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Post by Frenchie on Jun 27, 2009 12:26:50 GMT 1
Two Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary groups have said they have completed the process of decommissioning. The UVF and Red Hand Commando said their weapons and explosives were "totally and irreversibly beyond use". Another loyalist group, the Ulster Defence Association, confirmed it had started to decommission its arsenal. Between them, the UDA and UVF killed almost 1,000 people during the Troubles, most of them Catholic. In a statement, the leadership of the UVF/RHC said the disarmament process was overseen by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) and in the presence of international witnesses. It said the process had begun last Autumn but had been "suspended" following the dissident republican killings of a policeman and two soldiers in March. Full Report (BBC) >>
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