The Ulster Volunteer Force, an underground Protestant army responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks of the Northern Ireland Conflict, has signalled its willingness to disarm and become “a force for good.”
Leaders of the British territory’s Catholic minority welcomed the surprise announcement. But they also expressed skepticism, given the UVF’s hate-fueled past and criminal present as well as its breaches of its own 1994 cease-fire declaration.
The British, Irish and US governments called on them to make good on their claims by turning over weapons stockpiles. The IRA completed this act two years ago. I think the sentiment being expressed is, “Yeah? Prove it.”
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