the loyalist killer Michael Stone, who launched a gun and grenade attack at an IRA funeral, is said to have left a power struggle behind him in the UFF wing of the Maze.
www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/09/15/nuls15.html   (811 words)

  
 Irish American Post
Well Johnny Adair was the target of a pipe bomb attack which actually exploded in his back garden, so in some ways it might be the safest place for him to be.
Johnny Adair was returned to prison last week because the Secretary of State said he had breached the terms of his license, which entitles him to be freed before completing his 16-year sentence for directing terrorism.
Adair was told his wife Gina and close associate John White were among a group who fled to Scotland after homes were attacked at his former powerbase in the city's Lower Shankill area.
www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2003/02jan-feb/news/news03.html   (5157 words)

  
 For Johnny Adair, the writing is on the wall - smh.com.au
The very fact that Johnny Adair is still alive after 20 years at the helm of Ulster's biggest loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association, makes him a huge success within his venal, violent realm.
Adair, a former neo-Nazi skinhead who embraced the paramilitaries in his late teens and served two terms in the notorious Maze prison, has reason to be paranoid.
Adair is also talking a lot about God these days, and any Christian rebirth would come as good news to his family, for whom life is increasingly parlous.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/12/26/1040511133864.html   (880 words)

  
 Adair Homes
In January 1998, Adair was one of five Loyalist prisoners visited in the Maze prison by British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
In 2002, Adair was a key part of an effort to forge stronger ties between the UDA/UFF and the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), another major loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland.
Adair was the scene of the first successful train robbery in the American West when on July 21, 1873 the James-Younger gang (led by Jesse James) took US$3,000 from the Rock Island Express which was stopped in the city.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/1/adair-homes.html   (694 words)

  
 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Johnny Adair (nickname: Mad Dog) was the leader of a Belfast "company" of the loyalist paramilitary organisation Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF).
In 2002, Adair was a key part of an effort to forge stronger ties between the UDA/UFF and the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), another major loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland.
One of Adair's trademarks when he was making a name for himself in the UDA was to drive around nationalist areas wearing a Celtic jersey to allay suspicion.
simple.seowaste.com /johnny_adair   (628 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Johnny Adair
Johnny Adair (nickname: Mad Dog) was the leader of the loyalist paramilitary organisation Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF), acting in opposition to those who want Northern Ireland to become part of the
In 2002, Adair was a key part of an effort to forge stronger ties between the UDA/UFF and the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), the other major loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland.
On 25 September, 2002, Adair was expelled from the UDA/UFF along with close associate John White, and the organization came under severe pressure to split.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Johnny_Adair   (355 words)

  
 Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and "C" Company:Detailed View   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The name Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair is synonymous with a killing spree by loyalist terrorists that took Northern Ireland to the brink of civil war.
Its desperate attempts to kill Adair culminated in October 1993, when a bomb on the Shankill Road, intended for the loyalist godfather, claimed the lives of nine Protestant civilians.
Adair's friends and enemies talk for the first time about the murders he ordered, his sordid personal life, and his attempts - ultimately disastrous - to become Northern Ireland's supreme loyalist figurehead.
www.dannymorrison.com /catalogue/Detailed/81.shtml   (345 words)

  
 'Mad Dog' is handier with a mop than a gun - Scotch-Irish / Ulster-Scots Forums
Adair's life is considered to be in such danger that he is kept in isolation in "D" wing of Mourne House, the women's accommodation block.
Johnny Adair didn't know it at the time, but 25 September 2002 was to be his last day as a member of the UDA.
Adair himself was the intended target of two gunmen, who had planned to kill him as he dropped his eight-year-old daughter at school.
www.scotchirish.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=1036   (8106 words)

  
 The rise and fall of Johnny Adair | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
UDA sources said Adair was in the Warnock house when Gray was shot, and they insisted he knew and approved the attack.
Last Friday Adair was called to south Belfast, where the other five members of the UDA inner council asked him to explain his actions.
The source also claimed that Adair delivered an LVF death threat against four people in east Belfast, including Gray and his sister, who is not a member of any paramilitary organisation, before going straight to an LVF brigade meeting to report back on what the UDA had said.
www.guardian.co.uk /Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,800758,00.html   (1300 words)

  
 ::: u.tv :::
Adair ran the Ulster Defence Association`s West Belfast Brigade - a ruthless and nakedly sectarian unit responsible for dozens of murders.
Members of Adair`s brigade blamed for the killing were later routed and forced to flee their Shankill Road powerbase.
Adair`s one-time close friend John White, a convicted double murderer who was once a key figure in the UDA`s political wing, escaped Northern Ireland with Adair`s wife and family, as well as 20 other supporters in the aftermath of the Gregg killing in February 2003.
u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=n&id=55149   (1039 words)

  
 Northern Ireland News - Johnny Adair freed from jail
Mr Adair was taken to RAF Aldergrove on Monday and flown by helicopter to Manchester despite not being due for release until Thursday.
The UDA leadership blamed elements within Johnny Adair's "C Company" faction for the killing and forced his family and associates to flee as part of a UDA purge of the lower Shankill area.
Mr Adair was taken to RAF Aldergrove on Monday and flown by helicopter to Manchester despite not being due for..
www.4ni.co.uk /news.asp?id=36469   (364 words)

  
 Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News article
It is understood that Adair's associates had planned to kill Courtney last night after he was allegedly spotted talking to a senior figure from the mainstream UDA on Tuesday.
Courtney is the second of Johnny Adair's closest allies to have changed sides to the mainstream UDA since the start of the loyalist feud last September.
Mainstream UDA sources last night hinted that Adair's C company may be further isolated in coming days with suggestions that senior figures from west Belfast's two other UDA areas were in negotiations to align themselves with Adair's mainstream opponents.
www.nuzhound.com /articles/irish_news/arts2003/jan30_adair_lieutenant_shifts_sides.php   (469 words)

  
 Johnny Adair is mass murderer - Indymedia Ireland
The state's inability to prosecute Adair for his involvement in numerous sectarian and non sectarian murders/attacks is a clear sign, that something is amiss.
Obviously Johnny doesn't want his brit government handlers to do a Billy wright on him to stop him squealing on them, which is why his solicitors are holding evidence against Johnny's brit government/FRU handlers to ensure Johnny's release and safety.
Because Johnny was acting on behalf of agents of the Brit state, does not absolve him from his horrific crimes, but more seriously and shocking is the police involvement in pinpointing and encouraging Johnny Adair and his trigger happy cutthroat pervert pals to murder catholics like Sean Hughes, and New Lodge teenager Gerard 'O' Hara.
www.indymedia.ie /article/61482   (677 words)

  
 The downfall of Mad Dog Adair | Magazine | The Observer
Adair, who had just returned from a holiday in Benidorm, was sitting in his living room with the LVF's Jackie Mahood when he heard about the death in jail of Mark 'Swinger' Fulton.
He [Adair Snr] knew it was only a matter of time before he was going to get shot.' Although the shooting surprised few on the Shankill, to the outside world the idea of a father authorising a gun attack on his own son was savage.
Adair had been attending Warnock's wake shortly before Gray's arrival and had been moved to a neighbouring house, where he was able to watch the shooting from a window.
observer.guardian.co.uk /magazine/story/0,11913,1055980,00.html   (3489 words)

  
 Johnny Adair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Under Adair the Shankill Brigade of the UFF was responsible for the attacks on the Devenish Arms and the depot in Kennedy Way, the deaths of Philomena Hanna, Damien Walsh, and Alan Lundy, among others.
The presence of Johnny Adair, and the refusal of Mr Eloquence, District Master Harold Gracey, to condemn the violence, resulted in a debacle for the Orangemen at Drumcree.
All the evidence points to Adair trying to establish a new organisation (reportedly to be called the Loyalist Freedom Fighters) made up from the LVF, his UFF associates, and religious fundamentalists in the Orange Volunteers and Red Hand Commandos.
www.dannymorrison.com /articles/adair.html   (1034 words)

  
 Johnny Adair's son has prison term cut short (Belfast Telegraph) -- LAW AND ORDER: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Jonathan Adair (19), of Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, was jailed for five years earlier this year after pleading guilty to conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin on the streets of the town.
Adair and two confederates - Ian and William Truesdale - were targeted by undercover police in an operation to crack down on street dealing in the town.
Adair was of "entirely good character" before his prosecution, the court heard.
www.voy.com /138598/1/946.html   (437 words)

  
 The Daily Record - NEWS - MAD DOG'S MOLL
Adair joined them this year after he was released from Maghaberry Prison, where he was serving 16 years for terror offences.
Gina and Adair were married in the Maze Prison in 1997 while he was serving time for directing terrorism.
When Gregg was killed weeks later, it was blamed on Adair's C Company as Gregg was one of those who had organised Adair's expulsion from the UDA.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk /news/tm_objectid=16357106&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=mad-dog-s-moll--name_page.html   (615 words)

  
 ttgapers store - USA - Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C Company' - David Lister, Hugh Jordan - Product ...
Johnny Adair is an example of what can happen to individuals when they grow up in a society utterly debased by sectarian hatred and bigotry.
So debased were Adair and his associates that the more prosaic vices of drugs and extortion gradually came to mean more to them than even the thrill of sectarian murders, leading inevitably to Adair's exile by his erstwhile colleagues in the UDA.
Johnny Adair fought for the U.F.F. (Ulster Freedom Fighters)and anyone doubting this can check for themselves whether it was Northern Ireland wanting control of more land or whether it was in fact Southern, Republican Ireland (IRA) wanting control of more land.
www.ttgapers.com /module-ttStore-product-asin-1840188901-locale-us.html   (893 words)

  
 Irish Abroad - Irish American News
Gina Adair and two of the couple’s four children are renting a house in Horwich in Bolton after fleeing the province with several of her husband’s comrades.
Mrs Adair and her children are renting a house in Horwich for £325 a month.
Johnny Adair, his wife and some of his supporters fled Belfast earlier this year following a bitter feud between different Loyalist factions in the city.
www.irishabroad.com /news/irishpost/news/AdairsWife.asp   (334 words)

  
 Offices of Northern Ireland Political Party Bombed
On Tuesday, Maginness publicly applauded the decision by Northern Ireland authorities not to free loyalist leader Johnny Adair from prison.
Adair, a commander of the Ulster Freedom Fighters group, lost his appeal against a decision to revoke his early release from prison following tensions in Belfast last summer.
Adair was convicted in 1996 of "directing terrorism" by the UDA.
www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=552   (419 words)

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