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Car Bomb Explodes in Madrid
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Police say early morning explosion occurred Wednesday, following
warning call from Basque separatist group, ETA





Scene of explosion, WednesdayA car bomb has exploded in the Spanish
capital of Madrid, slightly injuring at least eight people.

Police say the early morning explosion occurred Wednesday, following a
warning call from the Basque separatist group, ETA.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero condemned the
bombing, saying the only fate for the terrorist group is for it to lay
down its weapons and dissolve.

The bombing comes one week after Spain's parliament approved a plan by
Mr. Zapatero to open peace talks with ETA, provided it renounces its
decades-old campaign of violence.

The terrorist group has been blamed for the deaths of more than 800
people since the late 1960s, when it launched its terrorist campaign
for creation of an independent Basque state in southwestern France and
northern Spain.

 


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