- Title: SPAIN: BASQUE SEPARATIST GROUP ETA ANNOUNCES END TO ITS 14 MONTH-OLD CEASEFIRE
- Date: 28th November 1999
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 28, 1999) (POOL) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (SPANISH) SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE-MARIA AZNAR SAYING: "ETA is wrong again if it thinks that with coercion, with blackmail and with terror, it will cause a breakdown in democracy and freedom. ETA is wrong if it seeks to turn citizens into hostages of its demands and puts a price on the right of everyone to live in peace." 0.27 2. LV CUTAWAY MEDIA 0.29 3. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE-MARIA AZNAR SAYING: "The Spanish government has done is doing and will continue to do everything we can to look for a lasting peace, but keeping in mind the respect for the rights of our citizens." 1.14 4. MV AZNAR WALKS BACK INTO RESIDENCE 1.18 BILBAO, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 28, 1999) (FORTA - NO ACCESS SPAIN) 5. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENT OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY, JOSE IBARRETXE SAYING: "The end of the cease-fire is a step backwards and a blow to the hopes of our people. But as president of the Basque Country I want to tell our citizens not to give up hope." 1.31 6. SCU (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) PRESIDENT OF RULING POPULAR PARTY IN BASQUE COUNTRY, CARLOS ITGURAITZ SAYING: "It is very disagreeable news and bad news for everyone, because what ETA is doing is destroying once again the hope for peace which all democrats, all Basques and the rest of the Spanish people had." 1.57 (ETA HAND-OUT VIDEO, UNKNOWN LOCATION) 7. SV MASKED ETA REBELS SPEAKING IN WOODS 2.12 8. PULL OUT MASKED ETA REBELS SITTING AROUND TABLE WITH BASQUE FLAG IN BACKGROUND 2.32 9. VARIOUS SEVERAL ETA MEMBERS TRAINING WITH GUNS (7 SHOTS) 2.49 MADRID, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 28, 1999) (REUTERS) 10. SV/SCU SEVERAL OF BASQUE INDEPENDENT PAPER "GARA" WHERE ETA RELEASED COMUNIQUE (2 SHOTS) 3.01 11. MV/SLV STREET SCENES, PEOPLE READING PAPER (2 SHOTS) 3.07 12. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) RESIDENT MARIA-JOSE MOLINA SAYING: "I'm disillusioned. The news of the end of the cease-fire has dashed the hopes of many Spanish people." 3.17 13. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) RESIDENT BEATRIZ GARCEDO SAYING: "I think it's terrible. It's been fantastic since the cease-fire was called. We've already had more than one year of peace and we were working so that Spain would become a more democratic country." 3.40 14. MV MORE PEOPLE IN STREET 3.45 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) RESIDENT FRANCISCO DE PEDRO SAYING: "I think this is intolerance. We've had a year of peace and as we enter the next millennium we need to continue to have peace. This kind of thing needs to stop, because it not only affects the Spanish people but the rest of the world as well." 3.58 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MADRID AND BILBAO, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
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