ETA unlikely to surrender arms for Christmas — analysts
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BILBAO — An outlawed band of bombers and shooters fighting for secession, Spain’s ETA is weakened but almost sure to dash hopes of surrender in time for Christmas, analysts say.
After killing 829 persons in more than 40 years of violent struggle for an independent Basque homeland, ETA issued a string of messages in September 2010 pushing for a resolution.
Spain’s government, though, insists on nothing less than a unilateral, permanent disarmament.
After a previous negotiation failed and ended with a Madrid airport car park bombing that killed two persons in December 2006, the government refuses to contemplate talks under the menace of violence..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101216com3.html
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