UDA

One MoD official in November 1972 defended the imbalance by remarking that "an important function of the UDA is to channel into a constructive and disciplined direction Protestant energies which might otherwise become disruptive".

MoD took softer line on loyalist paramilitaries, secret files reveal Owen Bowcott 2010

The UDA is the last Loyalist paramilitary group to disarm after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which largely ended three decades of violence between pro-British Protestants and Catholic opponents of British rule.

iac world news feed 2010

The UDA is a larger, indisciplined group with a less centralised structure and more divisions on whether it should decommission at all.

Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

My complete contempt for terrorist groups like the UDA is a matter of public record.

A Tangled Web 2008

Membership of the main loyalist group, the UDA, was not at that stage illegal.

MoD took softer line on loyalist paramilitaries, secret files reveal Owen Bowcott 2010

Contact should be maintained at company commander level with the UDA.

MoD took softer line on loyalist paramilitaries, secret files reveal Owen Bowcott 2010

I also sat down with several high-ranking paramilitary leaders from the IRA, UDA, and UVF and tried my best to grasp what the future of Belfast might look like.

Michael Evans: Arrest in Belfast: Will Violence Ever Cease? Michael Evans 2011

In 1972, around 120 people were killed by loyalist paramilitaries from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).

MoD took softer line on loyalist paramilitaries, secret files reveal Owen Bowcott 2010

The UDA informers included British Army agent Brian Nelson who provided the intelligence to set up the Finucane murder.

Pat Finucane's family's anger over inquiry decision 2011

Billy Stobie, the UDA so-called quartermaster who provided the weapons used to shoot the lawyer was later revealed as an RUC Special Branch agent.

Pat Finucane's family's anger over inquiry decision 2011