Monday, July 21, 2008

Five Eta Bombs Start Summer Terror Season

ETA Video

From The Telegraph:

The Basque separatist group Eta signalled the start of a summer terror campaign yesterday when it detonated four bombs at tourist resorts and another at a Barclays Bank in northern Spain.

One woman was injured and another treated for shock following the co-ordinated attacks which were seen by the Spanish authorities as a signal of intent during the holiday season.

The first device detonated shortly after 5am outside a branch of Barclays in Neguri, near the Basque city of Bilbao, popular with British visitors.

The bomb shattered windows at the front of the building and blackened the entrance to the bank, damaging the cash dispenser machine.

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More News On The ETA And Spain

Five blasts in northern Spain, ETA blamed -- Reuters
Basque separatists bomb Spanish tourist resorts: police -- AFP
Spain Rocked By Bomb Blasts -- SKY News

My Comment: The bombing season is starting late this year. The ETA is very low level in their activity, but they have explicitly stated that with time the violence will be getting worse.

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