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Sat 06 Jun 2009Loyalist paramilitaries confirm decommissioning
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the Red Hand Commando (RHC) and the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) have confirmed reports that they have carried out major acts of disarmament.
The weapons were destroyed as part of a process overseen by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD). It is understood the decommissioning happened in the last month.
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