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Article: French police deal strong blow to Basque separatists' command structure
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- December 9, 2003
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JOSE AROCENA, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-09-2003
Dateline: PAU, France
French anti-terrorism police delivered a powerful blow Tuesday to the Spanish Basque separatist group ETA, arresting its military and logistics chiefs in what Madrid called "one of the most important days" in the decades-long fight against the organization.
Gorka Palacios Alday and Juan Luis Rubenach were arrested in the village of Lons, near Pau in southwestern France, officials said.
Also arrested were Inigo Vallejo, who allegedly prepared attacks meant to coincide with a European summit last year, and another less senior alleged ETA member identified by the Spanish national news agency as Jose Miguel ...