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Corsica Goes Boom Again
Two explosions damaged a vacation resort and a local office of Franceâs state-run telecommunications company, police said Monday. No injuries were reported. Just your tourist trade The first of the blasts on this Mediterranean island took place Sunday night outside a France Telecom office in the northern town of Furiani, police said. Before dawn Monday, in the western town of Porticcio, an explosion rocked the entrance of a vacation resort near the western village of Furiani. Several cars parked nearby were also damaged. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. Could it be these guys? Separatist groups in Corsica have led a campaign of bombings since the mid-1970s in a push for more autonomy. Most attacks target official buildings in the middle of the night to spare victims. However, the violence has intensified since a Paris court convicted eight separatists last month in connection with the 1998 killing of the top French official in Corsica. Corsican Dire Revenge Successive French governments have struggled unsuccessfully to end nearly two decades of low-level separatist violence. In the most recent attempt, the center-right government pitched a proposal that would have granted the Mediterranean island slightly more autonomy. But the measure, judged by many to be inadequate, was rejected in a referendum a week ago. Some people just donât want to ruled by France. Go figure. Posted by: Steve 2003-08-05 |
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