ETA: a decapitated hydra?

Following the arrest of the leader of the Basque underground organisation ETA, the Diário de Notícias writes: "The arrest could be an important step towards ending the terrorism with which the group is trying to achieve independence for the Basque Country. ... Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodrígues Zapatero described the arrest of the ETA leader as an important step towards a triumph for democracy over terrorism. Zapatero - quite rightly - chose his words carefully. ... The group has been decapitated several times in the past, but it has always managed to regroup. ... ETA will only be defeated when Spain as a whole - including its Basque minority - unites against terrorism. ... Time and again, ETA has been able to recruit new members among this minority that continues to ignore the fact that Spain has left behind the times of Franco's dictatorship and become a democratic country in which the Basque country enjoys considerable autonomy."

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