UFF and Red Hand Defenders statements were 'forced'

A loyalist source in Belfast has claimed the statements from the UFF and Red Hand Defenders were made after the British Government sent word to UDA leaders, threatening to arrest and charge them for directing terrorism.

UFF and Red Hand Defenders statements were 'forced'

A loyalist source in Belfast has claimed the statements from the UFF and Red Hand Defenders were made after the British Government sent word to UDA leaders, threatening to arrest and charge them for directing terrorism.

The source says the UDA leadership panicked when given the news and called an emergency meeting of its inner council meeting, made up of six so-called brigadiers.

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