NAME: Orange Volunteers (OV)
DATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: Late 1990s.
GOALS: Prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists.
MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.
STRENGTH: Up to 20 hard-core members, some of whom are experienced in terrorist tactics and bomb making.
OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Northern Ireland.
AFFILIATIONS: None.
COMMENTS: Comprised largely of disgruntled loyalist hardliners who split from groups observing the cease-fire. The OV declared a cease-fire in September 2000, but the group maintains the ability to conduct bombings, arson, beatings, and possibly robberies. NOT a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) but listed as "active" during 2000.
DATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: Late 1990s.
GOALS: Prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists.
MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.
STRENGTH: Up to 20 hard-core members, some of whom are experienced in terrorist tactics and bomb making.
OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Northern Ireland.
AFFILIATIONS: None.
COMMENTS: Comprised largely of disgruntled loyalist hardliners who split from groups observing the cease-fire. The OV declared a cease-fire in September 2000, but the group maintains the ability to conduct bombings, arson, beatings, and possibly robberies. NOT a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) but listed as "active" during 2000.