French Police Arrest Basque ETA Leader `Txeroki' (Update1)

[struggle4progress]

Source: Bloomberg

By Emma Ross-Thomas

Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- French police arrested the suspected military chief of the Basque separatist movement ETA ...

Garikoitz Asiazu Rubina, known as ``Txeroki'' and suspected of killing two Spanish policemen in France in 2007, was arrested last night in southwest France, the French president's office said in a statement today.

ETA, which has killed more than 800 people since the start of its violent campaign for an independent Basque country in 1968, called an end to a cease-fire last year after peace talks with the Spanish government failed. Violence has since escalated and on Nov. 5 the group said it was responsible for 10 recent attacks, including a car bombing at a university.

The group, whose initials stand for Euskadi ta Askatasuna, or Basque Homeland and Freedom in the Basque language, wants an independent nation spanning the seven Basque-speaking provinces of Spain and southwestern France ...

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aEAYfcBF.4xE&refer=europe

[Odin2005]

1. Is it just me or does this guy's name sound like "Cherokee"? n/t.

[JonQ]

2. That's exactly what I thought

when listening to this on the Radio this morning. I had to look up the spelling because "Cherokee" just didn't seem right.

[sofa king]

3. 'Twas the mullet what tipped off the coppers.