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The Catholic Reaction Force (CRF) was a name used by paramilitaries to issue death threats against Protestants in Northern Ireland during "The Troubles". The name was first used to claim responsibility for a shooting on 20 November 1983. In that attack, gunmen killed three civilians and wounded seven when they opened fire inside a Pentecostal Church in Darkley, County Armagh.
The media believed that the name was used by some members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The name was used either because these groups did not want to admit responsibility, or because the actions of "CRF" were not ordered by their leadership.
Some, such as Gerry Kelly of Sinn Féin, believes the name was invented and used loyalists to raise sectarian tension.
The CRF declared a ceasefire on 28 October 1994.
See also
References
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/events/northern_ireland/history/newsid_68000/68779.stm
- CAIN - Chronology of the Conflict - November 1983
- http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2002/01/09/story35900.asp
- http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2002/08/05/story62792.asp
- http://www.uhb.fr/langues/cei/chron94.htm
External links
Sources
- Henry MacDonald, INLA - Deadly Divisions
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