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Wrongly Labeled I was surprised to read in "The World" that TIME described the terrorist organization ETA as a "separatist group" [March 15]. So far, ETA has killed more than 800 people in Spain; how many more must it kill to earn the name terrorist? By the way, ETA is classified as a foreign terrorist group by the U.S. José Luis García Herrero, MADRID
...terrorism and leaped into the lead in fighting this threat. And who happily signed on? Britain, which had been fighting the IRA for ages and who had seen U.S. support for terrorism dry up (some Irish pubs in the U.S. even had IRA collection boxes); Spain, whose fight with ETA was ignored in the U.S.; and Russia, which was finally able to pursue its attacks on Chechnya without being criticized. Please consider the possibility that Europe knows that the world is a dangerous place, but doesn't think that the U.S. has the best ideas on how to deal with...
...ETA Has a Rough Week...
...March 2, a Spanish court sentenced Arnaldo Otegi--leader of Batasuna, the political wing of the Basque separatist group ETA--to two years in jail for "glorifying terrorism" during a 2005 speech. It was the second major blow to the organization that week, following the arrest by French authorities of ETA leader Ibon Gogeascoechea and two accomplices. More than 30 suspected ETA members have been arrested this year...
Aitor Elizarán Aguilar, the political leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, and a top aide were captured in France on Oct. 19 amid a crackdown against the organization. The arrests followed the detention earlier this month of 10 accused members of a banned, ETA-linked political party; three military leaders have also been snared in the past year. Authorities have intensified their pursuit of the Spanish group since a 2006 bombing at Madrid's airport. ETA has been blamed for more than 820 deaths since...