In a statement it said: 'The West Belfast Brigade of the
Ulster Defence Association left pipe bombs at Ewarts Playing Fields to be disposed of by the security services.
At the time the police blamed the
Ulster Defence Association, saying they targeted the dad- of-one over his top.
Police arrested East Belfast
Ulster Defence Association commander Jim Gray and other members of the loyalist organisation in a Chinese restaurant as a pipe bomb was discovered in the Bunch of Grapes pub.
The
Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is understood to have completed its decommissioning process in recent weeks.
Ulster Defence Association death threats have also been issued to three postal staff.
The
Ulster Defence Association commander was buried hours after relatives and friends of his bitter foe Johnny ``Mad Dog'' Adair were driven out of the city.
Gregg, a leading member of the
Ulster Defence Association, was gunned down in a taxi as he returned home from the Glasgow Rangers football match in Scotland.
The Loyalist Volunteer Force, a paramilitary group in Mid-Ulster with close associations to the
Ulster Defence Association, is suspected of shooting dead Mr O'Hagan.
THE
Ulster Defence Association will not be paid to destroy its weapons, the North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said yesterday.
Sinn Fein said republicans had been expecting violence after the feud between Johnny Adair and the
Ulster Defence Association ended last week.
It is understood he was a member of the Loyalist paramilitary
Ulster Defence Association and the shooting may have been part of a developing feud between rival factions.
They fear that Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair, expelled last week from the paramilitary
Ulster Defence Association, may resume the random killing of Catholics in an attempt to regain power.