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France holds 'Eta military head'

by Dave Keating | November 17, 2008 at 03:22 am

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A leader of the Basque seperatist group ETA has been arrested in Southern France, according to reports. ETA is fighting for an indpendant Basque state. The Basque homeland stretches across part of Spain and France, in the Northern Pyranees.

The suspected military chief of the Basque separatist group, Eta, has been arrested in southern France, the French interior minister has announced.

Michele Alliot-Marie said Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, alias "Txeroki", was arrested overnight in the Pyrenees.

She said he was suspected of the murder of two Spanish civil guard officers in the French town of Capbreton in 2007.

Eta is blamed for the deaths of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque nation.

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Soniko

at 11:43 on November 17th, 2008

Freedom Basque Country from Spain.

We need freedom!

Fairbanks

at 11:54 on November 17th, 2008

We need freedom!

. . .
Just out of idle curiosity, why?

Soniko

at 04:19 on November 18th, 2008

Because France and Spain are a opressor countrys, the situation of Basque Country is similar to that of Ireland. We want independence because we are a different country, we have our own history, culture and language. We are a country conquered by Spain and France. We are an oppressed country. Many Basques have been killed by Spain, at present hundreds of Basques are scattered throughout the prisons and tortured us.

Sorry my english is bad :)