Level
Posts: 25145
Joined: 3/3/2006
Status: offline
|
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
_____________________________
Fake the heat and scratch the itch
Skinned up knees and salty lips
Let go it's harder holding on
One more trip and I'll be gone
~~ Stone Temple Pilots
|
Spain cracks down on separatists - 
Profile
New Messages
No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages
Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages
Locked w/o New Messages
Post New Thread