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Loyalist Volunteer Force

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Noun1.Loyalist Volunteer Force - a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Northern Ireland - a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland

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On the Protestant side, there is the Loyalist Volunteer Force whose leader, Billy Wright, was murdered in the Maze Prison earlier this year.
 
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