UDA and UFF to stand down all units at midnight tonight
Sunday, 11 November 2007
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The UDA has announced that its military wing, the UFF, is standing down all of its units from midnight tonight.
It made the statement at a Remembrance Day March in the Sandy Row area of Belfast, the domain of its most progressive leader Jackie McDonald .
All weaponry will be put beyond use and all military intelligence will be destroyed.
The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has warmly welcomed the statement describing it as a significant step.
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