Sad news from the Basque region of Spain today, as the Basque separatist group ETA has vowed to fight for the region's independence. We could hardly know less about the Basques than if we spent our formulative years on Mars, in a cave with our eyes shut and our fingers in our ears, so we won't say very much. (All we know is that the Basques like cod. And may have discovered North America. Seriously). But when we hear the word "Barajas" and "car bomb" in the same sentence — well, it doesn't make us happy. From the New York Times:The group blamed the decision to end the truce on the government of José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero, accusing it of repression and of excluding ETA’s supporters from politics.
Mr. Zapatero broke off faltering negotiations aimed at ending 40 years of ETA violence in December, after the group planted a powerful car bomb at Madrid’s Barajas airport, killing two men. While the attack effectively ended the ceasefire, ETA continued to insist that the truce was still in place.
Can't we all just get along? R.B. will play with a heavy heart tonight. Jamie Moyer takes the hill for the Phils at Shea. We'll be back to more baseball this afternoon.
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