Tuesday, March 02, 2004

La Vanguardia is kind enough to publish a list of the 48 people killed by ETA since 2000. Here it is.

2000

Jan. 21--Army Lt. Col. Pedro Antonio Blanco Garcia, Madrid.
Feb. 22--Socialist politician Fernando Buesa and regional police officer Jorge Diez Elorza, Vitoria.
May 7--Journalist Jose Luis Lopez de Lacalle, Andoain, Guipuzcoa.
June 4--PP city councilman Jesus Maria Pedrosa Urquiza, Durango, Vizcaya.
July 7--PP city councilman Jose Maria Martin Carpena, Malaga.
July 29--Former civil governor of Guipuzcoa, Juan Maria Jauregui, Tolosa, Guipuzcoa.
August 8--Guipuzcoa employers' association president Jose Maria Korta, Zumaya, Guipuzcoa.
August 9--Army Lieutenant Francisco Casanova Vicente, Berriozar, Navarra.
August 20--Guardias Civiles Irene Fernandez and Jose Angel de Jesus, Sallent de Gallego, Huesca.
August 29--PP city councilman Manuel Indiano, Zumarraga, Guipuzcoa.
Sept. 21--PP city councilman Jose Luis Ruiz Casado, Sant Adria de Besos, Barcelona.
Oct. 9--Judge Luis Portero, Granada.
Oct. 16--Army Col. Antonio Munoz Carinanos, Sevilla.
Oct. 22--Prison employee Maximo Casado Carrera, Vitoria.
Oct. 30--Supreme Court judge Jose Francisco Querol Lombardero, police officer Jesus Escudero Garcia, chauffeur Armando Medina Sanchez, and passer-by Jesus Martinez Sanchez, Madrid.
Nov. 21--Former Health Minister Ernest Lluch, Barcelona.
Dec. 14--PP city councilman Francisco Cano Consuegra, Terrassa, Barcelona.

2001

Jan. 26--Navy cook Ramon Diaz Garcia, San Sebastian.
Feb.22--Workers Josu Leonet Askune and Jose Angel Santos Laranga, San Sebastian.
March 9--Regional policeman Inaki Totorika Vega, Hernani, Guipuzcoa.
March 17--Regional policeman Santos Santamaria Avendano, Roses, Gerona.
March 20--Vice-mayor Froilan Elespe Inciarte, Lasarte-Oria, Guipuzcoa.
May 6--President of Aragonese PP Manuel Gimenez Abad, Zaragoza.
May 24--Newspaper employee Santiago Oleaga Elejabarrieta, San Sebastian.
June 28--Army Gen. Justo Oreja Pedraza, Madrid.
July 10--National policeman Luis Ortiz de la Rosa, Madrid.
July 14--Regional police subchief Mikel Uribe Aurkia and PP city councilman in Leiza Jose Javier Mugica Astibia, Navarra.
Nov. 7--Judge Jose Maria Lidon, Getxo, Vizcaya.
Nov. 23--Regional police officers Ana Isabel Arostegui and Javier Mijangos, Beasain, Guipuzcoa.

2002

March 21--Socialist city councilman Juan Priede Perez, Orio, Guipuzcoa.
Aug. 4--Passers-by Silvia Martinez, aged 6, and Cecilio Gallego Alarias, Santa Pola, Alicante.
Sept. 24--Guardia Civil corporal Juan Carlos Beiro, Leiza, Navarra.
Nov. 17--Guardia Civil Antonio Molina Martin, Madrid.

2003

Feb. 8--Municipal police chief Joseba Pagazaurtundua, Andoain, Guipuzcoa.
May 30--National policemen Bonifacio Martin Hernando and Julian Envit Luna, Sanguesa, Navarra.

Multiple choice question:

The organization that killed these 48 people, ETA, could be best described as:

a) freedom fighters
b) separatist guerrillas
c) nationalist patriots
d) terrorist murderers

If you answered D, you might want to sign the petition demanding that CNN use that very description rather than any of the others.

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