The RPG-7 has been used during The Troubles by both the Provisional Irish Republican Army, the Ulster Volunteer Force, and other Republican and Loyalist paramilitaries.

The Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) leader Billy Wright was shot dead in December 1997 by two Irish National Liberation Army ( INLA ) prisoners.

Billy Wright was the founder and leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ).

* Loyalist Volunteer Force

The Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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He was expelled from the UVF and threatened with execution if he did not leave Northern Ireland, but he ignored the threats and defiantly formed the breakaway Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ).

More militant members of the UVF, led by Billy Wright who disagreed with the ceasefire, broke away to form the Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ).

Following the killing of Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) leader Billy Wright inside the Maze prison by the INLA the previous December, the UDA and UFF prisoners had voted two to one to withdraw from the peace process.

* Loyalist paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland such as the Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) and Ulster Defence Association used car bombs against civilians in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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* Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF )

On 13 November 2005 the UDA announced that it would " consider its future ", in the wake of the standing down of the Provisional IRA and Loyalist Volunteer Force.

The feuds have frequently involved problems between and amongst the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) and the Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) as well as, laterally, the Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ).

* Timeline of Loyalist Volunteer Force actions

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In recent times, the term is often used to refer to militants including several loyalist paramilitary groups, such as the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ), Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) and Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ).

On August 1 members of the Kenyan Air Force launched an attempted coup, which was quickly suppressed by Loyalist forces led by the Army, the General Service Unit ( GSU ) — paramilitary wing of the police — and later the regular police, but not without civilian casualties.

It was perceived that any open co-operation between the UDA and the LVF would anger the UVF, something which proved to be the case in following years and resulted in the infamous ' Loyalist Feud '.

Some loyalists in Scotland support paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) and Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ).

Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) members were blamed, although the group denied responsibility.

* 13 Sep 2002: The RHC shot dead a member of the Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) as he sat in a car in Newtownards, County Down.

Its members were drawn mostly from the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) and Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ).

It has been alleged that the name " Red Hand Defenders " is merely a covername for members of the Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) and Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) so the organizations can claim on the surface to have honored their ceasefire agreements.

The Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) decommissioned small arms and ammunition in December 1998.

He went on to assume command of the UVF Mid-Ulster Brigade when its leader Robin " the Jackal " Jackson " retired " in the early 1990s ; Wright later founded the breakaway Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ) in 1996.

Most of these Irish were Catholic, who changed the complexion of the Loyalist city.

Lord Rawdon was in command of the left wing, facing the Continental Infantry with the Irish Volunteers, Banastre Tarleton's infantry and the Loyalist troops.

From November 1988 to September 1994, the voices of Irish republicans and Loyalist paramilitaries were barred by the British government from British television and radio.

The declaration, after a meeting between Gerry Adams and American congressman Bruce Morrison, which was followed by a joint statement issued by Adams and John Hume, was considered sufficient by the Provisional Irish Republican Army to announce a ceasefire on 31 August 1994 which was then followed on 13 October by an announcement of a ceasefire from the Combined Loyalist Military Command.

* Saturday 27 December 1997: Inside the Maze Prison, members of the Irish National Liberation Army shot and killed Billy Wright, the Loyalist Volunteer Force leader.

The New Lodge, on the edge of the city centre, with a history of active Irish republicanism and surrounded by Loyalist areas saw much violence during The Troubles.

* Brian Nelson, Northern Irish Loyalist paramilitary and informant.

* December 27-The Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright is shot dead in the Maze prison by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.

Since it marked the end of the Irish Catholic Jacobite resistance, Aughrim was the focus of Loyalist ( particularly Orange Order ) celebrations in Ireland on 12 July up until the early 19th century.

* Avenger SMG, an Irish submachine gun used by Loyalist Paramilitaries.

The IUA helped form the Southern Irish Loyalist Relief Association to assist war refugees and claim compensation for damage to property.

* Mark Haddock, Northern Irish Loyalist paramilitary leader and British Special Branch informer

Ironically, Dunne represents Ireland ’ s Catholic Loyalist Population as well as the entire postcolonial Irish nation who attempted to erase him from its collective memory.

This group described the Ulster Loyalist movement as fascist, and it called for stronger support for paramilitary Irish republicanism, and published the journal Heads Up.

Loyalist paramilitary and vigilante groups were active during The Troubles and, to a lesser extent, the Irish War of Independence ( 1919 – 22 ).