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[Or what goes around comes around. Bombs over Madrid?] Socialist Party Councilor Shot Dead The Associated Press Thursday, March 21, 2002; 10:02 AM SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain –– Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Socialist party councilor in Spain's northern Basque region Thursday. No group claimed responsibility, but the attack resembled others by the armed separatist group ETA. Police said two gunmen shot Juan Priede Perez, 69, in the head in a bar in the small town of Orio where he served as a councilor. Priede, who had received threats in the past, had just been escorted home by his bodyguards before he went to the nearby bar at 2 p.m. The two assailants fled in a car driven by a third person. ETA has killed several councilors as part of its 34-year campaign for Basque independence. The group has admitted killing more than 800 people since it took up arms in 1968. ETA was blamed for a March 2 explosion which targeted another Socialist party councilor who lost a leg in the blast. "ETA's fanaticism will not beat us," said Gemma Zabaleta, a Socialist Basque Parliament member and friend of Priede. "We have to reach agreement to isolate ETA. This man did nothing but work for his people and for this reason they murdered him." The attack came a day after Priede attended a first anniversary memorial service for fellow Socialist municipal politician Froilan Elespe who was killed by ETA. "Juan fought for freedom and defended life," said Basque Socialist deputy Rodolfo Ares. "In Euskadi (the Basque region), people are killed for their ideas." The last fatal attack attributed to the organization was Nov. 23, when gunmen shot dead two traffic police officers in the Basque region. The shooting in Orio came hours after police arrested five people on charges of collaborating with ETA. ETA, whose name is a Basque-language acronym for Basque Homeland and Freedom, called off a 14-month-old cease-fire in December 1999, and since then has claimed or been blamed for 38 deaths. The organization is classified as a terrorist organization by both the European Union and the United States. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
