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Spain: detained Basque militant was top ETA leader

Published November 19, 2008, 5:27 am, The Charlotte Observer

(By DANIEL WOOLLS, Associated Press Writer) A young gunman arrested this week turns out to be the head of the Basque separatist group ETA - the first member of an uncompromising and ultra-violent new generation to lead the organization, Spanish officials said Wednesday. Police said they were preparing for retaliation from ETA over the arrest of 35-year-old Mikel de Garikoitz Aspiazu, whose alias ...

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