Ulster Volunteer Force
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.[1]
The modern UVF was founded in 1966. It adopted the name of the original UVF formed in 1912 to oppose Home Rule for Ireland.[2]
Decommissioning
The UVF and the Red Hand Commando carried out a major act of decommissioning in June 2009 which was reported to involve all of the arms under the UVF leadership's control. According to the Belfast Telegraph, Loyalist leaders John Graham and Winston Rea were key players in this move as was decommissioning interlocutor Billy Hutchinson'.[3]
McCord Allegations
In testimony to the US Congress on 22 October 2009, Raymond McCord Sr. named a number of UVF members as informers, claiming that "Supreme Commander, John “Bunter” Graham has been an agent of the State for years."[4]
External Resources
- Pat Rabbitte, Adjournment Debate. - Northern Ireland Issues (Raymond McCord case), Dáil Éireann - Volume 608 - 27 October, 2005.
- Written Testimony of Raymond Mc Cord Sr (pdf). House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, October 22, 2009.
Notes
- ↑ Abstracts of Organisations - 'U', CAIN Web Service, University of Ulster, accessed 25 November 2009.
- ↑ Abstracts of Organisations - 'U', CAIN Web Service, University of Ulster, accessed 25 November 2009.
- ↑ Brian Rowan, Arms body confirms ‘major decommissioning by UVF’, Belfast Telegraph, 29 June 2009.
- ↑ Written Testimony of Raymond Mc Cord Sr (pdf). House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, October 22, 2009.
