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US bans Ulster paramilitaries
Owen Bowcott
Wednesday January 2, 2002
The Guardian
The US has named five paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland as
illegal organisations - the Continuity IRA, Loyalist Volunteer Force,
Orange Volunteers, Red Hand Defenders. and the Ulster Defence
Association.
The five had been put on a European Union list of suspected
terrorists published after Christmas. Inclusion in the US treasury
department list empowers US agencies to seize assets, investigate
activities and prevent fundraising.
Continuity IRA is the paramilitary wing of Republican Sinn Fein,
established in the 1980s following a split with the Provisionals; it
has been less active than the other dissident group, the Real IRA.
Continuity IRA has, however, carried out attacks in Northern Ireland. In December,
Irish gardai raided a meeting of Republican Sinn Fein in Limerick, and later eight men
were charged with membership of an illegal organisa
tion.
There is evidence that both groups have continued to raise funds in the US since
September 11. The Real IRA was designated a banned organisation by the US treasury two
months ago.
The other four groups are loyalists opposed to the peace process. The largest is the
Ulster Defence Association, whose gunmen operate as the Ulster Freedom Fighters. Last
October the Northern Ireland secretary, John Reid,
declared the UDA's ceasefire over after attacks on Catholic homes.
The Red Hand Defenders is a cover name used by the UDA for killings.
The Loyalist Volunteer Force, the only loyalist paramilitary group to
hand in weapons after the Good Friday agreement, has also returned to
violence.
The Orange Volunteers is relatively new. It has threatened to bomb
Dublin in retaliation for Real IRA attacks on the mainland.
Guardian Unlimited � Guardian Newspapers Limited 2002
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