Statement of Relatives for Justice
on UDA/UFF decommissioning
In the last 48 hours there has been speculation that the UDA/UFF are to announce the decommissioning of weapons. Relatives for Justice has been meeting and speaking with families across the North - especially in Mid-Ulster, North Armagh, and Belfast concerning these developments over the last several months. Scores of families affected by loyalists, particularly the UDA/UFF, have expressed a consistent viewpoint. This is summed up in the points below which are for the media and interested parties.
Relatives for Justice have been requested not to facilitate any individual media interviews as families are seeking to speak in a unified way through a collective voice on this occasion. The points below represent that collective position.
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That the UDA/UFF were armed by British Military Intelligence through Brian Nelson with imported weapons from South Africa in 1987/8;
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That these weapons have been used to kill hundreds of people;
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That the UDA/UFF have been seeking to extract 10 million pounds from the Irish and British Gov's in return for the decommissioning of weapons supplied by the British Gov and their intelligence services - families have been deeply upset at this stunt and especially the involvement of Martin McAlease in spearheading this initiative;
Families are not interested in UDA/UFF decommissioning - they want the truth about collusion between these same loyalists, how they were armed, infiltrated, directed and controlled to carry out hundreds of sectarian killings and political assassinations by MI5 and RUC Special Branch with the full sanction of Whitehall and Downing Street.
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