Spain
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 21st, 2001 | Trackback
In March the Basque terrorist group ETA threatened to target tourist resorts in its bombing campaign to wrench an independent homeland from Spain, and made good on its threat Aug. 18 with a powerful car bomb outside a hotel in the popular Mediterranean resort of Salou, about 55 miles south of Barcelona. Thirteen people were injured. Two days later a grandmother was killed and her toddler grandson seriously injured by another ETA bomb in San Sebastian. These incidents followed several others, including the defusing of two bombs in San Sebastian Aug. 16, a bomb that temporarily closed the high-speed rail link between Madrid and Seville Aug. 15, a large car bomb at Malaga airport on the Costa del Sol last month and an explosion that killed the ETA bomb handler in the resort town of Torrevieja. While the chances of being in the wrong place at the wrong time to be injured by a bomb are slim, ETA incidents are on the rise.
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By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 13th, 2001 | Trackback
The Basque separatist group ETA, which canceled it’s cease-fire in December after 14 months, killed a political leader and critic of the group with a car bomb Feb. 22, prompting thousands to gather in protest in several cities, including Vitoria, San Sebastian and Pamplona. While many Basques support independence for the region, the overwhelming majority opposes ETA’s violent tactics. Further attacks cannot be ruled out.
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By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 8th, 2001 | Trackback
Most urban areas around the world might complain about a lack of lighting at night, but in Spain a coalition of astronomers, environmentalists and ordinary star lovers have pressured some 20 cities and towns to reduce night lighting because stars have all but vanished. According to the group, Madrid and Barcelona have six times more lighting than necessary for safety and comfort, and more than 30 percent of the lighting is wasted. Look for many cities to tone down the lighting in the next year.
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