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Nowhere is the army's continued influence more evident than in the Basque country, where the separatist group ETA is waging a bloody terrorist war. During his 4½ years in office, former Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez resisted military pressure to allow the army into what he and many others viewed as a police problem...
...that changed, however, less than a month after the aborted coup when ETA gunmen killed two army colonels. Suárez's successor, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, felt compelled to grant the army and navy limited, border-patrolling duty in the Basque region-a first step, critics charge, toward a new cycle of violence and repression whose main victim could be democratic government in Spain...
This month the bishops of the Basque cities of Bilbao, San Sebastián and Vitoria said as much in a pastoral letter that warned of the "coercive pressures" of the military on individual liberty. The three prelates condemned ETA's continuing terrorism, but they also cautioned that the military's new role in the Basque country could eventually pose a threat to democracy. "When the armed forces set themselves up as judge over the democratic process and feel tempted to intervene," they wrote, "this constitutes a serious danger rather than a genuine defense of the interests...
...Tejero's political career, the Socialist setback, even the stifling of political debate, all pale beside the Basque problem. Most analysts expect ETA to provoke the army into bloody repression over the coming months, and they expect the generals to respond in character, probably by demanding some form of martial law. The resulting strains may be too much for the civilian government. "Everyone said we would have a difficult time when Franco died," says a senior official in Madrid, "but we have had a relatively comfortable time so far. Perhaps the real transition to democracy begins now." -By John...
...original connection with BBN, coaches the junior high schoolers, while hooker Rick Kief works with the fifth and sixth graders. "Keith motivates the kids to incredible efforts, drawing out their inner drive to achieve their potential," McKenzie adds. Looking ahead, Oberg, who is also president of the Pi Eta Speakers Club, plans eventually to attend business school but adds, "there's a lot of time to go to work.," Meanwhile, he'll spendnext summer in New Zealand to fine tune his rugby skills, then return to California for a tryout with the Pacific Coast team, and--if things go right...