Spain without ETA? Basque group may be nearing end (AP)

Posted on 3121 Październik 2010 by admin in News

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2008 photo, Arnaldo Otegi, leader of the outlawed Basque Batasuna party, right, speaks at a rally beside at two unidentified masked supporters in Elgoibar northern Spain. A newspaper that often serves as a mouthpiece for the violent Basque separatist group ETA says the organization's banned political wing plans to create a new party that rejects violence. The daily Gara's report on the move by the Batasuna party on Thursday Oct. 28, 2010 comes amid growing speculation that ETA might be preparing to end 40 years of violence following a ceasefire declaration in September.Batasuna was outlawed in 2003 on grounds it is a part of ETA. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, files)AP – Europe’s last big violent political militancy has been decimated by arrests and dwindling support. Its outlawed political wing wants to create a new party that rejects violence and turns its leaders into legitimate politicians.




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