Word: eta
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...Mortal Blow? After the March 11 terror attacks in Madrid were blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA - but turned out to be the work of a group thought to have links with al-Qaeda - it was comforting to think ETA might be a spent force. But despite a series of sweeping arrests in the past decade, cross-border raids in Spain and France this month uncovered evidence that the organization is far from broken. Last week Spanish forces arrested five ETA members after Oct. 3 sweeps netted 18 Basque militants, and found enormous caches of arms, munitions and nearly...
...those who believe "that when the Spanish people voted for me they voted out of fear," but he contends such views reveal "a lack of knowledge of the Spanish people. This is the country that has suffered most from terrorism, with 1,000 killed by the [Basque] terrorist band ETA over the past 30 years. Our people have learned to adapt and understand that we have to combat [terrorism] by being firm but also by respecting democracy...
...bombings, the Socialists and the PP are battling each other. Last week all parties agreed to call Aznar before the commission. But the PP was furious when a majority refused to hear from witnesses the PP believes would bolster a theory - so far dismissed by police officials - that ETA and Moroccan intelligence were part of the March 11 conspiracy. Spanish authorities are holding 20 suspects in connection with the blasts, which they believe were masterminded by suspected al-Qaeda operative Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed. He was arrested in Italy in June and awaits extradition. The PP has also made...
...Government. But back home, Spaniards are up in arms about events barely covered in the book. The panel investigating the government's response to Madrid's March 11 terrorist attacks, in which 191 people died, continues to turn up indications that while still in power, Aznar's government blamed eta for the attacks, even though the evidence pointed to al-Qaeda. Last week, Civil Guard General José Manuel García Varela told the panel that at 2 p.m. on March 13, then Interior Minister Angel Acebes was told of the imminent arrest of Moroccan and Indian suspects...
...blasts? New evidence suggests it may have. At 1:30 p.m. on 3/11, just six hours after bombs exploded on four Madrid commuter trains, killing 191, then Interior Minister Angel Acebes told a press conference that Spanish police and his Ministry had "no doubt that the [Basque] terrorist gang ETA is responsible for this attack." But last week the chief of the police investigation, Jesús de la Morena, told a very different story. Just 90 minutes before Acebes' statement, de la Morena testified, he informed top Interior Ministry officials that he "was skeptical that ETA was responsible...