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The man suspected of being the new military chief of the Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested in France, police say.

He was arrested along with two others near Gerde in south-west France, carrying guns and fake identity papers, French police said.

Spain's interior ministry said one of those held was Aitzol Irionda, thought to be Eta's new military chief.

The arrests follow last week's murder of a businessman in the Basque region.

It was the first attack linked to Eta since the arrest of its former military head, Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, also known as "Txeroki", last month.



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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 8th, 2008 at 04:38:06 PM EST
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ETA is so infiltrated it's not even funny.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 8th, 2008 at 04:55:57 PM EST
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Huh?
Didn't they arrest the new military chief of ETA a couple of weeks ago already? How many military chiefs does ETA have? I can't keep count...

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by Bernard on Mon Dec 8th, 2008 at 05:05:09 PM EST
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They arrested Txeroki a month ago, and now they have arrested his replacement.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 8th, 2008 at 05:33:42 PM EST
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when police do their job properly without histrionics?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Dec 9th, 2008 at 03:56:36 AM EST
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It's not a complaint about police work, but an observation about the state of denial of the ETA dead-enders. Ending the ceasefire and negotiation by bombing the Barajas airport at the end of 2006 was a huge miscalculation by Txeroki.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 9th, 2008 at 04:37:25 AM EST
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