>Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Sunday May 21 7:22 AM ET > >Report: Basque Separatists Seeking Refuge in Cuba > >MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish authorities believe the armed Basque separatist >group ETA is taking refuge in Cuba now that a French crackdown has weakened >their operations in France, the Spanish newspaper Diario 16 reported Sunday. > >ETA, the militant guerrilla group blamed for 800 deaths over three decades, >seeks an independent Basque homeland in northern Spain and southern France. > >The group used to run its violent campaign from safe houses in France. But >France in recent years has stepped up cooperation with Spain by arresting >and deporting ETA leaders, greatly undermining ETAs ability to conspire in >Europe. > >`Now, according to information in the hands of Spanish authorities, the >dominant impression is that Cuba could be serving technically as a rearguard >for ETA,'' Diario 16 said. > >The Cuba link has been suspected for years. But Diario 16 said investigators >recently discovered more evidence on computer files seized from the Basque >National Liberation Movement (MLNV), a pro-ETA group on the French side of >the border. > >Interior Ministry officials were unavailable to comment on Sunday's report. > >At least a dozen prominent ETA members are known to live in Communist-ruled >Cuba. > >ETA, which stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom in the Basque language, >was born as an anti-fascist group under the Spanish dictatorship of General >Francisco Franco and defines itself as Marxist-Leninist. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >High rates giving you headaches? The 0% APR Introductory Rate from >Capital One. 9.9% Fixed thereafter! >http://click.egroups.com/1/3010/0/_/30563/_/958910794/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Cuba SI - Imperialism NO! >Information and discussion about Cuba. >Socialism or death! Patria o muerte! Venceremos! >http://www.egroups.com/group/cubasi > >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
