http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/eta/ en-us Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:24:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370088/posts AFP - Two suspected ETA militants arrested in France earlier this week have been charged with conspiracy to collaborate with a terrorist organisation, a legal official said Saturday. Police apprehended 30-year-old Aitor Elizaran in a car park at the wheel of a stolen car in the Brittany seaside town of Carnac on October 19, along with a woman suspect, 32-year-old Oihana Sanvicente. Both were carrying loaded weapons at the time and have also been charged with firearms offences, possession of false documents, and car theft, the official said. The pair had been renting a studio at the holiday resort where... France24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370088/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361844/posts SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP) – Police in Spain's northern Basque Country arrested an ex-leader of Batasuna, the banned political wing of the armed separatist group ETA, and eight other militants accused of seeking to rebuild the party, judicial and police sources said. Former Batasuna spokesman Arnaldo Otegi was held in the city of San Sebastian along with a top union leader and three other Basque militants suspected of having tried to "reform the leadership of Batasuna on the instructions of ETA," a judicial source said. The interior ministry said later that four other "leaders of the independentist left" had been... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361844/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:15:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319421/posts French police have arrested three suspected Basque separatist militants in an Alpine ski resort, officials say. The men were reportedly armed and had false identity papers. Police arrested them in a raid on an apartment in Le Corbier Villarembert on Wednesday. One suspect, named as Alberto Machain Beraza, is thought to be linked to recent Eta bombings, including an attack in Majorca, Spanish media say. Eta has been blamed for more than 820 deaths during its separatist campaign. Eta claimed responsibility for the bombings in Spain in July, carried out just ahead of the 50th anniversary of the group's founding.... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319421/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:18:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303455/posts BURGOS, Spain — A powerful car bomb exploded early Wednesday outside a barracks housing police officers and their families in this northern Spanish city, slightly injuring 46 people and causing major damage in the area. The attack was blamed on Basque separatist group ETA. Most of the injuries from the blast were from flying glass, and 38 of the wounded were treated in hospitals, regional ministry representative Miguel Alejo said. Many of the injured were Civil Guard police officers and family members. The bomb detonated around 4:00 a.m. (0200 GMT, 10 p.m. EDT Tuesday) and left a crater that had... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303455/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:29:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247239/posts "Europol Report Describes Afghanistan-Pakistan Connection to Trends in European Terrorism" Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 12 May 8, 2009 04:03 PM By: Thomas Renard SNIPPET: "Terrorist activities within the European Union (EU) declined in 2008 as compared to the previous year, according to the annual report published by Europol, the European Union’s criminal intelligence agency. [1] The report lists 515 failed, foiled or successful attacks reported by EU member states, a decrease from 583 attacks in 2007 but still higher than the 2006 total. The decline in terrorist activities was also observed geographically, with only seven member states reporting... JAMESTOWN.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247239/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 22:40:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242962/posts When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan ...Google failed to judge how its offering would be received, as it has often done in Japan. The company is now facing inquiries from the Justice Ministry and angry accusations of prejudice because its maps detailed the locations of former low-caste communities. The maps date back to the country's feudal era, when shoguns ruled and a strict caste system was in place. At the bottom of the hierarchy were a class called the "burakumin," ethnically identical to other Japanese but forced to live in isolation because they did jobs associated with death,... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242962/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 00:09:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232495/posts MADRID (AFP) – Security forces in France on Saturday arrested the suspected military chief of ETA, the third top leader of the Basque separatist organisation to be captured in the last six months, Spanish national radio said. Jurdan Martitegi was detained along with two other ETA suspects in the vicinity of the southern French city of Perpignan in an operation carried out in cooperation with Spanish security forces, the radio said, quoting anti-terrorist sources. The French interior ministry said three ETA suspects were arrested in the village of Montauriol, but it did not identify them. Spanish news reports said Martitegi... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232495/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:34:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181850/posts A car bomb has exploded in a business district of Madrid, following a telephone warning claiming to be from ETA, the Basque armed separatist group. No one was hurt in the blast, which destroyed about 30 cars and blew out windows at nearby offices, leaving a crater in the ground about one metre deep. The Spanish Red Cross received the warning call 90 minutes prior to the blast, allowing police to cordon off the area before the device exploded at around 0900 local time (0800 GMT). The incident came a day after Spain's supreme court banned Democracia 3 Millones and... al-Jazeera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181850/posts#comment Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:28:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156989/posts A car bomb exploded in Spain’s Basque country near the headquarters of a local television station in the town of Bilbao on Wednesday without causing any injuries, a police spokesman said. Police said emergency services had evacuated television station ETB, which broadcasts in Basque and Spanish, and surrounding buildings following a bomb warning in the name of separatist group ETA. The explosion shattered the windows of the round, glass walled building. Emergency services had found a suspicious vehicle after closing off the area and discovered the owner of the vehicle tied to a tree on a nearby mountain, police said.... The Financial Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156989/posts#comment Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:47:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143375/posts In a statement the bishops condemned “this action against life and freedom,” and recalled that “terrorism is a radical No to the law of God and to the most basic aspect of the dignity of the human person.” CatholicNewsAgency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143375/posts#comment Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133727/posts MADRID, Spain (AP) - French and Spanish police arrested the reputed leader of ETA's commando units on Monday—dealing a devastating blow to the armed Basque separatist group. Mikel de Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, 35, is suspected of taking part in several killings, including the December shooting deaths of two Spanish guardsmen in France, according to French and Spanish officials. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Aspiazu Rubina—known by the alias "Txeroki" (pronounced cher-OH-kee)—has been the operational chief of ETA's hit squads and bombing units for several years. AP via brietbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133727/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:45:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132719/posts Devolution has been good for Spain, but it may have gone too far THE hardest problem for the authors of Spain’s democratic constitution was to strike a balance between the central government and the claims of Catalonia, the Basque country and Galicia for home rule. The formula they came up with was known as café para todos, or coffee for all: Spain was divided into 17 “autonomous communities” (plus the enclave cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the Moroccan coast), each with its own elected parliament and government. This estado de las autonomías seemed a neat solution. Over the past... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132719/posts#comment Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:07:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119968/posts Pamplona, Oct 30, 2008 / 12:40 pm (CNA).- The University of Navarra, a Catholic school in Pamplona, Spain was bombed by the Basque separatist group ETA on Thursday morning. Initial estimates indicate that 21 people have been injured.  At around 11:00 a.m. a car-bomb exploded at a parking lot located between the main building and the Library of Humanities, injuring 21 people and destroying 20 vehicles. "There were other small explosions after the fire set off by the fuel tanks in the parked cars nearby," Bernardino Leon, a University of Navarra professor, told the Antena 3 TV channel. The bombing... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119968/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:37:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799124/posts He also reveals that The Tunisian talked to UCIE agents.Cartagena Identifies the Police Officer that Asked Him to Go into the Leganés Apartment in the Morning of April 3rd.The testimony as protected witness, asked by the State Attorney Olga Sánchez, of the Police informer nicknamed Cartagena has left a lot of question that might change drastically the trial. Some details had been already revealed by EL MUNDO, as the pressure from the Police to avoid mentioning ETA. According to his testimony, The Tunisian was also linked to UCIE Police Officers. Asked by the Accusation Attorney, he gave names: “Enrique, Rubio,... Libertad Digital http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799124/posts#comment Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:54:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts How The West Was Won The rapid and unexpected decline of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq was officially recognized this week, when Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding the Marine Expeditionary Force, turned operational control of Anbar Province over to the Iraqi army and police. Anbar, a vast expanse of desert the size of North Carolina, had been the stronghold of the Sunni insurgency. For years, foreign fighters loyal to al-Qaida had sneaked across Iraq's northwestern border with Syria, into Anbar and down a "rat line" of safe houses in Haditha, Ramadi and Hit. From Fallujah, the arch terrorist Zarqawi... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:13:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways. According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success." While the United States... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 22:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995304/posts Afghanistan to Ask NATO for Bigger Army Afghan officials will go to the NATO summit in Romania Thursday with a request: pay to increase our national Army by 40 percent. A bigger Army, Afghan officials argue, will allow the US and other coalition members to scale back in the coming years. This appeal comes amid pleas from the US and Canada for other NATO members to commit more to the Afghanistan mission, which many analysts say has floundered over the past year for lack of resources and a coherent strategy. France is expected to contribute another 1,000 forces and... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995304/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 03:13:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989481/posts A car bomb has exploded in Spain after a warning from the Basque separatist group ETA. The blast happened outside a police station in the northern town of Calahorra. The bomb went off in an area that had been filled with people attending a Good Friday religious procession. The Civil Guard station targeted in the attack and surrounding buildings were evacuated before the blast in the Rioja region. One officer suffered a mild injury in the neck. The phone call was made at 12.20pm (GMT) and the blast happened about 40 minutes later. ETA had issued a warning stating the... UK Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989481/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:57:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983630/posts The Prince and Princess of Asturias, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, held five minutes of silence at noon today in Barcelona in memory of the assassination of the Socialist ex-counselor of Arrasate, Isaías Carrasco. The Prince and Princess of Asturias together called a meeting of the council of municipalities and other institutions to condemn the assassination by ETA of Isaías Carrasco this last Friday and to offer solidarity with his family, for whom they interrupted their visit to the Council of Municipalities, which they had inaugurated today in the Catalan capital. Meeting with the Prince and Princess were the Minister... ABC.es (Madrid) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983630/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:32:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983057/posts MADRID, Spain - Spain's Socialist prime minister won re-election Sunday, as voters dismissed worries about a slumping economy, immigration and resurgent Basque militants to hand him a second term. ADVERTISEMENT The results were a clear endorsement of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's record, which includes reforms such as legalizing gay marriage and granting on-demand divorce, once thought unthinkable in this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country. Zapatero also withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq and launched a drive to cede more power to Spain's semiautonomous regions. "The Spanish people have spoken clearly and decided to start a new era," Zapatero told euphoric... Yahoo / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983057/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:17:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982389/posts Spain calls off election campaign after attack blamed on ETA by Denholm Barnetson Fri Mar 7, 3:52 PM ET Spain ended its election campaign early after a former politician from the ruling Socialist Party was shot and killed Friday in the northern Basque region in an attack blamed on the separatist group ETA. Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, tipped to win a second mandate in Sunday's vote, immediately accused ETA of seeking to upset the electoral process. "The terrorists wanted to interfere today in the peaceful manifestation of the will of the people at the ballot box," he... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982389/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:30:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981841/posts Isaías Carrasco, 42, former Socialist councilor, has been murdered half an hour ago in the Basque region, before his wife and daughter. Spain will hold next Sunday the first National elections after 3/11. EL MUNDO newspaper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981841/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:08:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948674/posts 5 January 2008 The Basque separatist group ETA will base its calls for independence on the example set by Kosovo, says local daily Gara. ETA, which the EU considers a terrorist organization, stresses that its fight “is not utopia” and cites the examples of Kosovo and Scotland, it is written on the daily’s website, which has announced interviews with some of the organization’s members. It was not possible to get any details of the interview from the paper’s editors, nor were the names of any of the group’s members mentioned. ETA uses Gara, among other papers, to send messages or... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948674/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:57:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939556/posts From Luis del Pino's blog: Assessment of the Sentence (IX): Dragging the Mistakes The court that has judged the 3/11 case has made the second public writ of clarification of the sentence, where answers to diverse questions related to the compensations to the victims are provided, some allegations to the defence attorneys are responded and... certain aspects denounced by the independent media are corrected. For example, the court could not help rectifying the part of the sentence in which it was affirmed, as Libertad Digital had denounced, that the suicides of Leganés had said goodbye to their families through a... Libertad Digital http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939556/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:44:31 GMT