DAN KEENAN, Northern News Editor A UDA statement calling on loyalists to "be ready for battle" has been attacked by the SDLP, Sinn Féin and Alliance Party. However, it has been defended by the Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG), which is linked to the paramilitary organisation. The group denies the UDA statement was a call to arms. In a statement issued to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the ending of the first World War, the UDA accused republicans of "racism, ignorance and bigotry" and of "challenging our very existence at every level". It said: "We need more of our members to participate in the challenges that lie ahead. They must understand that the threat from Irish republicanism and nationalism has not abated: they are challenging our very existence at every level. "They are challenging through agitation and...
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