But Basques aren't Irish.(seemingly the Irish Republican Army and the Basque Homeland and Freedom group have much in common, but a closer inspection reveals more differences than similarities)(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: July 20, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ON THE face of it, the Basques' ETA and the Irish Republican Army have quite a bit in common. Both seek a form of statehood that is opposed, in repeated elections, by large majorities of people in the countries where the terrorists live but to which neither group gives allegiance. Both groups are driven by a mistily romantic notion of history, nourished by very real past grievances that have now been considerably redressed. Both say they aim their bombs and bullets at symbols of an o...