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| | Royal Ulster Constabulary Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC (RUC) was name of the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. |
 | | However, according to the CAIN project at the University of Ulster [1], 301 active RUC officers were killed and 18 "ex-RUC officers", which would total 319 fatalities. |
 | | All military-style duties were handed over to the new Ulster Defence Regiment, which replaced the B Specials, and which in turn would be replaced, amidst allegations that it too was sectarian, by the Royal Irish Regiment. |
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