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  ETA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ETA operates mainly in Spain, particularly in the Basque Country, Navarre, and (to a lesser degree) Madrid, Barcelona, and the tourist areas of the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
The most consequential assassination performed by ETA during Franco's dictatorship was the December 1973 assassination by bomb in Madrid of admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, Franco's chosen successor and president of the government (a position roughly equivalent to being a prime minister).
ETA is known to have had contacts with the Provisional Irish Republican Army; the two groups have both, at times, characterized their struggles as parallel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ETA_military   (4989 words)

  
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ETA's political wing is Batasuna, formerly known as Euskal Herritarrok and "Herri Batasuna", which generally receives about 10% of the vote in the Basque areas of Spain.
ETA was divided in ETA military and ETA political-military.
ETA prisoners are deliberately dispersed across Spain and France, some as far from their families as in the Salto del Negro prison in the Canary Islands.
www.geocities.com /son_of_kingdavid/revolutionaries.html   (5115 words)

  
 ETA - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
ETA employs bombings and assassinations, mainly aimed against non-nationalist politicians, journalists, intellectuals, and the Guardia Civil[?] and other Spanish security forces, and has killed an estimated 800 people since the 1960s.
The ETA ideology was influenced by the Algerian independence and the decolonization[?] movement.
ETA was divided in ETA (m)[?] ("military") and ETA (pm)[?] ("political-military").
www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/eu/Euskadi_Ta_Askatasuna.html   (781 words)

  
 Basque Homeland and Freedom
ETA had its origin in a nationalist group, EKIN, formed as a result of the moderate actions of the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV, Basque Nationalist Party) during the Franco regime.
ETA was the only armed group to emerge in the Spanish State during the Franco era.
While ETA is operationally headquartered in the Basque provinces of Spain and France, the organization is reported to have members and underground supporters in locations as diverse as Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Cape Verde, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Holland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Sao Tome and Principe, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
www.ict.org.il /inter_ter/orgdet.cfm?orgid=8   (1133 words)

  
 Comparative Criminology | Europe - Spain
The ETA adopted a policy of armed struggle in 1968; in practice, much of the violence was attributed to an extremist faction, the ETA Military Front (ETA Militar--ETA-M).
ETA, whose declared goal is to establish an independent Basque state, continued its terrorist campaign of bombings and shootings, killing 15 persons during the year 2001.
Senideak continued to demand that all imprisoned ETA terrorists be moved to prisons in the Basque region or the adjacent region, Navarra, to be closer to their families.
www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/europe/spain.html   (12741 words)

  
 The Ultimate ETA Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
ETA is believed to be financed principally by a so-called "revolutionary tax", paid by many businesses in the Basque Country and in the rest of Spain and enforced by the threat of assassination.
ETA is known to have had contacts with the Irish Republican Army; the two groups have both, at times, characterized their struggles as parallel.
Also in 1995 came a failed ETA car bombing attempt directed against José María Aznar, a conservative politician who was leader of the then-opposition Partido Popular (PP) and was shortly after elected to the presidency of the government; their was also an abortive attempt in Majorca on the life of King Juan Carlos I.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/ETA   (4672 words)

  
 Spain - Political Parties
The party built a political base around the trade union movement known as the CCOO, and by the end of the Franco era the PCE, under the leadership of Santiago Carrillo, was the most effective political organization in Spain.
Spain's system of political parties was complicated by the existence of regional parties that were active both at the regional level, and, when they had seats in the Cortes, at the national level.
In most autonomous communities, politics was dominated by regional affiliates of one of the two national parties, the PSOE and the AP, with the PSOE controlling the greater number of regions.
countrystudies.us /spain/83.htm   (3268 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com:Spanish " important step" against ETA
"Eta has received a very important blow and is now in bad shape, but I appeal to you not to relax the anti-terrorist struggle in any way," Jose Antonio Alonso, the Interior Minister, warned.
In all, 21 Eta suspects were detained, including the organisation's most senior and longest-serving leader, Mikel Albizu Iriarte, and his companion, also an Eta militant, Soledad Iparraguirre, both 43.
The biggest coup was the arrest of Mikel Albizu Iriarte, 43, considered the political leader of ETA, and Soledбd Iparraguirre, 43, near Pau, France.
english.pravda.ru /world/2004/10/05/56426_.html   (513 words)

  
 Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
ETA was founded in 1959 with the aim of establishing an independent homeland based on Marxist principles and encompassing the Spanish Basque provinces of Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa, and Alava, as well as the autonomous region of Navarra and the southwestern French Departments of Labourd, Basse-Navarra, and Soule.
Spanish police arrested scores of ETA members and accomplices in Spain in 2004, and dozens were apprehended in France, including two key group leaders.
ETA conducted no fatal attacks in 2004, but did mount several low-level bombings in Spanish tourist areas during the summer and 11 bombings in early December, each preceded by a warning call.
library.nps.navy.mil /home/tgp/eta.htm   (325 words)

  
 Eta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
ETA employs bombings and assassinations, mainly aimed against non-nationalist politicians, journalists, intellectuals, businessmen and the Guardia Civil and other Spanish security forces, and has killed an estimated 800 people since the 1960s.
Eta (Η η) is the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 8.
ETA sympathizers also conducted a campaign of street violence and vandalism in the Basque region intended to intimidate politicians, academics, and journalists.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /et/eta.html   (1957 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Eta: Key events
August 2000: Thousands of people demonstrate in support of Eta in the city of Bilbao after four members of the group die in a blast caused by explosives in a car they are driving.
Eta is understood to have been heavily influenced by the Northern Ireland peace process.
Eta has traditionally had relations with the Irish republicans and the political wing Herri Batasuna has been schooled by Sinn Fein on strategy for negotiation.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/545452.stm   (1077 words)

  
 The REAL Tom Green - Terrorist Organizations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It was not long before the ETA made the decision to "divide" into two entities, a political-military branch, and a strictly military branch.
The group's military wing, Islamic Resistance Movement (not to be confused with HAMAS which also uses the name), has received a steady supply of advanced explosives and detonating devices which has enabled Hizballah to create what has become their trademark: the car bomb.
The military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the NPA is a Maoist group formed in December 1969 with the aim of overthrowing the government through protracted guerrilla warfare.
www.therealtomgreen.com /terrorists.html   (13678 words)

  
 CMI * Chiapas * IMC - noticias, 1 página(s)
Despite the fact that the text clearly made reference to the Basque political struggle, and not the military one, the words were intentionally ambiguous regarding the activities of your organization, ETA.
I am also asking you to publicly commit yourselves to not carrying out any offensive military operation during that period, and thus contribute to creating an atmosphere which is conducive for that encuentro, that is, in order to give the word a chance.
For the victims of ETA and of the Spanish State, among whom are not a few sympathizers with our cause, our sincere apologies if we were lacking in respect for your pain through that ambiguity.
chiapas.indymedia.org /display.php3?article_id=103820   (2279 words)

  
 Batasuna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Batasuna (Unity) is a Basque political party based mainly in Spain but with a French presence, which is presumed to be associated with the Basque separatist armed group ETA.
Another important member of Batasuna is Jose Antonio Urrutikoetxea, alias Josu Ternera, main leader of ETA between 1987 and 1989, and accused of a number of homicides like the massacre of 21 people at Hipercor (shopping center in Barcelona).
Following a ETA car bomb attack on August 4 the Spanish parliament was recalled.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Batasuna.htm   (1392 words)

  
 Introduction - Spanish Intelligence Agencies
During the Franco regime, a wide spectrum of opposition groups carried on antigovernment and, in some cases, terrorist activities.
The election of a democratic national parliament in 1977 and a Basque parliament in 1980 brought little relief from ETA violence.
Most of the remainder were civilians killed in bombings or caught in crossfire.
www.globalsecurity.org /intell/world/spain/intro.htm   (1233 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Spain - Threats to Internal Security | Spanish Information Resource
The legitimacy of separatist movements was recognized by granting partial regional autonomy, which included legislatures with powers of taxation, policing, and education (see Regional Government, ch.
The role of the armed forces under Franco, the strained relations between military and civil authorities during the transition to democracy, and the government's successful efforts to introduce its reform measures are reviewed in a study by Carolyn P. Boyd and James M. Boyden included in Politics and Change in Spain, edited by Thomas D.
Strategic considerations of Spanish participation in the defense of Europe are weighed in a study by Stewart Menaul, The Geostrategic Importance of the Iberian Peninsula.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/spain/spain181.html   (1658 words)

  
 terrorist profiles - master file   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Since reemergence during late 1980s, has concentrated attacks against current and retired Turkish security and military officials; responsible for the murders of four active and retired generals and nearly 30 police officers in 1991.
The main movement announced it was laying down arms to become a political movement on 1 June 1991.
Has targeted US military and business facilities and, since 1986, stepped up attacks on Greek Government and commercial interests; primary method has been bombings of buildings, apparently without intent to endanger life.
nsi.org /Library/Terrorism/profterr.txt   (5329 words)

  
 Basque Fatherland and Liberty a.k.a Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Founded in 1959 with the aim of establishing an independent homeland based on Marxist principles encompassing the Spanish Basque provinces of Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa, Alava, as well as the autonomous region of Navarra, and the southwestern French Departments of Labourd, Basse-Navarra, and Soule.
Spanish police arrested 125 ETA members and accomplices in 2003; French authorities arrested 46, including the group’s top leadership; several other members were arrested in Latin America, Germany, and the Netherlands.
In 2003, ETA killed three persons, a similar figure to 2002’s death toll of five, and wounded dozens more.
www.fas.org /irp/world/para/eta.htm   (273 words)

  
 1992 Global Terrorism: Appendix B (Info on Terrorist Groups)
Description HAMAS was formed in late 1987 as an outgrowth of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and has become Fatah's principal political rival in the occupied territories.
During 1992, elements of HAMAS were responsible for several prominent anti-Israeli attacks, including ambushes of military units in the West Bank and the murder of a member of the Israeli border police in December.
After Fatah, is the most important military and political organization in the Palestinian movement.
www.fas.org /irp/threat/terror_92/backg.html   (6068 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: ETA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, ETA; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=ETA   (5119 words)

  
 Terrorist Organizations
ETA - 6th Assembly or Political-Military ETA (ETA-pm).
India, it is not connected to a political party.
one faction becoming a political party in 1991.
www.worldstatesmen.org /Terrorist.html   (3748 words)

  
 SPAIN / ETA
Home :: Military :: Library :: News :: 1998 :: May ::
DATE=5/6/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-231794 TITLE=SPAIN / ETA (L-ONLY) BYLINE=GIL CARBAJAL DATELINE=MADRID CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN SPAIN, A CITY COUNCILMAN IN PAMPLONA WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY BY TWO YOUNG GUNMEN AS HE WAS PREPARING TO DRIVE TO THE TOWN HALL.
GIL CARBAJAL REPORTS FROM MADRID THAT THE MURDER FOLLOWS ARRESTS SINCE LAST WEEKEND OF SIX PRESUMED MEMBERS OF THE BASQUE SEPARATIST GROUP "ETA," AND THE SEIZURE OF DOCUMENTS LISTING POSSIBLE VICTIMS, INCLUDING KING JUAN CARLOS.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/1998/05/980506-eta.htm   (117 words)

  
 Spain Regional Parties - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Spain Regional Parties - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
Spain's system of political parties was complicated by the existence of regional parties that were active both at the regional level, and, when they had seats in the Cortes, at the national level (see table 14, Appendix).
The EE party was believed to be tied to the less violent ETA Political-Military Front (ETA Politico-Militar-- ETA-PM) (see Threats to Internal Security, ch.
www.photius.com /countries/spain/government/spain_government_regional_parties.html   (423 words)

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