Real Ulster Freedom Fighters

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The Real Ulster Freedom Fighters, otherwise known as the Real UFF (RUFF) is a loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. Its main objective has been to retain the British rule in Northern Ireland.^[1]

The 'Real UFF' claims to have access to an arsenal of weapons including rocket launchers, AK-47 assault rifles, under-car booby-trap devices, coffee jar bombs and pipe bombs.

[edit] Targets of the RUFF

That Real UFF has stated that they have drawn up a death list (or hit list) of individuals including:-

• Leadership council of the UDA
• Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair
• Alleged Special Branch agents William 'Mo' Courtney and north Belfast crime boss Jim Spence
• Suspected loyalist drug dealers
• Continuity and Real IRA leaders^[2]

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