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Ulster Defense Association  

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  • The Ulster Defense Association (UDA) was the largest of Northern Ireland's Loyalist paramilitary organizations. It engaged in sectarian assassinations and bombings in Northern Ireland beginning in 1972, and it was an important factor in politics and peace negotiations during the conflict in Northern Ireland until the group officially disbanded in 2007. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Ulster Defense Association]

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