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Make you own conclusions...
March 11, 2004: At least 182 people killed and more than 900 injured in 10 explosions on commuter trains in Madrid. ETA alledgedly responsible (still undetermined)
July 13, 1997: Miguel Angel Blanco, councilman in the small Basque town of Ermua, dies in a hospital after being shot by his ETA kidnappers and left dying in a ditch following government's refusal to discuss better conditions for jailed ETA members. Slaying triggered massive demonstrations throughout Spain.
Feb. 14, 1996: Francisco Tomas y Valiente, former president of Spain's Constitutional Court, shot three times in the head at his office at the Autonomous University of Madrid, where he taught law. Slaying triggered demonstrations throughout Spain.
Dec. 11, 1995: Six civilian workers traveling in military van killed in car-bomb attack in Madrid's Vallecas suburb.
April 19, 1995: Then-opposition party leader Jose Maria Aznar (now prime minister) survives Madrid car-bomb attack on his official car.
June 21, 1993: Six military personnel and one Defense Ministry worker killed in car-bomb attack in Madrid.
Feb.2, 1992: Five people, three soldiers and two workers, killed in car-bomb attack in Madrid's Cruz Verde square.
Dec. 11, 1991: 10 people, including four children, killed in car-bomb attack on Civil Guard barracks in Vic, northeastern Spain.
Dec. 11, 1987: 11 people, including five children, killed in car-bomb attack on Civil Guard police live-in barracks in Zaragoza, northeastern Spain.
June 19, 1987: 21 civilians killed in car bomb attack at supermarket parking lot in Barcelona.
July 14 1986: 12 Civil Guard police officers killed in car-bomb attack at Madrid's Dominican Republic's square.
April 25, 1986: Five Civil Guard officers killed in Madrid car bomb attack.
Sept. 13, 1974: 12 killed in bomb attack on Madrid cafe.
Dec. 20 1973: Luis Carrero Blanco, prime minister appointed toward the end of Gen. Francisco Franco's dictatorship, killed in car-bomb attack in central Madrid.
The above list is NOT comprehensive.
I'm not saying ETA are responsible, but I hate to see people say things like "they tend not to kill mass amounts of people." What do you call bombing shopping centres?
I've lived in a country that has experienced terrorism for 30 years. It's not pleasant.
Mr Mephisto
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