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2010-01-02 Caribbean-Latin America
Spaniard held in Chile over explosives cache
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Posted by Fred 2010-01-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 I wonder what is the first name of the alleged "Spaniard". I bet it is not Jose or Pablo.That's first.
And second: there's a quite numerous "palestinian" community in that country - check if the guy didn't have any contacts with them...
Posted by vendaval 2010-01-02 00:30||   2010-01-02 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2  identified him as a Basque poet and writer

What kind of names do Basques have, vendaval? One does wonder about the names of his friends, though.
Posted by trailing wife  2010-01-02 08:32||   2010-01-02 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Living in or immigrating from the Basque land does not make you Basque, madam.
A question for your question - what names do British have? A few days ago a Briton was executed in China - his name was Akmal Shaikh...
Posted by vendaval 2010-01-02 11:13||   2010-01-02 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Given that there is a Basque independence movement that likes to plant bombs, and, as vendaval alluded, the propensity for radical groups to associate with each other on a global scale(IRA/IRA remmnants with FARC, for example), it's highly likely that the individual is an ethnic Basque.

Also, there is a large Basque population in Chile; it's very unlikely that Chilean police would make such a semantic error.

As for names, Wiipedia sez:

"Basque surnames on the whole are easily identifiable, reasonably well documented and follow a small number of set patterns. The vast majority of all Basque surnames are not patronymic (like Johnson in English), or based on personal features (like Brown or Smith) but refer to the family's etxea, the historically all important family home."

FWIW.
Posted by Pappy 2010-01-02 12:07||   2010-01-02 12:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Living in or immigrating from the Basque land does not make you Basque, madam.

Very true, sir. Although poets in obscure languages tend to be born to them. But nonetheless a good point. And welcome! I don't recall seeing your name/nym before.

Pappy, the things you know!
Posted by trailing wife  2010-01-02 12:45||   2010-01-02 12:45|| Front Page Top

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