ETA moves forward 'on path of political change' by Barbora Misakova

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or Basque Homeland and Freedom is a name of armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization known as ETA. It was founded in 1959 and in its 41-year campaign for independence for the Basque region of northern Spain and southeastern France is responsible for 829 deaths, thousands of injured people and dozens of kidnapped individuals. That’s why the group is proscribed as a terrorist organization not only by the Spanish and France authorities, but also European Union as a whole and the United States. ETA used to have a very hierarchical organization with a leading figure, but as reports from Spanish and France police point, there were significa! nt changes done in recent years. Former three substructures – logistical, military and political sections – were divided into a total of eleven as a response to recent captures and also possible infiltration. Permanent ceasefire announced by the group in March 2006 was broken when they set off a bomb at a car park at Madrid’s international airport. In 2007 the Spanish government redoubled its efforts against ETA. But ETA announced on Sunday it is ready to move forward “on path of political change”, but it stopped short of renouncing violence, what was a demand of Spanish government. The political party Batasuna, which was banned by the Spanish Supreme Court as an anti-democratic organization, called for the Basque question to be resolved through a democratic process and without use of violence. Batasuna, as ETA’s political wing, informed that ETA wants to resolve the conflict and they “will not stop before reaching freedom.” A! s it seems, the fact there are more than 700 members of ETA in! carcerat ed in prisons will not change their determination to “struggle staunchly for the Basque country”.

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by Barbora Misakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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