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Talking to the Basque terrorist group eta has long been anathema to Spanish governments. But Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero seems prepared to bite the bullet this time. The Spanish Congress last week passed a resolution giving the government authority to negotiate with eta - if it lays down its arms. Batasuna, the banned political party close to eta, welcomed the move. "We think it's a step in the right direction," says Arnaldo Otegi, Batasuna's spokesman. The opposition Popular Party (PP) and victims' groups are livid, accusing Zapatero of providing eta with what...
...Number of people wounded in a Madrid bombing last week by the Basque terrorist group ETA. Since 1968, attacks by ETA have claimed more than 800 lives...
...Spanish Bombs SPAIN Does the Basque terrorist group ETA really want peace talks? Last week ETA detonated a car bomb outside a Madrid convention center hours before the opening of ARCO, Spain's international contemporary art fair. The bomb, which injured 43, was the third since Arnaldo Otegi, leader of the Batasuna party - ETA's political wing - indicated a willingness to talk to Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government. In January Otegi had offered the group's support if Zapatero opted to become "the Spanish Tony Blair," a reference to the British PM's efforts...
...MARIANA ELIANO/AP In Madrid last week, an ETA blast targeted a major art fair...
...that Ibarretxe's proposal "leads to a dead end." Indeed, when the Spanish parliament votes on the plan in the coming months, it is certain to reject it. Ibarretxe vows to put the question to the Basque people in a referendum, though only once the separatist terrorist group ETA declares a cease-fire. "If there are no negotiations," he says, "I'll consult the Basque people." That move could backfire, if it ever even happens. Separatist sentiment was on display when thousands marched on Jan. 8 in Bilbao, but a poll last week showed Basques oppose the Ibarretxe Plan...