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| 4th and 5th ETA explosions in two days to celebrate EU summit |
| 2002-06-22 |
| A car bomb - the fifth explosion in two days - blew up in the northern city of Santander on Saturday, two hours after a package bomb went off on the southern coast. The two attacks coincided with the closing of the European Union summit in Seville and were the work of Basque separatist. No injuries were reported in the latest blast in Santander. Earlier in the day, a package bomb exploded in a hotel parking lot in Malaga. No one was injured in that blast. Police in Santander received a telephone warning that a car would explode in 30 minutes, as they had in previous explosions. A spokesman said police had time to evacuate the area even though the bomb exploded five minutes before the ETA caller said it would. At the start of the European Union summit on Friday, three car bombs rocked the southern cities of Marbella and Fuengirola and the northeast city of Zaragoza. Those explosions also were claimed by ETA, or Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, which stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom. Now, don't go being all "simplistic" about those bastards, guys. Really, the Basques have been groaning under oppressive occupation for many, many years, occupied by the Spaniards, and before them by the Arabs, and before them by the Vandals, and before them by the Romans, and before them by the Carthaginians, and before them by Neolithic people with clubs, and before them by Cro-Magnons. All they want is their land back, so they can set up a Neanderthal state. We should send them money, by gosh. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |