The Ulster Independence Party was an Ulster nationalist political party .
4-566: The group was founded in October 1977 by the supporters of a document issued the previous year, Towards an Independent Ulster . The group initially claimed the support of the paramilitary Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee , but soon faded from view. One of the party's leading members was John McKeague , who in 1979 became a founder and deputy leader of the Ulster Independence Association . McKeague
8-729: A paramilitary is, by definition, not a military , it is usually equivalent to a light infantry or special forces in terms of strength, firepower, and organizational structure. Paramilitaries use combat-capable kit/equipment (such as internal security / SWAT vehicles ), or even actual military equipment (such as long guns and armored personnel carriers ; usually military surplus resources), skills (such as battlefield medicine and bomb disposal ), and tactics (such as urban warfare and close-quarters combat ) that are compatible with their purpose, often combining them with skills from other relevant fields such as law enforcement , coast guard , or search and rescue . A paramilitary may fall under
12-441: The command of a military , train alongside them, or have permission to use their resources, despite not actually being part of them. Under the law of war , a state may incorporate a paramilitary organization or armed agency (such as a law enforcement agency or a private volunteer militia ) into its combatant armed forces. Some countries' constitutions prohibit paramilitary organizations outside government use . Depending on
16-499: Was killed by the INLA in 1982, by which point the group appears to have been moribund. This article about a political party from Northern Ireland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paramilitary A paramilitary is a military that is not a part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the use of the term "paramilitary" as far back as 1934. Though
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