1.   The four banned loyalist groups were the Ulster Freedom Fighters, the Ulster Volunteer Force, the Red Hand Commandos, and the UDA.

2.   A FOURTH man was being questioned today by police investigating gun-running for loyalist terror groups.

3.   But, in a call to a Belfast newsroom, the loyalist terror group denied there was any political or sectarian motive for the attack.

4.   Meanwhile, in the latest statement, the loyalist terror group reiterated an earlier threat to anyone working on GAA clubs.

5.   It is no secret in security force circles that high-grade intelligence from informers within the ranks of the loyalist terrorist groups is thin on the ground.

6.   His team has spent six months investigating the alleged leaks of security files to loyalist terror groups.

7.   Although loyalist groups all support British rule, they are riven by territorial, political and personality differences.

8.   And despite the loyalist cease-fire, there have been almost a dozen sectarian murders in the last year, Catholics killed by Protestants with links to loyalist groups.

9.   And on the outskirts of town, where the working class live, loyalist paramilitary groups run the housing projects with an iron fist.

10.   A loyalist paramilitary group opposed to the Northern Ireland peace process claimed responsibility.