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	Loyalist Volunteer Force - Wikipedia
		The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) are an extremist Loyalist terror grouping in Northern Ireland which broke away from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)and was led by the late Billy Wright.
		Wright was murdered on the 27th December 1997 by members of the INLA, who were housed in an adjacent wing of the prison, as he sat in a van waiting to be taken for a visit.
		Wright’s death in essence finished the LVF as a viable terror gang.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /lv/LVF.html (245 words)

	Loyalist Volunteer Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland which broke away from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and was led by the late Billy Wright.
		Wright was murdered on the 27 December 1997 in a well-planned attack by members of the INLA housed in an adjacent wing of the prison.
		The LVF is the only paramilitary group in Ireland to have killed a journalist, Martin O'Hagan, who was exposing their involvement in the heroin trade.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loyalist_Volunteer_Force (949 words)

	Ulster Volunteer Force
		The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a Northern Ireland Loyalist terrorist group.
		The UVF joined the Combined Loyalist Military Command[?] in 1990 and indicated its acceptence of the moves towards peace.
		Like most loyalist groups the UVF does not often acknowledge responsibility for murders they commit, the general cover names the Red Hand Commando or the Red Hand Defenders are often used for atrocities committed by either of the major Loyalist groups.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/uv/UVF.html (628 words)

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		The Loyalist Volunteer Force is an extremist terrorist group formed in 1996 as a splinter of the mainstream loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
		The LVF is believed to be responsible for a number of bombings and sectarian killings, including the killing of Sean Brown in Bellaghy in May, and Seamus Dillon and Eddie Treanor in December 1997.
		Loyalists want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom, and many are willing to support the use of violence to keep the Protestant-majority province, also known as Ulster, under British rule.
	www.angelfire.com /pro/cora/LOYALIST_VOLUNTEER_FORCE.htm (1195 words)

	Loyalist Summary
		The term "loyalist" was first used in Irish politics in the 1790s, to refer to those Protestants who opposed Catholic Emancipation, the extension of the franchise of the Irish Parliament and greater independence for Ireland from Britain.
		Loyalists such as Richard Musgrave were associated with a history of the rebellion which interpreted it as a Catholic plot to drive Protestants out of Ireland.
		Though loyalists claim to speak on behalf of their communities and the unionist community in general, the evidence of electoral contests would tend to suggest that their support is minimal and exclusively urban, working-class based.
	www.bookrags.com /Loyalist (2826 words)

	Irish American Post
		The LVF was formed by Portadown loyalist Billy Wright after the Ulster Volunteer Force leadership stood down his unit in 1996.
		The LVF move, which followed a similar announcement by the IRA on July 28th came after an announcement earlier that the feud between the LVF and the UVF which has flared sporadically for years and claimed four lives since the summer, is "permanently ended".
		Loyalist Commission chairman, the Rev Mervyn Gibson, said: "The primary aim of the initiative was to stop further hurt and injury to any one person." He added: "A process of extensive talks was embarked upon independently with the UVF-Red Hand Commando and the LVF.
	www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2005/11nov/news/news02.html (3247 words)

	friendly printed version:In the Spotlight: The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)
		The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) was probably founded in 1996 following a split between the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) — the second-largest loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland — and one of its mid-Ulster brigade commanders, Billy “King Rat” Wright.
		Born of intra-UVF feuding, the LVF’s origins helped foster an aberrant pattern of violence; that is, as much tension exists between the LVF and other loyalist groups as exists between the LVF and its republican-nationalist enemies.
		However, the confessions of LVF insiders suggest that the killing was intended to be Billy Wright’s “birthday present.” Another murder with no direct political significance was that of 18-year-old Bernadette Martin, a Catholic murdered while in her Protestant boyfriend’s home.
	www.cdi.org /friendlyversion/printversion.cfm?documentID=1687 (1223 words)

	Northern Ireland - development of loyalism
		Loyalist claims of this kind of legitimisation by association are hard to substantiate or take purely at face value.
		In early 1997 a civilian was shot and a loyalist car-bombed by loyalists clinging to the CLMC ceasefire.
		The Ulster Defence Force was one of Tyrie’s projects, and it was through the UDF that he sought to replace the old guard in the leadership with a new guard.
	www.philipjohnston.com /ni/loyalism.htm (5206 words)

	CAIN: Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) Ceasefire Statement, 15 May 1998
		The LVF are now calling an unequivocal ceasefire to create the proper climate in people's minds, so when they do go to vote they will make the proper decision for Ulster and that is to vote no.
		The LVF wish to go on record that they were never part of the sell-out.
		The LVF fought with the beliefs of their dearly beloved friend Brigadier Billy Wright who was murdered by republican scum on 27 December 1997.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /events/peace/docs/lvf15598.htm (375 words)

	The Scotsman - Loyalist terrorists target Scots banks
		THE Loyalist Volunteer Force, a splinter of the Ulster Volunteer Force, was formed in 1996, but it was not until the following year, in February 1997, that it emerged publicly.
		The LVF was responsible for vicious attacks, murdering Catholic civilians with no political or terrorist affiliation, including the killing of an 18-year-old girl in 1997 because her boyfriend was a Protestant.
		The LVF is understood to have a membership of 150 activists.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1243402002 (1033 words)

	Loyalist Volunteer Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The LVF was believed to have formed in 1996 from disaffected 'maverick' members of the mid-Ulster brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
		The LVF was believed to have been responsible for the killing of Michael McGoldrick (31), a Catholic man, who was shot dead outside Lurgan on 8 July 1996.
		The LVF was responsible for a number of killings in January 1998 in response to this
	www.houstonpk.freeserve.co.uk /lvfpg.htm (175 words)

	Irish Council of Churches Briefing Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		However, loyalists from the UFF were implicated in a number of murders in January 1997 and the UDP withdrew from the talks before they were expelled.
		The Loyalist Volunteer Force was formed in 1996 from dissident loyalists in the Portadown area.
		A loyalist feud between the UVF and UDA began in August 2000 on the Shankill and lead to more than 250 families fleeing and 7 people being killed (13 people were killed in 2000 in inter-loyalist feuding).
	www.irishchurches.org /Briefing_Paper/Loyalists/body_loyalists.html (500 words)

	Guardian \| Vengeance threat by loyalist chief
		The veteran terrorist, who recently defected to the hardline LVF from the Ulster Volunteer Force, in whose name he carried out more than 10 murders, said there were 300 LVF members throughout Northern Ireland, of whom 150-200 were active and experienced paramilitaries.
		The LVF does not see itself as part of what it castigates as double standards because it has no political wing and has never supported the peace accord, which it views as a one way street of concessions to nationalists.
		The LVF member said these candidates would not be aligned to any paramilitary group, but would be the sort of people grassroots loyalists could support and would go to Stormont as hardline opposition to the agreement.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4413604-103588,00.html (866 words)

	BBC NEWS \| N Ireland \| Leading loyalist shot in face
		A senior member of the loyalist paramilitary UDA is recovering after being shot in the face in east Belfast.
		Loyalist sources have blamed another loyalist paramilitary group, the Loyalist Volunteer Force, for the attempted murder.
		Stephen Warnock, 35, a member of the Loyalist Volunteer Force, was shot dead in Newtownards in County Down as he sat in his BMW car.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/2262658.stm (512 words)

	Loyalist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A loyalist in modern Northern Ireland is a particular type of unionist who feels strongly about the political union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
		A number of loyalist paramilitary groups exist; these include the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
		Most of the loyalist paramilitary groups are supported by loyalists in Scotland, which include the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), etc. Although it nominally repudiates these organisations the Orange Order in Scotland has members and flute bands who support and are members of these organisations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loyalist (1020 words)

	CNN - Relative of Sinn Fein leader killed in Belfast - Jan. 11, 1998
		The hard-line Loyalist Volunteer Force, a pro-British guerrilla group, claimed responsibility Sunday for killing Terry Enwright, a 28-year-old Catholic who is married to Adams' niece, Deirdre Enwright.
		In a statement released to news media, the LVF said the shooting was in direct response for the recent Maze prison murder of its leader, Billy Wright.
		The Loyalist Volunteer Force has been in an uproar since gunmen from a splintered faction of the IRA killed the suspected Loyalist leader last month.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9801/11/nIreland/index.html (629 words)

	ERRI ISSUES TERRORISM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN IRELAND AND IRELAND; 01/98
		The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) has claimed responsibility for the New Year's Eve murder of a 31-year-old man at a pub and is warning that it plans to commit more killings in the near future.
		Counterterrorism experts say that the LVF has attracted a large number of disenchanted members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), which expelled and threatened to kill Billy Wright, the LVF leader who was shot and killed by a member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in the Maze prison just after Christmas.
		The LVF spokesman said the terrorist group also planned to escalate random attacks on the nationalist community in Northern Ireland because it believed this would put pressure on the IRA and other republican groups to stop attacking loyalists.
	www.emergency.com /irlnd98b.htm (1018 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Who are the loyalist paramilitaries?
		Formed in 1971, the UDA was an umbrella organisation for loyalist "defence" groups and had tens of thousands of members at its peak.
		The name was revived in 1966 as loyalists came together to oppose liberal unionism and its rapprochement with the Catholic population of Northern Ireland and the emerging civil rights movement.
		Loyalist Volunteer Force is a splinter group which was led by Billy Wright, until he was murdered by republicans in the Maze prison at Christmas 1997.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/893094.stm (653 words)

	Paramilitary Organizations in Northern Ireland
		It is associated with the Ulster Volunteer Force and forms part of the Combined Loyalist Military Command, which declared a ceasefire in 1994
		A renegade loyalist group opposed to the Good Friday Agreement, it began to operate in 1998 and is believed to be made up of dissident members of other paramilitary organisations, including the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
		It was set up to "protect the Loyalist community from attempts to persecute them by armed attack and political subversion," and is the ally of the Ulster Democratic Party.
	falcon.arts.cornell.edu /dg78/100.3/documents/ira3.htm (856 words)

	British Terrorists
		The loyalist ceasefire is no longer in tact and hasn't been for a long, long time.
		The loyalists couldn't find, or fight, their way out of their own neighborhoods without the assistance, passive or active, of the security forces who have run the place for thirty years using every dirty tactic in their manuals.
		Loyalist mobs, three to six hundred strong, have been attempting to break through into a nationalist neighborhood.
	www.noraid.com /Terrorists.htm (1731 words)

	MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
		Founding Philosophy: The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a loyalist paramilitary organization dedicated to maintaining Northern Ireland’s ties with the United Kingdom.
		Loyalist organizations in Northern Ireland oppose the unification of the six counties of Northern Ireland with the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland.
		In October 1994, as part of the Combined Loyalist Military Command, the UVF declared a ceasefire in response to the IRA’s ceasefire., However, numerous members were opposed to the ceasefire and participation in the peace process, which led to their separation from the UVF to form splinter groups such as the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF).
	www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=124 (767 words)

	CNN In-Depth Specials - Northern Ireland's Path to Peace - Paramilitary Groups
		Fights any accord which is not based on a united Ireland and security forces hold the group responsible for a series of bombings.
		It was responsible for the recent murder of a loyalist leader, Billy Wright, in the Maze Prison, which in turn sparked a wave of sectarian killings.
		The UDA was formed in the early 1970s as an umbrella organization for loyalist groups.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/1998/nireland/troubles (340 words)

	Loyalist Volunteer Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		An extreme loyalist group formed in 1996 as a faction of the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) but did not emerge publicly until 1997.
		LVF occasionally uses the Red Hand Defenders as a cover name for its actions but in February called for the group’s disbandment.
		LVF attacks have been particularly vicious: the group has murdered numerous Catholic civilians with no political or paramilitary affiliations, including an 18-year-old Catholic girl in July 1997 because she had a Protestant boyfriend.
	www.meta-religion.com /Extremism/Islamic_extremism/loyalist_volunteer_force.htm (257 words)

	Series of EmergencyNet News Daily Reports on the Conflict in N. Ireland -- 01/20 to 01/25/98
		He was the second man to be fatally shot in Belfast inside 12 hours and although no organization claimed responsibility, police blamed loyalists and said they believed the driver was killed in retaliation for the republican INLA murder of a 38-year-old man who was gunned down at his carpet shop at Dunmurry.
		Security sources also say that a top loyalist paramilitary heavily involved in directing terrorism in North Antrim has switched his allegiance to the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), the splinter organization believed to be behind some of the murders.
		The Loyalist Volunteer Force claimed responsibility for the Lurgan shooting in which they said they attempted to murder a Catholic.
	www.emergency.com /nire0198.htm (1071 words)

	MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
		Founding Philosophy: The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) is a loyalist terrorist organization fighting to protect Protestants from armed republican groups, such as the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), and resist efforts to unite Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland.
		In February 1997, the LVF publicly emerged as a splinter group of the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) due to internal disputes.
		The LVF has also been known to attack fellow loyalists, especially members of its founding group with whom the LVF has been involved in a feud since its 1997 formation.
	www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=68 (691 words)

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