Soldiers of the Black Watch began pulling out of one of the most dangerous territories in Northern Ireland yesterday, a move seen as being of great cultural and political significance. For more than 30 years, soldiers and police officers based in the Republican border village of Crossmaglen were tasked with confronting some of the IRA's most deadly units in the heart of South Armagh. The heavy army presence in the area had provoked anger from locals for decades....
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