ETA No Violence Pledge Suspect Says Barcepundit
Our favorite Spanish blogger, J.M. Guardia of Barcepundit, explains why he views the Basque separatists' (ETA's ) pledges to stp offensive attacks with great suspicion. Like him, we'll believe it when we see it.
So it all seems a very calculated move: after the police has been successfully dismantling them, they are in a bad shape. It's not the first time they have apparently called for a ceasefire as a way of getting some time off and a chance to regroup (in fact, the last time the communiqué was more blunt, but it still ended this way). Plus, there's local elections soon, and they need the 'legitimacy' so that their political allies can run, get a few councilmen elected, and start getting the public funds that the government gives to the parties with political representation.