UVF vows to end violence

[Dogberry]

Let's see if Spab is lurking out there...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6618371.stm

UVF calls end to terror campaign

The UVF declared a ceasefire 13 years ago
The paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force has declared that it is renouncing violence and will cease to exist as a terrorist organisation from midnight.
It also said it will keep its weapons, but has put them "beyond reach".

However, the arms decommissioning body has said this did not meet the requirements set out in government legislation.

During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the UVF murdered more than 500 people.


Its campaign also claimed the lives of 33 people in bomb attacks in Dublin and Monaghan in 1974.


The UVF statement said its weapons would be stored in a number of arms dumps "under the control of the UVF leadership, but not accessible for use by members".


The statement was read by Gusty Spence, who helped found the modern day UVF in 1966.



It declared a ceasefire 13 years ago, but since then its members have been blamed for more than 20 murders.

Speaking in Fernhill House in west Belfast on Thursday, Gusty Spence said that from midnight, the UVF and its associated group, the Red Hand Commando, "will assume a non-military, civilianised role".

[86Dude]

Good, this means that all terrorists are now islamic.

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Originally Posted by 86Dude

Good, this means that all terrorists are now islamic.

well i think there are still some left in northern ireland (cira, rira, uff)

but this is good news, as long as the uvf keep to it