Alexander Zobarán Arriola, alias “Xar it”
Posted on 03/10/2011 3:22:44 PM PST by csvset
The suspected head of armed Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested in northwest France, reports say. Alejandro Zobaran Arriola was among four Eta suspects held in an operation by French police near the Belgian border, Spanish national radio reports.
Mr Arriola was described as the group's "new military chief".
Eta's campaign for independence for the Basque region has cost more than 800 lives since 1968 but it called a halt to armed attacks last year.
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ETA arrest ping
Arriola got arrested in france.... came in to se the pics but nun are up yet!
“Arriola arrested in bungled operation in France.”
Man. What a boob.
”Man. What a boob.
And we're going to milk that pun for all it's worth.
Alexander Zobarán Arriola, alias “Xar it”
lol....
Police in northeast France late Thursday arrested the suspected military chief of the armed Basque separatist group ETA, Alejandro Zobaran Arriola, Spanish national radio reported.
He was among four ETA suspects held in an operation by French police near the Belgian border, the radio said, quoting anti-terrorist sources.
Arriolo, alias 'Xarlas', is the "new military chief of ETA," it said.
French sources close to the operation earlier confirmed that four suspected ETA members were arrested in the Pas-de-Calais region.
"Their identity and their importance" in the organisation "cannot be confirmed," they said
They sources did not reveal the exact location of the operation, but Spain's leading daily El Pais said it took place in Willencourt, west of the city of Arras.
The arrests took place in a house where firearms and documents were seized, said the sources, who added that the operation was continuing during the night of Thursday to Friday.
Thank you for the ping csvset.
I’m interested in ETA and any updates, too.
Please keep us abreast of the situation.
A major bust.
Good thing this was nipped in the bud.
Hmm. indeed. Makes me wonder what they’re up to, especially with all that’s brewing in the Middle East. I suspect they’ve allied themselves to al Queda, and might have been looking to start some trouble in France or Spain, or both.
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