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AP / Alvaro Barrientos

Basque Separatists Say Armed Conflict Is Over

After more than 40 years and 800 deaths, the Basque separatist terrorist organization ETA has “decided on the definitive cessation of its armed activity,” according to a statement published by the BBC. (more)

Posted on Oct 20, 2011 READ MORE



AP / Vincent Michel

‘Most Senior’ ETA Leader Arrested

Even as the Basque separatist ETA signals a willingness to move toward peace, one of its top leaders—whom many are calling the “most senior”—has been arrested in France before a commando operation that allegedly was to be carried out in Spain.

Posted on Feb 28, 2010 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT



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ETA May Drop Arms

In a potentially historic development for Spain, the political wing of the ETA—the Basque separatist group—has announced it will call for the organization to lay down its arms after 40 years. Leaders of the wing are urging the organization, which has been in decline, to focus on bringing the issue of separatism back to the center of Basque politics.

Posted on Feb 21, 2010 READ MORE  |  8 COMMENTS


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Basque Militants Suspected in Car Bombing

In a continuation of the decades-long struggle between the Spanish government and those calling for independence of the Basque territories, a car bomb went off near a Bilbao television station Wednesday. No one was injured in the blast, which authorities believe was set off by the ETA, a militant Basque independence group.

Posted on Dec 31, 2008 READ MORE


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