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2004-10-05 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2004-10-05 10:50:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I still think the best thing these ETA members could do to "get even" is to publically claim responsiblity for the Madrid bombing.

Posted by 2b 2004-10-05 11:40:33 AM|| 2004-10-05 11:40:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A "historic" reward given to the Spanish after they had recently decided to kiss zee French le bottom. The French intelligence service have prolly know about, and even encouraged the ETA for years, both to annoy the Dons and to bribe peace from the Basques in France.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-10-05 11:42:39 AM|| 2004-10-05 11:42:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Anonymoose

You are as silly as badly informed. Serious anti-ETA cooperation between France and Spain began under Aznar.

For France needing to appease ETA this is ridiculous: between the Basques of France the independentist movement has ever been very, very weak. Reasons are largely economic. During XIXth century Spanish Basque region became richer than the rest of Spain (mostly bacause Madrid's commercial policy favoured the Basque and Catalan industries). At one point a such Sabino Arana formulated an openly racist doctrine viewing the Basques as the Chosen people and not only other Spaniards but the rest of the world as unworthy of kissing their footpprints let alone befriend or marry them.

But France's Basque region has never been an economic or industrial powerhouse. It lives mostly of agriculture, fishing and tourism. While French Basque region is not poor I doubt very much it is a neat contributor to the French Treasure.
Thus the French Basques never got swollen heads.

Ah, the French Basques have ever been quick to ask assistance from the French Navy and Coastguards when the Spanish Basques came to fish in _their zones_.

Posted by JFM 2004-10-05 3:04:55 PM|| 2004-10-05 3:04:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 According to the Spanish newspaper El Diario Vasco, the separatist group is believed to have several SAM-7 missiles able to blast low-flying aircraft out of the sky

Bad guys seem to have a lot of these oldies, is the IR seeker battery cooled? It's seems like they're thousands of these suckers around but they're rarely used. Lack of skilled operators? Batteries?

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-05 3:44:01 PM|| 2004-10-05 3:44:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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