[Excerpt: Police explosives experts found 110 lbs of dynamite, chemicals, and bomb-making equipment such as detonators and timers in a storeroom in a block of flats, the ministry said.]
http://199.181.132.144/International/wireStory?id=657355 Spanish Police Say They Seize ETA Explosives Stash Apr 10, 2005 � MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police seized a cache of explosives on Sunday in an operation against the armed Basque separatist group ETA one week before a Basque regional election. The early-morning raid in Hernani, near San Sebastian in northern Spain was linked to the arrest in the past three weeks of six suspected members of an ETA cell, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Police explosives experts found 110 lbs of dynamite, chemicals, and bomb-making equipment such as detonators and timers in a storeroom in a block of flats, the ministry said. ETA is branded as a terrorist group by Spain, the European Union and the United States, and has killed nearly 850 people since 1968 in a campaign for Basque independence. It continues to carry out regular bombings, often aimed at Spain's tourist industry, but has not staged a fatal attack for nearly two years amid a sustained clampdown in Spain and France during which hundreds of suspected members have been arrested. The Interior Ministry said Sunday's explosives find was part of an operation that began on March 25 with the arrest of three suspected ETA members and the seizure of three pistols and an automatic rifle. The ministry said that operation, and the arrest of three more ETA suspects on April 7, smashed ETA's newly activated "Donosti" cell. The Basque elections on April 17 are focused on regional premier Juan Jose Ibarretxe's plan for virtual independence from Madrid � a plan strongly opposed by the main Spanish parties. ETA was quoted as saying in an interview with a Basque newspaper this month that it was trying to start negotiations with the Spanish government, but Spain's ruling Socialists rejected the offer, calling on ETA to lay down its arms. The leader of Batasuna, a Basque party banned as ETA's political wing, refused on Saturday to call for a truce by the armed group, saying it would allow Spain and France to ignore the separatist movement. Copyright 2005 Reuters News Service. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
