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	Ulster - Uncyclopedia
		Located in the North of the island of Ireland Ulster is seperated from the rest of the Irish isle until the remaining 26 counties rejoin the United Kingdom which is expected to occur in the near future.
		Ulster is defended by an array of armed forces consisting of the glorious British Army and attached units such as the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Defence Association.
		Ulster's most popular football clubs are located in the capital of Ulster: Belfast, Linfield and Glentoran engage in a friendly rivalry here as their fans cheer for their favourite club.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Ulster (744 words)

	Ulster Defence Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is an Ulster loyalismloyalist]] paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland, outlawed as a terrorist group in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is perceived by its supporters as defending the loyalist community from Irish republican terrorism.
		According to the Sutton database of deaths at the University of Ulster's CAIN project, the UDA was responsible for 112 killings during the Troubles.
		The UDA is heavily involved in racketeering and in the drugs trade in Northern Ireland, and to a lesser extent in western Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ulster_Defence_Association (1372 words)

	CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'U'
		The UDA attracted many thousands of members (at its peak the estimated membership was 40,000) and very quickly became a formidable force particularly in Belfast.
		The Ulster Unionist Party was also known as the Official Unionist Party during the 1970s because of the fact that it represented the remnants of the Unionist Party which governed Northern Ireland at Stormont between 1921 and 1972.
		The UUUC supported the Ulster Workers Council (UWC) strike of May 1974 and this political backing, to a stoppage that was mainly being conducted by Loyalist paramilitary groups, helped secure the eventual success of the strike.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/organ/uorgan.htm (7209 words)

	Northern Ireland - development of loyalism
		The executive of the Ulster Unionist Council - the body coordinating the campaign against Home Rule - decided in its January 1913 meeting that the diverse groups of loyalists who had been drilling secretly should be united into a single body known as the Ulster Volunteer Force, to be limited to 100 000 men.
		Ulster Defence Association first appears in the early 1970s as a coordinating body for the diverse Protestant vigilante groups.
		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)

	Ulster Defence Association - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a unionist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland, outlawed as a terrorist group in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is perceived by its supporters as defending the unionist community from Irish nationalism.
		The UDA was formed in 1971 as an umbrella organisation for various loyalist vigilante groups.
		Most nationalists are sceptical, however, as the UDA has a history of making statements it cannot or will not back up.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/UDA (514 words)

	The Ulster Defence Association
		The UDA was, and remains, the largest Loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.
		The UDA had a policy of excluding Members of Parliament (MPs) and clergymen from its membership and sought to retain its working-class credentials.
		It was the UDA, through the use of road blocks, which brought large sections of Northern Ireland to a stand-still.
	www.houstonpk.freeserve.co.uk /udapg.htm (783 words)

	UDA
		The UDA attracted many thousands of members (at its peak the estimated membership was 50,000) and very quickly became a formidable force particularly in Belfast.
		In January 1987 the UDA published the document "common sense" plans for a future political settlement.The UDA opposed the Anglo-Irish Agreement but was not in favour of a national strike over the issue.
		From the 1970s until the early 1990s the UDA was able to use the Ulster Freedom Fighters as a covert terrorist organization.
	www.proddygirl.co.uk /uda.htm (526 words)

	ORANGE WINGS - FERIANS TIEGO
		The rationale of the Ulster Defence Union, was to maintain the Union with Britain and to ensure continuing governance under the Goverment of the United Kingdom.
		This unity was achieved under the auspices of the 'Ulster Defence Association' which would have an inner Council of a specified number of brigadiers to oversee the running of the organisation.
		The first test of the UDA's ability to use its manpower, disipline and organisational ability came on 3rd july 1972.This was the result of an incident which involved confrontation between the UDA and British troops as they squared up to each other in a dispute over the erection of barricades.
	www.freewebs.com /orangewings/theuda.htm (947 words)

	Northern Ireland: Political Flags
		The UDA born in 1971 as an umbrella body of the vigilante groups which had sprung up in loyalist areas across Belfast against IRA attacks (the largest was the Woodwale Defence Association -WDA-).
		The Ulster Defence Association has pale blue flags with the UDA shield: The red hand of Ulster on a white background, surmounted by a crown and underneath the words 'Quis Separabit' or 'who will make us separate'.
		This Ulster national flag is the St Patrick's saltire overlaid on the blue field of the St Andrew's saltire.
	www.fotw.net /flags/gb}ni.html (1535 words)

	Review of UDA Ceasefire, Six Months on - Scotch-Irish / Ulster-Scots Forums
		The UDA confirmed that it was currently going through internal restructuring and it intended the UPRG to become its public face instead of its brigadiers.
		The Ulster Defence Association said today its members were becoming disillusioned by the response of the government and others to its recent ceasefire.
		The UDA ceasefire was announced in February after the ending of a bloody internal feud in the organisation.
	www.scotchirish.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=397 (1540 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Loyalist groups to swap guns for votes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ulster Defence Association, which has been riven by murderous in-fighting and criminal activity in recent months, said it was stepping back from the brink and attempting to re-engage in politics.
		In a statement, the UDA said it was giving its political wing, the Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG), a year to steer the organisation down a diplomatic path.
		The UDA described the ceasefire as the John Gregg Initiative, in memory of the South Antrim UDA brigadier gunned down during a Loyalist feud in Belfast earlier this month.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=229252003 (809 words)

	Ireland's OWN: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The UDA and the UVF are in favour of the peace agreement.
		One way the UDA or the UVF might try to assert their dominance is by taking the lead in carrying out a war against Catholics.
		The ability of the UDA to present itself as an effective champion of Protestants has been enhanced by assistance from the RUC police force and elements of the British army.
	irelandsown.net /EamonnMcCann.htm (1357 words)

	Ulster Defence Association (UDA) / Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ulster Defense Association (UDA), the largest loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, was formed in 1971 as an umbrella organization for loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
		In January 2002, however, the UDA created the Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG) to serve in a similar capacity.
		Even though numerous attacks on Catholics were blamed on the group, the UDA/ UFF did not claim credit for any attacks, and in August 2003 reiterated its intention to remain militarily inactive.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/para/uda.htm (316 words)

	Ulster Defence Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a loyalist paramilitary organisation.
		The Ulster Democratic Party is the political wing of the outlawed Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
		The UDP is one of two fringe loyalist party to take part in the 1997 peace talks and holds a similar position to that of the PUP.
	webhome.idirect.com /~mullen/TG_UDA.htm (105 words)

	An Ulster Voice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He explains his father’s prominent role in the Ulster Defence Association and his own political awakening in 1985 when the British and Irish governments signed the notorious Hillsborough Pact.
		He describes his early role in the Ulster Clubs movement, the UDA’s Commonsense document and the emergence of the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party, which later became the UDP.
		The most moving parts of this section are his accounts of his reaction to his father’s death and that of his close friend and colleague Ray Smallwoods.
	www.ulsternation.org.uk /an_ulster_voice.htm (235 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| UDA 'not on ceasefire'
		She blamed the organisation for recent hoax bombs across Belfast and attacks on prison officers' homes at a meeting with the Ulster Political Research Group, which speaks on behalf of the UDA.
		Police said the UDA was behind a series of security alerts which brought parts of Belfast to a standstill last week.
		The UPRG said members of the paramilitary organisation were disillusioned by the government's response to its six-month-old initiative aimed at reducing trouble in loyalist areas.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/3420391.stm (565 words)

	CNN.com - NI loyalist groups call ceasefire - Feb. 22, 2003
		The Ulster Freedom Fighters and Ulster Defence Association have announced an end to paramilitary activity for the next 12 months.
		The statement, reported on the Press Association, said: "As from February 21 2003 all units of the Ulster Freedom Fighters, the Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Young Militants in mainland Britain and in Northern Ireland have begun to observe a 12-month period of military inactivity.
		The UDA has for decades been accused of racketeering and involvement in the drugs trade as well as orchestrating sectarian violence against Catholics.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/02/22/nireland.paramilitaries/index.html (431 words)

	math lessons - Ulster Defence Association
		The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a Northern Irish Loyalist paramilitary organisation outlawed as a terrorist group in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is perceived by its supporters as 'defending' the 'unionist community' from Irish nationalism.
		The group has been involved in guerrilla warfare against Republican paramilitaries, including assassinations, as well as attacks on and murders of Republican and Catholic civilians.
		Some republicans, however, were sceptical, claiming that the UDA had a history of 'telling lies' and that its word could not be trusted.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/UDA (360 words)

	:: Ulster Defence Association :: :: Quis Separabit (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The UDA was launched in 1971 to join the various loyalist vigilante groups together along military linelines.The UDA is the largest Protestant paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland.
		The UDA played a central role in street protests against direct rule in March 1972 and created its own no-go areas as a protest against the erection of Provisional IRA no-go areas in the Bogside and Creggan areas of Derry.
		When the Chief Constable blamed the UDA for these killings and another killing on New Year's Eve, the UDA admitted breaking its cease-fire and the Ulster Democratic Party, which represents their views, was suspended from the Lancaster House talks for several weeks.
	www.freewebs.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ulsterdefenceassociation (925 words)

	Slugger O'Toole: Six held over Gray's killing...
		The Ulster Defence Association, it's youth wing the Ulster Young Militants and it's military wing, the Ulster Freedom Fighters are committed to maintaining their ceasefire.
		Posted by: peteb at October 5, 2005 12:56 PM "The Ulster Defence Association, it's youth wing the Ulster Young Militants and it's military wing, the Ulster Freedom Fighters are committed to maintaining their ceasefire."
		The UDA had been investigating Jim Gray and his activities for some time before he was expelled from the Association.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/10/six_held_over_g.php (2716 words)

	uff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) emerged from the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and has largely taken over the role of the UDA and its subsidiary groups.
		The Ulster Freedom Fighters have not emerged out of a long military tradition but rather were formed out of immediate need and popular support.
		In the early 1970's Protestants were under continual attack and were threatened by the emerging terrorist groups organised by Irish Nationalists.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /ulsteronline/uff.htm (347 words)

	BBC Politics 97
		Ulster Democratic Party have agreed to the face-to-face discussions.
		The UDP is the political wing of the Ulster Defence Association which is the largest of the Protestant paramilitary organisations.
		David Trimble's Ulster Unionist Party, the largest of all the Protestant parties, has not ruled out completely the prospect of joining the talks.
	www.bbc.co.uk /politics97/news/08/0816/ulster.shtml (317 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Troops back on Belfast streets
		The men, who have been named as Jackie Coulter, a prominent member of the Ulster Defence Association, and Robbie Mahood, were killed in a shooting in north Belfast on Monday.
		The attack is believed to be linked to a feud between the rival Ulster Freedom Fighters/Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Volunteer Force.
		The Ulster Volunteer Force is a loyalist paramilitary group which became prominent in the late 1960s at the beginning of the present Troubles.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/890197.stm (689 words)

	Ulster Project International
		The 'Tunnel', that is, the Catholic Obins Street area of Portadown, became a subject of controversy.
		The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) killed six Catholic men in a gun attack on a bar in Loughlinisland, County Down.
		Association (UDA) and Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) prisoners in an attempt to change their decision to end their
	www.ulsterproject.org /timeline.htm (3854 words)

	Organizations in Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The CLMC was a umbrella organisation for 2 Loyalist terrorist groups - the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Defence Association - to provide a common loyalist front and to pool resources.
		Following the split in the UDP in January 2001, the UDA said that it remained committed to the Agreement and would continue to be advised by the UDP leadership.
		The UDR was the name of one of the organisations that became part of the new Royal Irish Regiment whenl the army in Northern Ireland was restructured in 1992.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/sligo/93/today/organisations.html (6073 words)

	Ulster Defence Association (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		t was the UDA, through the use of roadblocks, which brought large sections of Northern Ireland to a standstill.
		In 1977 the UDA supported the United Unionist Action Council (UUAC) strike, but it did not support Ian Paisley's 'Day of Action' or his 'Third Force' in 1981.
		Its current strength is probably several thousand with a few hundred being 'active' in the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) a cover name used by the UDA.
	www.scottishloyalists.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /paramilitaries/uda.htm (776 words)

	Glossary
		:The largest Loyalist paramilitary organisation,the UDA was established in Belfast in 1971 and proscribed in 1992.
		:A cover name first used by members of the UDA in 1973.
		:The UDA's equivalent of the YCV.The name was used to claim some UDA killings in the mid-1970's.
	loyalulster.150m.com /Glossary.html (383 words)

	Loyalists Northern Ireland/ Ulster Defence Regiment/ Loyalist Volunteer Force Northern Ireland/ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Refers to the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
		Discusses the Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Volunteer Force.
		Discusses the role of the Sinn Fein and the IRA in Irish politics, the role of the Ulster Unionist Party in the peace process, the situation as of February 2000.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/tergps/tgloy.htm (1184 words)

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