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How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Protestant Task Force.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/489/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

Maps

Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 1970
Disbanded: 
January 1, 1976

Protestant Task Force (PTF) was a small armed group active in the 1970s opposed to Northern Irish secession from the United Kingdom. The group claimed to target Catholics associated with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which sought to wrest Northern Ireland from British control and unite it with the Republic of Ireland in the south. It is unclear whether the PTF committed any purely sectarian killings. The group claimed its members were exclusively former members of the British military, and is alleged to have received support from, or to have been controlled by, British Intelligence.

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