CROSSMAGLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -- The British army ends at midnight Tuesday its 38-year role supporting police in Northern Ireland, its longest military operation ever.
British troops were sent to Northern Ireland in 1969 to help quell unrest over civil rights which erupted between the majority Protestant population -- who want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom -- and local Catholics.
About 3,600 people were killed over the next three decades known as "The Troubles"....