11.  Northern Ireland is already tense over likely street confrontations next month when the long-dominant Protestant fraternal group, the Orange Order, stages its annual marches.

12.  Several hundred riot police backed by British soldiers and surveillance helicopters guarded the parade by the Orange Order, a conservative Protestant fraternal group.

13.  Sectarian passions run high in Northern Ireland each summer, when Protestant fraternal groups led by the Orange Order stage marches across this British territory.

14.  The Ancient Order of Hibernians, a fraternal Catholic group that runs the official parade, has repeatedly maintained its right to exclude ILGO.

15.  The attack provoked international condemnation and raised the likelihood of bloodshed during forthcoming annual marches by the main Protestant fraternal group, the Orange Order.

16.  The Ancient Order of Hibernians, a fraternal Catholic group that runs the parade, has repeatedly maintained its right to exclude ILGO.

17.  The Ancient Order of Hibernians, the fraternal Roman Catholic group that runs the parade, has repeatedly maintained its right to exclude the gay organization.

18.  The Apprentice Boys of Derry is one of three pro-British fraternal groups in Northern Ireland that celebrates Protestant solidarity and past victories over Catholics.

19.  The halls, belonging to Orange Order, the long-dominant Protestant fraternal group, were empty at the time.

20.  The Knights of Columbus, a fraternal Catholic group, joined the boycott.