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The '''Ulster Volunteer Force''' (UVF) is a Loyalist paramilitary group that was formed in 1966. The group adopted the name of the previous [[Ulster Volunteer Force (1912)|UVF]] which was formed in 1912 to oppose, by armed force, the arrangements for [[Home Rule]] in Ireland. The aim of the present UVF is to ensure that [[Northern Ireland]]'s constitutional position within the [[United Kingdom]] is secure.

The '''Ulster Volunteer Force''' (UVF) is a terrorist group. They call themselves "Loyalist", but it is unclear what they are loyal to. It has been called a "[[paramilitary]]" group.

It adopted the name of the previous [[Ulster Volunteer Force (1912)|UVF]] which was formed in 1912 to oppose, by armed force, the arrangements for [[Home Rule]] in Ireland. The aim of the present UVF is to ensure that [[Northern Ireland]]'s constitutional position within the [[United Kingdom]] is secure.

The UVF was opposed to the reform that were being considered in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As Loyalist paramilitary groups often did not claim responsibility for the killings they committed and on many occasions used pseudonyms, it is difficult to give an accurate count of the number of people killed by each organisation. However, the UVF has been responsible, over a period of almost 30 years, for scores of assassinations in Northern Ireland, mostly of innocent Catholics. The UVF is also believed to have been responsible for the greatest loss of life in a single day when it planted bombs in Dublin and Monaghan on 17 May 1974 killing 33 innocent people.

The UVF was opposed to the reform that were being considered in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As Loyalist paramilitary groups often did not claim responsibility for the killings they committed and on many occasions used pseudonyms, it is difficult to give an accurate count of the number of people killed by each organisation. However, the UVF has been responsible, over a period of almost 30 years, for scores of assassinations in Northern Ireland, mostly of innocent Catholics. The UVF is also believed to have been responsible for the greatest loss of life in a single day when it planted bombs in Dublin and Monaghan on 17 May 1974 killing 33 innocent people.