Dissident Loyalists attacks. Largely ignored ?

DarkyHughes

How come attacks from dissident Loyalists have been largely ignored atleast compared to dissident Republicans.

These are some attacks by a group called the Orange Volunteers in the last7 years.

• 26 Sep 2008: The OV were believed to have been behind an arson arrack on St Johns GAA club near Castlewellan, County Down. It is believed that the attack was revenge for attacks on Orange halls in the area.
• 08 Nov 2008: The OV claimed responsibility for burning-down Edendork GAA hall in County Tyrone. It claimed that it was revenge for attacks on Orange halls.
• Nov 2008: Sinn Féin claimed that the OV was responsible for planting a pipe bomb near the home of a Sinn Féin councillor in Cookstown, County Tyrone.
• 02 Dec 2008: Sinn Féin minister Conor Murphy claimed to have been told by the PSNI of a recent attempt on his life by the OV in the Newry area.

9 Mar 2009: The OV claimed responsibility for planting a pipe bomb at Sinn Féin's office on Burn Road in Cookstown, County Tyrone. It claimed that the attack was revenge for the Masserene Barracks Shooting

• 18 Aug 2009: In retaliation for attacks on Orange halls, the OV claimed responsibility for attacks on Catholic and nationalist owned businesses in and around North Armagh.
  
• 24 Aug 2009: The OV claimed responsibility for planting a bomb at the back of a house on Smith Street, Moneymore County Derry. It claimed it was retaliation for "republican attacks on Protestant property and churches" in the area. The bomb was made safe by the security forces

As there been smaller attacks since around 2010 - present usuaally involving pretty crude pipe bombs.

I don't think they have a political wing but they stated their ideology is::
Ulster Loyalism
Protestant Fundamentalism
& Anti-Catholism

And this group isn't even the most radical Dissident Loyalist group out there.

There's the Red Hand Defenders who killed Rosemary Nelson in a car bomb attack in ithr 1999 or 2000 I think.

The Loyalist Volunteer Force killed a journalist Martin O'Hagan because he was exposing the criminalisty inovled in the LVF. Although his killing attracted a good deal of intrests it was nothing compared to the killing of Veronica Guerrin.

And there's lots more where that came from.

ancapailldorcha

The OP is permanently banned from here so I am locking this.