Massive Bomb In Spain Signals A Militant Group Determined To Fight On -- Christian Science Monitor
Basque militants seek relevance with violence as car bomb guts building filled with sleeping families.
Madrid - A powerful car bomb ripped through a building housing Spanish paramilitary policemen and their families just before dawn Wednesday morning, injuring 65 people and sparking worries that the country's Basque separatists are veering in a more deadly direction.
Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba promptly blamed ETA, a Basque movement that has used terrorist tactics to press its cause – an independent state – for much of its 50 years in existence. But it's been years since a mass-casualty attack on civilians. Only one murder in Spain was blamed on the group last year, which compares with 100 killed in 1980 and 21 killed in a 1987 supermarket bombing, the group's last mass-casualty attack. Though ETA continues to plant bombs, they are generally small and accompanied by a call with advance warning on when they are to explode.
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Eta blamed for van bomb in north Spain -- The Telegraph
Car Bomb in Northern Spain Heavily Damages Police Barracks -- Voice of America
Car bomb in Spain injures dozens and heavily damages Civil Guard barracks -- Deutsche Welle
Basque separatist group Eta still ready to kill despite police triumphs -- The Guardian
ETA’s show of strength -- Euronews
A glance at Basque group ETA and its goals -- AP
Key moments in ETA's violent campaign -- AP
TIMELINE-ETA suspected in latest car bomb in Spain -- Reuters