When fighters failed to defeat loyalist forces on their own, outside powers were compelled to intervene.

On 23 October, 12 people were killed in fighting between renegade and loyalist soldiers in the Hasaba district.

Israel is considering Abbas s request to transfer arms and ammunitions from Egypt and Jordan in hopes of bolstering his loyalist forces.

Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, a liberal reformer, has little in common with Ahmed El Zind, the head of the Judges Club and a Mubarak loyalist.

Besides, the commission s members have impeccable loyalist credentials, which is also true of the cardinals appointed by Francis to look into broader issues of reform.

Yesterday, Moussa, a former Mubarak loyalist and secretary general of the Cairo based Arab League, paid a visit to the protesters at Tahrir Square, in a show of solidarity.

In March, a group apparently consisting of former members of the Zairian armed forces launched a series of attacks on civilian and military installations in Kinshasa, and were repulsed by loyalist soldiers.

The Union Jack and the former Northern Ireland flag are flown in some loyalist areas, and the Tricolour, adopted by republicans as the flag of Ireland in 1916, is flown in some republican areas.

This was a cause championed by early Liberals such as the Reform Party (pre Confederation) and the Clear Grits, while Canada's early Conservatives, supported by loyalist institutions and big business, supported stronger links to Britain.

So, despite the ousting of two Thaksin proxies in a row by the court and the elite, Thais are likely to return yet another Thaksin loyalist if they are allowed to vote in an unrigged election.

I also look to the Unionist community to show determination in condemning and doing all it can to discourage the continuation of the appalling lawlessness, which has in recent times so badly affected both loyalist communities and their vulnerable nationalist neighbours.

In the case of enforcing the no fly zone, Resolution 1973 allows the destruction, by aircraft or missile, of any loyalist jet or helicopter that takes off, any pro Qaddafi forces anti aircraft batteries or missile launch sites, and the disabling of any airstrip.

Loyalist Congolese army troops under the command of General Mbuza Mabe slaughtered at least 4 Banyamulenge (16 others are reported to have disappeared) and wounded at least 9 more, forcing the rest to flee, as well as killing 2 non Banyamulenge civilians and ransacking houses.

Medvedev s only opponents were has beens from the 1990 s like Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who long ago converted himself from proto fascist into a Kremlin loyalist, and Andrey Bogdanov, an ersatz democrat permitted to run by the Kremlin in order to dupe the West into thinking that a real contest was taking place.