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Spain: Bomb explodes at Basque area rail station
2007-02-06
A bomb detonated at a rail station outside the Basque city of Bilbao early Monday, causing serious damage and igniting a fire, Basque police said. No one was injured. The device exploded in Barakaldo, a town on the outskirts of Bilbao, Basque regional police said. The blast occurred about half an hour after midnight and bore the hallmarks of the kind of attack waged by young supporters of the armed separatist group ETA. But a Basque police official said it was too early to say who was behind the explosion.

On Sunday police detained 18 fugitive members of an outlawed Basque youth group which the Supreme Court ruled last month is a terrorist organization because of its alleged links to ETA. Spanish National Radio suggested the bomb blast on Monday might be in reprisal for these arrests.
Posted by:Fred

#4  They aren't. They were, more or less. They have become ever blood-thirstier. Many of them have told they were ready for joint action with Alquaida.

Strong hints (you will not read them in anglo-saxon MSM because these base on the pro-socialist-government El Pais) that they could have helped Al Quida in teh Madrid bombings. An ETA van carrying explosives was stopped on the road to Madrid a few days before teh bombing. Just a few minutes later the Al Quaida transport passed at the very same place. Coincidence?
Posted by: JFM   2007-02-06 16:41  

#3  Hmmm. Honorable Terrorists? Seems an Oxymoron.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-02-06 11:16  

#2  ETA generally blows up stuff at odd hours -- they try to avoid civilian casualties. Oddly enough when they have killed innocents the Spanish have rised up against them.
Posted by: Steve White   2007-02-06 10:34  

#1  Exploded half an hour after midnight? odd time for a bombing, either it was just to get attention, or they mistook AM for PM setting it.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-02-06 10:06  

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