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086088
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ID:
086083
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086082
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2009.
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Basque separatist group Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) is at its weakest point since it was established in 1959. Nearly 800 ETA operatives are now behind bars following concerted government crackdowns in both Spain and France during 2007 and 2008. Although hopes that ETA will end its 50-year campaign of violence remain premature, the Spanish government has gained the upper hand and the group's room for manoeuvre is more limited than ever before.
Many of ETA's recent setbacks have been accompanied by internal disputes between hardliners favouring continued violence as a means of gaining Basque independence and pragmatists toying with the idea of negotiating a settlement with the central government in Madrid. Those internal disputes, in turn, have their roots in the March 2004 Madrid train bombings, carried out by Islamist extremists, which caused popular outrage against terrorism and made ETA's political violence increasingly untenable.
Image: A pro-independence supporter holds a portrait of ETA military leader, Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, detained
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ID:
086086
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086087
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ID:
086085
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ID:
086081
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2009.
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Pakistan's once little-known Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) region has steadily risen to international prominence following the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan. Of the seven tribal agencies that comprise the FATA, North and South Waziristan have become the Afghan Taliban's main sanctuary and training ground, and the nucleus of the Pakistani Taliban movement. The Pakistani Taliban plays a key enabling role in cross-border attacks on coalition and Afghan troops in Afghanistan, as well as ensuring that the region remains a critical haven for the Afghan Taliban and its foreign allies.
Image: Pakistani artillery fire towards militant positions in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on 27 November 2008. Pakistan's counter-insurgent campaign has occurred concurrently with US unmanned aerial vehicle strikes on militants in the region
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ID:
086084
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086091
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ID:
086089
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ID:
086090
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