ETA arrest ping
“Arriola arrested in bungled operation in France.”
Man. What a boob.
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.
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.