Thousands protest policy on ETA
From Times Wire Reports
Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Madrid, the capital, to demand a tougher government policy toward Basque separatists.
Demonstrators demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, accusing him of insulting victims of the ETA separatist group by seeking peace talks and granting house arrest to a notorious ETA killer.
It was the third protest in little more than a month over the Popular Party’s accusations that Zapatero is appeasing ETA.
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