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...hope, as leaders of the Basque Socialist Party, the local branch of Spain's ruling Socialist Party, and Batasuna, an illegal party traditionally considered the political wing of the violent separatist group ETA, met at a local hotel to discuss a scenario for ending more than 30 years of conflict that had cost almost 1,000 lives. For most people in this resort town on the Bay of Biscay, these talks represent a breakthrough moment in modern Spanish history, which could mark the beginning of a long-awaited peace process...
...steadily dwindled to the point where today it is almost unanimously rejected by Basque society. Indeed, despite Basques' desire for self-rule- some still seek independence from Spain- tolerance for political violence has disappeared. It was the desire to heal the traumas of 40 years of low-intensity civil conflict that saw the brief 1998 cease-fire called by ETA greeted with so much hope, but it was soon broken in a new wave of killing that appeared to return the conflict to square...
...Ajay Sahni of the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi said it was unlikely that there had been any trigger for the attacks. Rather this was an "ongoing war" against Hindu-majority India by South Asian Muslims. "It is a continuous process of preparing for attacks and carrying them out," he said. "When these people are able to bring something to fruition, they do it. The act itself is the objective. It says: 'We're here. And this is what we are going to do to you.'" In a paper published Monday, Institute research fellow Bibhu Prasad Routray warned...
...Percentage of homeless vets who fought in the current conflict in Iraq or the 1991 Gulf War. About 40% fought in Vietnam...
...freeing his son, but since greatly expanded to counter Palestinian rocket fire into Israel, and to make a political point - is imposing extraordinary hardships on noncombatants there. "Thousands of ordinary Palestinians are suffering for this issue," he said last week. It's an all too familiar dynamic. The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians sweeps people up whether they wish it or not. Noam Shalit and Ghalia Baroud both want an agreement that would bring their children home. Yet, two weeks after Gilad was taken, there is no sign of such an agreement, the Israeli military operation into Gaza...