The Irish Republican Army (IRA ) officially disarms, giving up its weapons to independent weapons inspectors, two months after announcing its intention to do so. The IRA was originally founded in 1919 to oppose British rule in Ireland. It had operated since the 1960s as the military arm of Sinn Fein. More
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