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| The political wing of the Basque separatist group Eta has urged militants to explain why they bombed Madrid's Barajas airport on Saturday. | The political wing of the Basque separatist group Eta has urged militants to explain why they bombed Madrid's Barajas airport on Saturday. |
| "It was not expected by anyone, even though we all knew the [peace] process was in crisis", Batasuna spokesman Joseba Alvarez told Basque radio. | "It was not expected by anyone, even though we all knew the [peace] process was in crisis", Batasuna spokesman Joseba Alvarez told Basque radio. |
| Two Ecuadoreans are still missing in the rubble of the multi-storey car park at the airport that was brought down. | Two Ecuadoreans are still missing in the rubble of the multi-storey car park at the airport that was brought down. |
| Spain's government says peace talks with Eta are now "finished". | Spain's government says peace talks with Eta are now "finished". |
| Car park demolished | Car park demolished |
| The government blamed Eta, which called a "permanent" ceasefire nine months ago. | The government blamed Eta, which called a "permanent" ceasefire nine months ago. |
| "Eta has evidently broken off the peace process," Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said. | "Eta has evidently broken off the peace process," Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said. |
| Mr Alvarez however insisted that it was a mistake to consider the peace process completely finished. | Mr Alvarez however insisted that it was a mistake to consider the peace process completely finished. |
| He voiced "the clear and obvious intention of the Basque patriotic Left to continue moving forward and seeking a solution". | He voiced "the clear and obvious intention of the Basque patriotic Left to continue moving forward and seeking a solution". |
| He accused Spain's Socialist government of failing to take any "concrete steps... to create favourable conditions" for a solution. | |
| But he also said the planting of a bomb without previously announcing the end of a ceasefire was "something new" for Eta. | |
| "It is up to Eta to explain why it acted in that way," he said. | |
| Authorities say it will take several days to clear an estimated 40,000 tons of concrete, under which about 400 cars are thought to be buried. | Authorities say it will take several days to clear an estimated 40,000 tons of concrete, under which about 400 cars are thought to be buried. |
| Madrid's mayor said on Tuesday crews were trying to find the car in which the Ecuadoreans were sleeping, and the van in which the bomb was planted, as quickly as possible without destroying evidence and jeopardising the criminal investigation. | Madrid's mayor said on Tuesday crews were trying to find the car in which the Ecuadoreans were sleeping, and the van in which the bomb was planted, as quickly as possible without destroying evidence and jeopardising the criminal investigation. |
| Eta declared a permanent ceasefire on 22 March 2006. The group has been waging an armed campaign for more than 30 years and is blamed for more than 800 deaths. |