An alleged member of the Basque separatist group Eta can be sent to Spain to face terrorism charges, a UK court has ruled.

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As well as pursuing Gen Pinochet, Mr Garzon also rose to prominence in Spain for investigating Basque separatist group Eta, 1980s-era government death squads and indicting Osama Bin Laden.

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The Spanish case shows how difficult it was for a young democracy to deal with terrorist activities perpetrated by the Basque separatist group, ETA. History clearly shows that no country in the process of state formation or nation building escapes violence.

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Bush announced that the United States would place financial sanctions on Batasuna, a Basque nationalist political party that the Spanish government says is the political wing of ETA, a militant separatist group fighting for an independent homeland.

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