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Spain refuses ETA talks, demands break-up
2012-05-17
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] The Spanish government Wednesday has insisted Basque separatist group ETA
ETA or Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (English: Basque Homeland and Freedom) is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization that has been around since 1959. It demands independence from Spain and La Belle France for the Greater Basque Country. The group is proscribed as a terrorist organization by most civilized countries. More than 700 members of the organization are incarcerated in prisons in Spain, La Belle Fränce, and other countries, though members do seem to find ready hospitality in Venezuela.
must disband unconditionally, rebuffing its pressure for direct talks with Spain and La Belle France.

ETA announced in a statement released in La Belle France that it had set up a delegation for direct negotiations between its leaders and the French and Spanish governments.

ETA said it had ended its armed independence struggle last October, but has failed to convince Madrid and Gay Paree to meet with what the governments still regard as a terrorist organization.

"The only news we are waiting for is the unconditional disbandment" of ETA, Spain's Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said in parliament, reiterating Spain's long-held stance.

"There has not been, nor will there be, any political negotiations," the minister added, ruling out amnesties or mass regrouping for cooled for a few years
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
ETA members, some of whom are held in prisons far from the Basque Country.

ETA is blamed for 829 killings during a four-decade armed campaign for an independent Basque homeland in northern Spain and southern La Belle France.
Posted by:Fred

#1  ION NOT-SPAIN-OR-ETA, CHINA DAILY FORUM > IRELAND + BRITAIN THINKING OF LEAVING EU FOR GOOD:VOICE OF RUSSIA [VOR] | IRELAND + BRITAIN PONDER MEMBERSHIP IN CRISIS-HIT EU.

and

* SAME > EUROPE FACES POTENTIAL BREAKUP OF SINGLE-CURRENCY UNLESS IT TAKES URGENT ACTION TO DEAL WID EURO [Eurodollar] CRISIS: UK PM DAVE CAMERON.

* SAME > GERMANS CAN'T FATHOM [mainstream + popular]US AVERSION TO OBAMA'S [universal]HEALTHCARE REFORM.

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Meanwhile, not to be outdone by the White Devils as per Ultimata ...

* TOPIX > [The Age = Australia] CHINESE OFFICIAL: ITS US OR AMERICA,

ARTIC = In LR, AUS must choose China or the US, one but not the other or both, to be its "Godfather" in geopol = world affairs; AUS = MUST BE EITHER A "SON OF THE US", OR A "SON OF CHINA".

Methinks the Chinese Official meant "Godson", not "Son"???

As likely due to ...

* TOPIX > CHINESE ANGER AT [new permanent?] US BASE IN AUSTRALIA. US Marines in Darwin.

AFAIK the Aussies have said there will be no permanent, "sole" US, or large US Mil presence allowed in their country, BUT CHINA APPARENTLY THINKS OTHERWISE???

* FYI TOPIX > BEIJING USING "SOFT STICK" APPROACH AGZ MANILA IN CHINA SEA DISPUTE.

Aka "Soft Escalation", ee soft-but-firm.

* SAME > [PHIL Foreign Ministry] PREPARE TO MAKE SACRIFICES, FILIPINOS ARE TOLD.

* SAME > [People's Army Daily] CHINA CANNOT TOLERATE PHILIPPINES ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN CHINESE TERRITORY.

* SAME > CHINA'S FIRST DEEP-WATER, LNG PIPE-LAYER SETS SAIL.

* SAME > XAYABUR DAM [Laos] MAY LEAVE MEKONG REGION [Govts-Nations] BOILING OVER. Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, + Vietnam.

* SAME, INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > US SUBMARINE [Nuclear SSN] ARRIVES NEAR SCARBOROUGH SHOAL | NUCLEAR-POWERED FAST ATTACK US SUBMARINE DOCKS IN SUBIC.

"VIRGINIA"-class SSN USS "NORTH CAROLINA", aka SNN #777.

ALL IN ALL, SCS SIGNS STILL TELLS ME THAT CHINA IS INDEED SLOWLY BUT STEADILY ESCALATING FOR WAR AGZ MANILA, OR AT LEAST A MAJOR MIL INCIDENT, + GETTING READY TO "POLITELY" SINK THE PHIL COAST GUARD OR WHATEVER MANILA THINKS IT HAS TO THROW AT IT.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-05-17 01:37  

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