Outlaw Protestant Group Renounces Violence in N. Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland — The Ulster Volunteer Force, an underground Protestant army that terrorized Roman Catholics for decades and committed the bloodiest attack of the Northern Ireland conflict, renounced violence Thursday.
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"This is a real end for the Ulster Volunteer Force," said Gusty Spence, the founding father of the group, who read the statement to a Belfast press conference. "The steps outlined today in this statement, I truly believe, will bring us closer to the peaceful, democratic, prosperous future that all our people deserve."

UVF members killed more than 400 Catholic civilians from 1966 to 1994...