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the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF)—whose role was to carry out attacks on republican and nationalist targets. However, many regard the UFF as merely a covername used when the UDA wished to claim responsibility for attacks. [105] the Ulster Defence Force (UDF)—whose role was to give "specialist military training" to a select group of UDA members.
It used the name Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) when it wished to claim responsibility for its attacks and avoid political embarrassment, as the UDA was a legal organisation for much of its history. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The UFF usually claimed that those targeted were Provisional Irish Republican Army members or IRA sympathizers. [ 4 ]
The Greysteel massacre [1] [2] was a mass shooting that took place on the evening of 30 October 1993 in Greysteel, County Derry, Northern Ireland.Members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on civilians in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight and wounding nineteen.
March: A feud began between the UVF and Ulster Defence Association (UDA)/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), the other main loyalist group. 8 March: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Clifton Drive, Belfast. [88] 9 March: Loyalists firebombed a fleet of fishing trawlers at Greencastle, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Fourteen ...
The Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) are rival groups [23] that are responsible for the majority of loyalist murders during the Troubles, while smaller loyalist groups include the Red Hand Commando, [20] and Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF). [24]
Kieron Brockhouse is accused of flying Ulster Freedom Fighters and Ulster Defence Association flags at addresses in the West Midlands. Man ‘encouraged support’ for banned loyalist groups by ...
The victims, Roman Catholic Senator Paddy Wilson and his Protestant friend Irene Andrews, were hacked and repeatedly stabbed to death by members of the "Ulster Freedom Fighters" (UFF). This was a cover name for the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a then-legal Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation.
The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) claimed they carried out the killings. The UDA would use the name Ulster Freedom Fighters during The troubles when they wanted to claim killings. [31] 10 January 1973 - A Loyalist bomb exploded at a builders providers in Stranorlar, a town in the Finn Valley of East Donegal. Nobody was injured.