<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> The Troubles </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Political map of Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1968--1998 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Northern Ireland Violence occasionally spread to the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Military stalemate </Li> <Li> Good Friday Agreement (1998) </Li> <Li> St Andrews Agreement (2006) </Li> <Li> Withdrawal of British forces taking part in Operation Banner </Li> <Li> Disarmament of paramilitary groups </Li> <Li> Continuing low - level armed conflict </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> State security forces </P> <P> United Kingdom </P> <Ul> <Li> British Armed Forces </Li> <Li> Royal Ulster Constabulary </Li> </Ul> <P> Ireland </P> <Ul> <Li> Irish Defence Forces </Li> <Li> Gardaí </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Irish republican paramilitaries </P> <Ul> <Li> Provisional IRA </Li> <Li> Official IRA (1969--1972) </Li> <Li> Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) (1974--1998) </Li> <Li> Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO) (1986--1992) </Li> <Li> Continuity IRA (1994--) </Li> <Li> Real IRA (1997--) </Li> </Ul> Supported by: Libya (arms shipments) </Td> <Td> <P> Ulster loyalist paramilitaries </P> <Ul> <Li> Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) </Li> <Li> Ulster Defence Association (UDA) </Li> <Li> Red Hand Commando (RHC) </Li> <Li> Ulster Resistance (UR) (1986--1989) </Li> <Li> Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) (1996--1999) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> British Army: 705 ∟ (inc . UDR) RUC: 301 NIPS: 24 TA: 7 Other UK police: 6 Royal Air Force: 4 Royal Navy: 2 Total: 1,049 </P> Irish Army: 1 Gardaí: 9 IPS: 1 Total: 11 </Td> <Td> PIRA: 291 INLA: 39 OIRA: 27 IPLO: 9 RIRA: 2 Total: 368 </Td> <Td> UDA: 91 UVF: 62 RHC: 4 LVF: 3 UR: 2 Total: 162 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Civilians killed: 1,841 (or 1,935 inc . ex-combatants) Total dead: 3,532 Total injured: 47,500 + All casualties: around 50,000 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> The Troubles </Th> </Tr>

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