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Basque separatist says ETA should declare ‘permanent truce’ (AFP)

October 16th, 2010

Arnaldo Otegi (pictured), the jailed top leader of the banned political wing of ETA, said the Basque separatist group should declare a permanent ceasefire, in an interview published by El Pais daily on Sunday.(AFP/Pool/File/Angel Diaz)AFP - Arnaldo Otegi, the jailed top leader of the banned political wing of ETA, said the Basque separatist group should declare a permanent ceasefire, in an interview published by…

What the Basque Terrorists’ Unilateral Ceasefire Reveals (Time.com)

September 7th, 2010

Time.com - Spain’s political establishment has rejected a unilateral ceasefire declared by the battered Basque terrorist group ETA. What does it reveal about the cohesion of the separatists — and…

Spain not convinced new Basque truce is credible (AP)

September 6th, 2010

In this video grab provided by ETA to Gara.net, members of the Basque Separatist militant group ETA gesture as they make a statement. The Basque separatist militant group ETA has issued a video on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, declaring a cease fire. The video appeared on Basque newspaper Gara's website and was also made available to the British broadcaster BBC. It showed three masked militants making a statement in Basque, in usual ETA style. Gara accompanied the video with a transcription of the statement in Basque and Spanish. (AP Photo/Gara.net)AP - How many cease-fires can you announce and break before everyone stops paying attention?


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Basque separatists ETA declare ceasefire (AFP)

September 6th, 2010

A screen grab taken from the website of pro-independence Basque newspaper Gara shows an image of ETA members declaring a ceasefire in the northern Spanish town of Guernica. ETA declared the ceasefire in their flagging 42-year campaign for a homeland independent of Spain.(AFP/BBC/GARA)AFP - Basque separatist fighters ETA declared a ceasefire in their flagging, decades-long campaign of bombing and shooting for a homeland independent of Spain.


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Basque separatist group ETA announce cease-fire (AP)

September 5th, 2010

In this video grab provided by ETA to Gara.net, members of the Basque Separatist militant group ETA gesture as they make a statement. The Basque separatist militant group ETA has issued a video on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, declaring a cease fire. The video appeared on Basque newspaper Gara's website and was also made available to the British broadcaster BBC. It showed three masked militants making a statement in Basque, in usual ETA style. Gara accompanied the video with a transcription of the statement in Basque and Spanish. (AP Photo/Gara.net)AP - The armed Basque separatist group ETA, under pressure from political allies to renounce violence and decapitated repeatedly by the arrests of its leaders, announced another cease-fire Sunday, suggesting…

Basque separatists ETA announce cease fire (AP)

September 5th, 2010

AP - The Basque separatist militant group ETA declared a cease fire in a video statement issued on Sunday.

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BBC: Basque separatists ETA announce cease fire (AP)

September 5th, 2010

AP - The BBC is reporting that the Basque separatist militant group ETA has issued a video declaring a cease fire.

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