Basque Homeland and Freedom

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Basque Homeland and Freedom - a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees; "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"

Basque Fatherland and Liberty, ETA, Euskadi ta Askatasuna

act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power

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Eta, whose initials stand for Basque Homeland And Freedom in the Basque language, killed more than 850 people during its decades-long violent campaign to create an independent state in northern Spain and southern France.

Wanted Eta chief finally in custody; France: Terrorist on run for 17 years

Basque Fatherland and Liberty: Also known as Basque Fatherland and Freedom, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, Euskadi Ta Askatasun was founded by Basque Marxist rebels in 1959.

Militant Organizations Without Radical Islamist Ideology

| MADRID, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- The international commission of mediators, overseeing the ceasefire in Basque region, north Spain, on Friday announced that the separatist Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA) laid down part of their guns and munitions.

ETA surrenders part of weapons to int''l mediators

ETA is an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, meaning "Basque Homeland and Freedom".

What is ETA?

ETA, which stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom, is classified as a terrorist group by the European Union, the Unites States and Spain.

UK police arrest suspected ETA terrorist

Eta, which stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom in the Basque language, has killed more than 825 people since 1968.

Car bomb explodes in Madrid

He also examines the foundation and growth of the ETA ("Basque Homeland and Freedom") and relations between the ETA and the PNV following the death of Franco and on into the early parts of the 20th century.

Ethnicity and violence; the case of radical Basque nationalism

An explosion at the new Terminal 4 parking garage of the Madrid Airport on December 30 is being attributed to the Basque terrorist group ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, Basque for "Basque Homeland and Freedom").

Basque terrorists bomb Madrid Airport during Christmas rush

1959 - Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Eta), or Basque Homeland and Freedom, founded during dictatorship of General Franco.

HORROR AT RUSH HOUR: Eta history of bloody butchery

Eta, which stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom, has waged a 34-year campaign for independence of the region of two million inhabitants in northern Spain.