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To: livius
Wasn't Garzon involved with a case involving Basque terrorists in the past?

Swiss TV journalist Richard Labeviere details in his book Dollars for Terror how some European super-rightists, especially neo-Nazis, have joined the Islamofascist cause, and even converted to Islam. Surprises me, though, that a Basque nationalist should so convert. Aren't the Basques super-Catholic? I'm Irish (Irish-American, actually, but I have plenty of relatives in Ireland,) and, weakened as the church now is in Ireland, I am sure that any Irish nationalist who actually converted to Islam would immediately forfeit all support in the country. Are the Basques any different?

20 posted on 11/18/2001 3:18:41 PM PST by aristeides
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To: aristeides
Surprises me, though, that a Basque nationalist should so convert. Aren't the Basques super-Catholic?

No. The Basque nationalists are anti-Castillian (anti-Madrid).

The traditional Spanish central government has always been pro-Church. The Basque terrorists could care less about the Catholic Church.

22 posted on 11/18/2001 3:27:19 PM PST by Polybius
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