LOYALIST PARAMILITARIES "PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS THE PROTECTORS OF THE PROTESTANT COMMUNITY BUT IN PRACTICE WERE OFTEN LITTLE MORE THAN A COLLECTION OF GANGSTERS, A DESCRIPTION WHICH COULD ALSO APPLY TO A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN TERRORISTS"; "PIRA DEVELOPED INTO WHAT WILL PROBABLY BE SEEN AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS IN HISTORY. PROFESSIONAL, DEDICATED, HIGHLY SKILLED AND RESILIENT, IT CONDUCTED A SUSTAINED AND LETHAL CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN IRELAND, MAINLAND UNITED KINGDOM AND ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE,"
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