As I stated when I started this blog, the main drive is to counter what the media writes about Euskal Herria and the Basque people.
The article you are about to read contains every single element of the smear campaign set against the Basque people by Madrid. The reason why the news outlets are very willing to reproduce what Madrid wants you to believe about the Basque issue is simple, Aznar it's an important piece in George W. Bush's present crusade for oil and gas profits. So, Bush's friends are returning the favor by creating a web of lies and deception around Basque civil groups and institutions, like in the case of Udalbiltza.
Here you have what the Associated Press is distributing among the different news corporations:
The "one fits all" accusation that you saw against Batasuna and Egunkaria is now being used against Udalbiltza, and that is that it belongs to ETA. And the media is all too happy to repeat it despite the fact that Spain has not produced any hard evidence to support the accusation. One would think that after the pre-dawn raids were a lot of material and computers were confiscated Madrid would have something solid by now, but no, the truth is they have nothing. What Aznar is doing is to take full advantage of Bush's "war on terrorism" to apply the kind of violence and repression that the Basque people had not experienced since Felipe González and his beloved GAL.
Is strange how at a time when the human rights and civil liberties of an entire nation are being savegely ravaged by an authoritarian government heir to a genocidal and fascist dictatorship, the US media dares to apply the "T" label to anything and everything Basque, taking into consideration that the USA has been murdering innocent civilians by the tens of thousands in Afghanistan and Iraq. The only terrorists at this moment are José María Aznar and his junta (Garzón, Acebes, Rajoy) supported by the even biggest terrorists Bush and Blair.
The article you are about to read contains every single element of the smear campaign set against the Basque people by Madrid. The reason why the news outlets are very willing to reproduce what Madrid wants you to believe about the Basque issue is simple, Aznar it's an important piece in George W. Bush's present crusade for oil and gas profits. So, Bush's friends are returning the favor by creating a web of lies and deception around Basque civil groups and institutions, like in the case of Udalbiltza.
Here you have what the Associated Press is distributing among the different news corporations:
Spanish Police Arrest Eight in Anti-ETA Clampdown
Tue Apr 29,12:38 PM ET Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo!
BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) - Eight alleged members of radical Basque parties, including six local councilors, were arrested in northern Spain on Tuesday as part of a crackdown on armed separatist group ETA, officials said.
Interior Minister Angel Acebes said the eight were leaders of Udalbiltza, an association of Basque Country town halls created by nationalist parties, including radical groups such as Batasuna -- banned in March for not condemning ETA violence.
"The eight arrested are top leaders of Udalbiltza; their homes and headquarters in the Basque Country and Navarre have been searched and we have confiscated documents," Acebes told a conference in Madrid. "Some... are Batasuna members."
The Basque region's moderate nationalist government criticized the arrests, which came less than a month before May 25 local elections across Spain. A spokesman said the Madrid government's approach would only serve to radicalize Basque society before the polls.
The Interior Ministry said about 150 police officers took part in Tuesday's pre-dawn operation, which was ordered by High Court Judge Baltasar Garzon. Garzon was at the forefront of the drive to outlaw Batasuna.
A ministry statement those arrested had contributed to ETA's plan to "maintain its political front" following the banning of Batasuna. Police also closed Udalbiltza offices in four towns.
Acebes said Udalbiltza had in recent weeks been in charge of preparing independent candidates for the polls in the Basque region, but could not confirm whether those arrested were themselves candidates.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar welcomed the arrests and said he hoped for firm court action so "those who defend terrorism can in no case take part in the coming elections."
"We want terrorists arrested by the security forces, judged by the judges and in the place where they should be for many years," he said, speaking in Valladolid.
Several Batasuna members plan to stand in the elections on the newly created platform AuB. AuB presented its electoral list last week, a step being challenged by the state attorney.
A police source said one of those arrested early on Tuesday was a councilor and spokesman for Socialista Abertzaleak, an alleged successor party to Batasuna, in the city of Bilbao.
The May 25 local elections will be the first electoral test for Aznar's center-right Popular Party since the Prestige oil spill along the northern Spanish coast late last year and the government's unpopular support for the war in Iraq.
The "one fits all" accusation that you saw against Batasuna and Egunkaria is now being used against Udalbiltza, and that is that it belongs to ETA. And the media is all too happy to repeat it despite the fact that Spain has not produced any hard evidence to support the accusation. One would think that after the pre-dawn raids were a lot of material and computers were confiscated Madrid would have something solid by now, but no, the truth is they have nothing. What Aznar is doing is to take full advantage of Bush's "war on terrorism" to apply the kind of violence and repression that the Basque people had not experienced since Felipe González and his beloved GAL.
Is strange how at a time when the human rights and civil liberties of an entire nation are being savegely ravaged by an authoritarian government heir to a genocidal and fascist dictatorship, the US media dares to apply the "T" label to anything and everything Basque, taking into consideration that the USA has been murdering innocent civilians by the tens of thousands in Afghanistan and Iraq. The only terrorists at this moment are José María Aznar and his junta (Garzón, Acebes, Rajoy) supported by the even biggest terrorists Bush and Blair.
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