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INLA

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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Irish National Liberation Army; a Republican paramilitary organization in Ireland

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INLA - a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland

Catholic Reaction Force, Irish National Liberation Army, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army

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

Eire, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland - a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921

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Drug barons would hire INLA gunmen to carry out hits on their rivals.

'TENSION' WITH DRUG DEALERS; CHIEF 'TERRIFIED' AT BEING KILLED IN BED

The sooner the INLA closes down its discredited organisation the better.

Voice of the People: INLA scum are sick monsters

Yesterday, three INLA men lined up in a street near the home of Gallagher - responsible for murdering a dozen people.

Salute to terror leader

McGlinchey, from Bellaghy, Co Derry, had been in the IRA before he joined the INLA.

Boys' parents both slain by paramilitary gunmen

The walls are strewn with INLA slogans and republican propaganda.

SUNDAY MIRROR INVESTIGATES: WE FIND EVIL INLA CHIEF; EXCLUSIVE Cops clueless as terrorist serves ale in Spanish bar

The INLA's Belfast leadership asked the priest to deliver a message.

THE INLA CONTACT

INLA men Christopher "Crip" McWilliams and John Kennaway had been transferred into the same H-Block as Wright the previous May, just weeks after Wright was moved from Maghaberry Prison, Co Antrim, to serve out an eight-year sentence.

LICENCE TO KILL; BILLY WRIGHT INQUIRY MAZE SCANDAL REVEALED

But while "Basher" Flynn's name appears on police and prison service "wanted" lists, the man, once named in court as the head of the INLA, sticks up two fingers to justice as he relaxes in the sunshine.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: TWO FINGERS TO JUSTICE; We find Harry Flynn, INLA fugitive from the Maze... living the good life in a Majorca pub

The Washington State woman has been to republican gatherings in Northern Ireland and says she is in full support of the current ceasefire by the INLA terror group.

Meet the transexual, lesbian, pagan poet who is telling the world that INLA terrorists are the good guys

His pounds 30million report outlined a series of blunders before the murder including: PUTTING Wright in H-Block 6 alongside the INLA prisoners,

A WRIGHT SHAMBLES; Prison security botches let gang murder LVF chief

LVF leader Wright was shot just after Christmas, 1997 by three INLA killers as he sat in a prison van waiting to be taken to the visitors area.

'WRIGHT WARNING IGNORED' EXCLUSIVE

Police on both sides of the border were put on full alert after a massive weapons haul in the Galliagh estate in the city - a long-time INLA stronghold.