WORLD BRIEFING / NORTHERN IRELAND
The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, renounced violence and signaled it could hand over weapons soon to disarmament officials.
Eleven years after calling a leaky cease-fire, the outlawed INLA said it would observe “exclusively peaceful means” and cooperate with Canadian Gen. John de Chastelain, leader of an international commission that oversees the disarmament of underground armies operating in both parts of Ireland.
However, the INLA did not explicitly promise to disarm fully nor specify when the secretive process would start.
The INLA-linked Irish Republican Socialist Party made the announcement at its annual parade near Dublin.
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