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A key difference between the Basque and Northern Irish situation: there is only one armed group in the Basque situation, on only one side. You don't have the three-way war of the later Troubles.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 11:00:16 AM EST
Before about 1986, there were right-wing Spanish-nationalist paramilitary groups (Batallon Vasco Español, GAL). There was also a Basque nationalist group in the French Basque country, Iparretarrak (the Northern people), but it was very, very weak.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 11:03:52 AM EST
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