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News, January 2005ETA attacks again, in Madrid and other cities6th December. On the night of the 3rd, at a time when hundreds of thousands of people were on their way out of Madrid for the long holiday weekend, five small bombs exploded in filling stations at strategic points around the capital. Two policemen were slightly hurt. A warning was given to a Basque newspaper in the traditional ETA manner, allowing the avoidance of further victims. 5th Dec: another small bomb was found and defused in Almería, set to go off on the 6th, day of the constitution, while yet more bombs escaped detection until going off in Alicante, Avila, Ciudad Real, León, Málaga, Valladolid y Santillana del Mar (Cantabria). This is the first incident of its kind in Madrid and the south since the 3/11 islamic bombings killed 192 people on commuter trains in the Madrid rush hour. ETA has since then only attacked in the north of the country. Nevertheless, this dashes hopes of an early end to ETA, hopes aroused both by the success of the police operations in dealing with the leadership over the past year and also due to the declarations of key ETA prisoners and the political wing Batasuna / SA. More about the Basque problem: http://www.prayforspain.com/comment/index3.html |