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Spain Arrests Three More ETA Suspects
2005-03-25
Police arrested a three-member commando unit of the armed Basque separatist group ETA on Friday, raising to seven the number of arrests this week in Spain and France, the Interior Ministry said. A dozen police made the latest arrests at an apartment in the Basque city of San Sebastian, bursting in as the suspects slept. The police also seized three pistols, an automatic rifle, forged credit cards, other documents and fake license plates. The three men made up a commando unit that was "operational and active," Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said. He declined to comment on what it might have been planning.

The raid followed the arrests Wednesday of two suspected ETA members, including a man described as a senior figure in the organization, in southwest France, and two more arrests at a highway checkpoint near the Basque town of Ermua. ETA has claimed or been blamed for more than 800 deaths since the late 1960s. More than 200 suspected ETA members have been arrested in the past two years, including its longtime leader Mikel Antza, and the group has not staged a fatal attack since it killed two policemen with a car bombing in the northern Spanish town of Sanguesa in May 2003. Many in Spain say last year's Madrid train bombings by Islamic militants left ETA in a quandary. That attack killed 191 people and caused such a revulsion over terrorism that ETA is seen as wary of causing major bloodshed for fear of a political backlash that could drain support for Basque nationalism.
Posted by:Steve

#4  No.

Semi Demi Hemi

yours is better.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-03-25 7:54:29 PM  

#3  a Snap-On Tool for Ashton Kutcher?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-03-25 3:54:45 PM  

#2  Okay..... What kinda Mopar does Ms. Moores' body double drive?
Posted by: Shipman   2005-03-25 3:44:03 PM  

#1  Demi Moore is of Basque ancestry. Demi Moore praised Michael Moore. Basques Arrested. Coincidince? I don't think so.
Posted by: Mr. Non-Sequitor   2005-03-25 1:18:12 PM  

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