The Guardian of the Drones

I guess it happens in any country where they have a king. This is the way I see it, if you are stupid enough to allow a bunch of parasites to parade themselves with money from your taxes, if you are so dumb as to bow your head when someone called Prince this or Princess that proclaims that the members of the Royalty are above the simple mortals, then you deserve a media information like the one provided by The Guardian in England. Bottom line, English people with very few exceptions are nothing but busy little drones.

Next I attach an article they just published regarding the refusal by an Argentinean federal judge to grant the Holy Inquisition of Spain the request for extradition of Basque political refugee Josu Lariz Iriondo.

First of all, the Argentinean judge did not deal a blow to the antiterrorist campaign in Spain, it was the Spanish authorities who were unable to present solid information and evidence that Josu Lariz Iriondo was in fact an ETA member. Unlike in Spain and possibly England, in the rest of the free world you are innocent until proven guilty, no evidence of a crime, you get to walk free.

Second, the reports about torture against Basque political prisoners are not claims by Josu Lariz Iriondo alone, they were sustained by the UN's Human Rights Rapporteur Theo Van Boven and the UN's Human Rights High Commissioner has issued recommendations based on the report.

Last, Batasuna, the banned political party has never claimed to be ETA's political arm, that is a claim by Madrid. Over a year ago Madrid proscribed the political force depriving 10% of the Basque electorate of a voice on claims that Batasuna is part of ETA, all these months and until today Madrid once again has been unable to produce solid evidence of the accusation, which means that their Neo-Francoist policies are not sustained in the frame of the law and justice.

Obviously the author of the note, Ben Sills, spends way too much time sucking Tony Blair's pencil size dick, because he is far from being a reporter or a journalist.

Oh yeah, I forgot, Josu Lariz Iriondo was not expelled from Urugay, he was abducted from Uruguay, there is a difference.

Eta suspect wins extradition fight

Ben Sills
Monday June 21, 2004

The Guardian

An Argentinian judge has dealt a blow to Spain's fight against Basque terrorism by refusing to allow the extradition of a suspected member of Eta. Claudio Bonadi­o rejected Spain's request on the grounds that underArgentineann law, the charges against Jesus Mari­a Lariz Iriondo were inadmissible. He also attacked Spain's treatment of Eta prisoners.

The ruling could still be overturned by the supreme court, but Bonadio said that any future extradition should be conditional on guarantees from Madrid regarding Mr Iriondo's physical and psychological well being.

He accepted the defendant's claims that Spain had a history of mistreating Eta prisoners. "In the event of an extradition, Mr Iriondo should not be blindfolded or hooded."

Spanish prosecutors want Mr Iriondo to stand trial for a 1984 attack in the Basque village of Eibar in which three policemen were injured. Mr Iriondo admits membership of Batasuna, the political wing of Eta, which is banned in Spain. But he denies involvement with Eta.

Mr Iriondo arrived in Argentina after being expelled from Uruguay in 2002. In Buenos Aires he has attracted the support of leftwing intellectuals including Nobel peace prize winner, Adolfo Perez Esquivel.

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