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NIreland disarmament chief confirms UVF arms moves

Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2009 and is filed under World News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

LONDON — Northern Ireland’s disarmament chief announced Monday he has witnessed a major weapons handover by the Ulster Volunteer Force, an outlawed group that terrorized Irish Catholics for decades – but he cannot confirm if the shadowy gang has surrendered all of its arsenal. Retired Canadian Gen. John de Chastelain spoke out two days after UVF commanders in Belfast said they had surrendered their entire stockpile of weaponry during a June 12 ceremony at a confidential Northern Ireland location. The move culminated 15 years of at-times fraught diplomacy to persuade the Ulster Volunteers to bolster their 1994…

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NIreland disarmament chief confirms UVF arms moves

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LONDON — Northern Ireland’s disarmament chief announced Monday he has witnessed a major weapons handover by the Ulster Volunteer Force, an outlawed group that terrorized Irish Catholics for decades – but he cannot confirm if the shadowy gang has surrendered all of its arsenal. Retired Canadian Gen. John de Chastelain spoke out two days after UVF commanders in Belfast said they had surrendered their entire stockpile of weaponry during a June 12 ceremony at a confidential Northern Ireland location. The move culminated 15 years of at-times fraught diplomacy to persuade the Ulster Volunteers to bolster their 1994…

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