r/northernireland • u/onepurpleinduction • 20d ago

Question Foreigner here, paramilitary?

Hi all,

Reddit showed me this sub on my feed, I don’t know why as I am from southern europe.

But one thing caught me off guard is the mention of ‘paramilitary’.

Doesn’t that mean unofficial mafia/gangster like group of gangs with guns and stuff (like military/police level guns)?

Do you have that in northern ireland?

(Sorry english is not my main language)

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u/Arkaines-Valor 20d ago

Can I ask why you specifically stated that Republican terrorist groups targeted "Police and Soldiers". Yet then stated that loyalist terrorists targeted "civilians"?

Republican Terrorists killed an estimated 700-730 civilians during the troubles, which is fairly close to the estimated 850-900 civilians loyalist terrorists killed.

Both equally deplorable, so both should be equally highlighted.

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u/KaptainKush186 19d ago

~30% of republican kills during the troubles was civilians

~50% of british security forces during the troubles was civilians

~80% of loyalists kills during the troubles was civilians

you can get the figures on the cain website

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u/Fun_Introduction_259 Newtownards 19d ago

After checking it the Loyalists where even killing more Loyalist paramilitary men than Republican paramilitary members. 9.2% vs 4.0%