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| Eta claims Madrid airport attack | Eta claims Madrid airport attack |
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| The Basque separatist group Eta has formally acknowledged it carried out a bomb attack that killed two people at Madrid airport last week. | The Basque separatist group Eta has formally acknowledged it carried out a bomb attack that killed two people at Madrid airport last week. |
| However the statement by the group also said that the "permanent ceasefire" announced in March remained in effect. | However the statement by the group also said that the "permanent ceasefire" announced in March remained in effect. |
| In response, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said he could not see how the nine-month-old peace process could resume. | In response, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said he could not see how the nine-month-old peace process could resume. |
| After the 30 December bombing he had said dialogue with Eta was "finished". | After the 30 December bombing he had said dialogue with Eta was "finished". |
| The group's latest statement was sent to the Basque pro-independence Gara newspaper. | |
| The aim of this armed attack was not to cause victims Eta statement The paper said: "Eta affirms that the permanent ceasefire started on 24 March, 2006 still stands. It claims responsibility for the attack at Barajas (airport)." | |
| Gara also quoted the separatist group as saying: "The aim of this armed attack was not to cause victims." | |
| Eta said it had given advance warning of the attack and condemned the fact that the targeted building had not been evacuated. | |
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| The statement came after two suspected Eta militants were arrested in neighbouring France. | The statement came after two suspected Eta militants were arrested in neighbouring France. |
| Last week, Spanish police discovered two caches of bomb-making equipment and explosives in the Basque country. | |
| Officials said 100kg of explosives were found on Thursday, ready to be used in a bomb, and a smaller stash was discovered nearby on Friday. | |
| They have not linked the weapons directly with the Madrid blast, which flattened a five-storey building. | |
| The two deaths at the airport were the first attributed to Eta in more than three years. | |
| The group is seeking an independent state in northern Spain and south-west France. | The group is seeking an independent state in northern Spain and south-west France. |