The IRA puts its arms beyond use in 2005 decommissioning process

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28/07/2005: IRA releases a statement saying "The leadership of Oglaigh na hEireann has formally ordered an end to the armed campaign. This will take effect from 4pm [1600 BST] this afternoon [Thursday 28 July 2005]. All IRA units have been ordered to dump arms. All Volunteers have been instructed to assist the development of purely political and democratic programmes through exclusively peaceful means. Volunteers must not engage in any other activities whatsoever."

26/09/2005: “This afternoon the people of Northern Ireland watched a programme which illustrates more than ever the duplicity and dishonesty of the two governments and the IRA. Instead of openness there was the cunning tactics of a cover-up and a complete failure from Gen John de Chastelain to deal with the numerics of decommissioning.” – DUP leader Ian Paisley at a press conference in the party’s Belfast office following the decommissioning statements. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Fri Sept 25 2015 - 14:54

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