Northern Ireland | Loyalist weapons put 'beyond use'It's good to see the Irish restricting their violence to drunken pub brawls over the football match. That's universal*.
Two Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary groups have said they have completed 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.
NI Secretary Shaun Woodward said it was 'an historic day for Northern Ireland'. Between them, the UDA and UVF killed almost 1,000 people in the Troubles.
Four years ago, the IRA put its weapons beyond use in decommissioning witnessed by two churchmen.
* Except in the United States where football is not football and therefor people fighting over football are not really fighting about football and cannot technically be counted as a pub brawl over the football match. And they watch in bars, not pubs. Wankers.
2 comments:
Whilst this fan fair by the national & international media circus over the loyalist parmailitary announcement is all well and good, it's nothing to write home about!! The largest loyalist group, the UDA, is still in the act of discussion on disarming their weapons with the IICD. However, not during any of the loyalist paramilitary statements on their "momentus" decision was there an apology, acknowledge or ounce of remorse shown to the near 1,000 sectarian killings they perpetrated upon the Catholic people!! So I suppose don't mention the war in the name of political progress.....
Stopping the killings is a far greater step than many places will ever achieve. I think people get addicted to it.
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