Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) And The Spanish Attack

by reposts

Thu, Mar 11, 2004 9:12AM

No group made an immediate claim of responsibility for today's terrorist outrage in Madrid, but politicians and journalists blamed the Basque separatist group Eta for the train bombings, which left 173 people dead.

The group - whose full name, Euskadi Ta Askatasuma, means Basque Homeland and Freedom - has been carrying out bombings and assassinations in Spain for more than 35 years. The timing of the attack, 72 hours before Sunday's general election, would fit with the group's aim of disrupting the political process in Madrid as part of its campaign for an independent Basque country straddling the Pyrenees and the French-Spanish border.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1167328,00.html

Timeline: Eta
http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1004575,00.html

Q&A: Eta and Basque separatism in Spain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,6512,780872,00.html

History of Basque Nationalism:
ETA's Proposal for a National Basque Parliament
http://www.ehj-navarre.org/navarre/na_history_eta0999.html

Madrid Indymedia
http://madrid.indymedia.org

Euskal Herria Indymedia
http://euskalherria.indymedia.org/

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