2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 7, 2DD4 NATION/WORLD Separatists bomb 7 Spanish cities NEWS IN BRIEF , 4 :. , . .. Iasque rebels renew violence on anniversary of Spain's constitution MADRID, Spain (AP) - Explo- sions rattled seven Spanish cities Mon- day following telephone warnings from the armed Basque separatist group ETA, in a resurgence of violence after months of keeping a low profile since the deadly Madrid train bombings by Muslim militants. Officials said ETA chose a highly symbolic day for a fresh show of force - the anniversary of Spain's constitution, which established a system of regional autonomy the Basque group rejects. The nearly simultaneous explosions in coffee shops, parks and other public plac- es slightly injured 18 people. They "(ETA) want stretched across \ Spain, with the attention, bu apparentmessage that ETA can afford to kill strike wherever t . why it it wants - even Thats with security bombs the s forces on high alert because of of chocolate. five blasts Friday claimed by ETA. "Once again - Teo Uriarte, ETA has tried to the Basque sep scare us on a spe- cial day," Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said. "But today has to continue to be the day of the constitution, not ETA's day." The bombs went off in Vallado- lid, Leon and Santillana del Mar in the north, Avila and Ciudad Real in central Spain, Alicante in the east and Malaga in the south. They came about an hour after two calls from people claiming to represent the outlawed group to the Basque newspaper Gara. Authorities had time to evacuate the c _. 11 It '1: ,: P places mentioned in the calls, although in at least two instances the explosions occurred in places not referred to by the callers. That was the case in the town of San- tillana del Mar, where 15 people were hurt by shards of glass or chunks of wood when a bomb destroyed a tourist information booth in a park. Three peo- ple were wounded in Ciudad Real when a bomb exploded while authorities were evacuating a coffee shop. The blasts were apparently calculated to avoid loss of life. One Basque analyst said this showed the constraints ETA faces after the s to draw March 11Madrid train bombings t cannot - which killed 191 people people. - and the ensu- they s off ing nationwide set revulsion over ze of a bar terrorism. ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths since the late 1960s, former member of and was initially aratist group ETA blamed for the March 11 attacks until the govern- ment acknowledged an Islamic link. "ETA wants to sow fear. It wants to draw attention, but cannot afford to kill people. That's why they set off bombs the size of a bar of chocolate," said for- mer ETA member Teo Uriarte, who now leads an association working for peace in the region. Uriarte suggested the bombings might have been planned by young Basque militants acting in ETA's name without specific orders from the group's A policeman inspects the damages in a bar in Avila, Spain, after a bomb explod- ed earlier yesterday. It was one of seven bombs that exploded across Spain. leaders. Analysts in the Basque region say the group is deeply divided among newer, young members eager to keep fighting and older leaders more inclined to nego- tiate an end to the conflict. More than 200 suspected ETA mem- bers or sympathizers have been arrested over the past two years in Spain and in southern France, and officials in Spain's previous, conservative government had said the group was on its last legs. ETA staged a string of small explo- sions in Spanish resort towns over the summer, causing little damage and only a few minor injuries. Deal said to clear path for vote on new intelligence bill WASHINGTON (AP) - Legisla- tion to revamp the nation's intelli- gence agencies moved closer to a vote and likely approval, perhaps as early as today in the House, as a leading Republican opponent announced his plans, indicating that he would support a compromise version. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, chairman of the Armed Services Com- mittee, had been one of the main road- blocks in efforts to passage of a bill Congressional Democrats had said there were plenty of lawmakers prepared to approve the legislation. KUWAIT CITY U.S. troops may leave Iraq within 4 years Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expressed hope yesterday, but did not explicitly predict, that American troops would be out of Iraq by the end of Presi- dent Bush's second term. When a reporter asked whether Rumsfeld believed the troops would be gone before the end of his term, he prefaced his answer by saying he took that to mean four years. Then he said that during his first four years in the Bush administration he had been careful not to make predictions about how long U.S. troops would have to remain.in a given country, noting they stayed far longer in Bosnia than the Clinton administration had predicted when they first went in. Then he added, speaking on whether troops would be out of Iraq within four years: "I would certainly expect that to be the case, hope that to be the case. But the answer to your question is not that. The answer is the president has said they'll stay as long as they are needed and not a day longer." Also today, in central Baghdad, a heavy gunfight broke out on a dangerous street within blocks of the country's most fortified facilities, including the U.S. embas- sy and interim Iraqi government headquarters. Five more American troops were killed in the volatile Anbar province. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico FBI letter reveals Guantanamo interrogation FBI agents witnessed "highly aggressive" interrogations and mistreatment of terror suspects at the U.S. prison camp in Cuba starting in 2002 - more than a year before the prison abuse scandal broke in Iraq - according to a letter a senior Justice Department official sent to the Army's top criminal investigator. In the letter obtained by The Associated Press, the FBI official suggested the Pentagon didn't act on FBI complaints about the incidents, including a female interrogator grabbing a detainee's genitals and bending back his thumbs, another where a prisoner was gagged with duct tape and a third where a dog was used to intimidate a detainee who later was thrown into isolation and showed signs of "extreme psychological trauma." One Marine told an FBI observer that some interrogations led to prisoners "curl- ing into a fetal position on the floor and crying in pain," according to the letter dated July 14, 2004. BAGHDAD, Iraq Troops who refused orders will remain in Amy Twenty-three Army reservists who refused a dangerous mission to transport fuel in Iraq will face punishments such as extra duties or reduction in rank but won't be court-martialed, the military said yesterday. A U.S. soldier appeared in military court to face a murder charge for the death of an Iraqi man in an impoverished Shiite Muslim quarter of Baghdad, scene of clashes between U.S. troops and insurgents this year. The reservists from the 343rd Quartermaster Company are being disciplined for failing to follow orders under Article 15, which means no court proceedings will be held and the identities of the soldiers involved will not be released, Lt. Col. Steve Boylan said. KEV, Ukraine Ukraine's leaders reach election compromise Ukraine's opposition and pro-government lawmakers tentatively agreed on a compromise yesterday to ensure a fair vote during the re-run later this month of the fraud-ridden presidential runoff and gradually shift some powers from the presi- dency to parliament. Ukraine's outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they would abide by the results of the new election, removing major ques- tion marks surrounding the Dec. 26 rematch. The vote was ordered by the Supreme Court, which last week struck down the election commission decision that Kremlin- backed Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych won the Nov. 21 runoff. - Compiled from Daily wire reports MARKET UPDATE MON. 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Hunter had wanted the bill to ensure that the Pentagon would retain some control over the tactical agencies that SOME STUDENTS LIKE TO CRAM. OTHERS EAT IN A CIVILIZED W operate the nation's spy satellites and analyze the results for troops on the battlefield. He said yesterday in a joint statement with Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner, (R-Va.), Pending a review of the rest of the legislation, we are pre- pared to support the bill as amended by this new language." With that agreement in place, House Republicans probably will meet today to decide how to move the bill forward. House Speaker Dennis Hastert had refused to move the legislation to a vote before Thanksgiving because of objec- tions from GOP chairmen including Hunter and House Judiciary chief James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin. Congressional Democrats had said there were plenty of lawmakers pre- pared to approve the legislation, and they had asked President Bush to press fellow Republicans to bring the bill to a vote. 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