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August 23, 2004
Finally, the right term
KUDOS TO THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR for using the right term when defining ETA, in an unusually balanced article today, considering the precedents in the foreign media:
Compared with the ruinous attacks that struck Spain in March, the bombings over the past 14 days in the northern provinces might be expected to attract little notice: Seven weak explosives, wrapped in plastic bags, and weighing less than 300 grams, caused only slight injuries and minor property damage. But in Spain, a country that has suffered domestic terrorism for the past 30 years, the explosions were an unnerving reminder that ETA, the Basque terrorist group, was still a threat.
(emphasis mine)

I have complained in the past that the foreign media still uses the stupidly incorrect "separatist group" as the label for a group guilty of more than 800 murders. And there hasn't been a Franco to resist against for almost 30 years now.

(Crossposted at Barcepundit)

Posted By Franco Aleman at August 23, 2004 11:54 AM | TrackBack
Comments

I support Basque Separatism, and have done for a while.

I also consider ETA to be Enemies of Humanity, Terrorists pure and simple, and also have done for a while.

There's no contradiction in these two statements, despite ETA's best attempts to confuse the issue. And, let it be said, sometimes various Spanish Politicians too. ETA wants to use the worthy cause of Basque Rights to legitimise their odious brand of Terrorism, some in the Spanish Govt want to use ETA's odious Terrorism to discredit the worthy cause of Basque Rights. Meanwhile, the political groups that should be maintaining the rights of the Basque people are providing shelter and comfort to Thugs. Yes, there are lots of minor injustices left over from the old regime, but they are being dealt with (more slowly than I'd like) and the Basques need to consider the rest of Spain (and France) too. ETA is not just Evil and Thuggish, they're even more counter-productive to the rights of everybody, not just Basques, than any of Gen. Franco's goons.

Kudos to the CSM, and to Barcepundit's author too.

Posted by: aebrain [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 23, 2004 09:15 PM

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