Red Hand Defenders
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Red Hand Defenders
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The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1998 by loyalists who opposed the Belfast Agreement and the loyalist ceasefires. Its members were drawn mostly from the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF). The name had first been used by Red Hand Commandos dissident Frankie Curry in 1996 and he was the leading figure in what was a somewhat unstructured organization until he was killed in 1999. It is named
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hand_Defenders
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2003-12-05T13:14:56Z
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2024-09-11T09:13:10Z
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