Psst! Jim McCallan - 26 Mar 04 - 08:50 AM

The Loyalists bought weapons through Libya too - on one documented occasion representatives from both sides were in a hotel in Tripoli at exactly the same time doing their respective deals with the arms salesmen.

Gadaffi got disaffected with the NI scene quite early on, as did the PLO. The money to buy the arms came from America throughout.

According to link supplied by Guest G H:

Organisation responsible for the death puts out of 3523 deaths as follows:

Forces of Law & Order North & South - 10.45%

Loyalist Paramilitaries - 28.95%

Republican/Nationalist Paramilitaries - 58.33%

Unknown - 2.27%