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Level -> Spain cracks down on separatists (10/6/2007 11:12:36 AM)
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MADRID: The Spanish authorities have intensified their crackdown on militant Basque nationalists, arresting 23 leaders of Batasuna, the political wing of the armed separatist group ETA.
The arrests of most of Batasuna's leadership, in a police raid Thursday night, are likely to bolster support for the Socialist government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero among voters who back tougher measures against Basque militants as Spain prepares for general elections in March.
"Zapatero needs to appear as hard as the right is," Jonan Fernández, a former member of Batasuna who now runs Baketik, a peace institute based in the Basque country, said in a telephone interview.
"The people who will pay for this are the Basques."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/05/news/spain.php
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