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The entire Spanish political establishment was in uproar yesterday after a national newspaper published information gleaned from documents seized by police following the arrest of Eta member Esparza Luri. These revealed that more than a month prior to the General Elections of 2004, members of the Socialist Party met with members of the Basque terror organization, speaking ‘in the name of the future government’. For the Partido Popular, Ignacio Astarloa stated that his party wanted to know how the arrangements were made for the meeting, who was the go-between and what was discussed. Many other political analysts yesterday spoke of the Socialist Party staging what in effect was a coup d’etat in order to gain power in March 2004, with the tacit complicity of Eta. Equally, making the overall situation more confusing is the revelation that Colonel Felix Hernando, the head of the elite Guardia Civil force UCO is within the inner circle of friends of Rafael Vera, the former head of State Security under Felipe Gonzalez. These revelations come as the Prime Minister is ‘somewhat conveniently’ on a state visit to India.
The space agency NASA yesterday announced that the launch of the shuttle Discovery would not take place for the second day running due to weather problems. It is hoped that the craft will be able to be launched by next Tuesday
Iraq has unveiled a new list of the country’s ‘Most Wanted’ that included the daughter of former dictator Saddam Hussein as well as his first wife. Topping the list is Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, the former deputy commander of the armed forces, and the highest – ranking figure from the US List that has not been captured or killed. The list was released by Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, whop added that the entire list contained 41 names.
A grouping of granite blocks along a grassy Amazon hilltop may yet prove to be the vestiges of a centuries-old astronomical observatory, and the find appears to indicate that the early inhabitants of the rain forest were far more sophisticated than was previously believed. The 127 blocks, some of which are as high as nine feet are spaced at regular intervals around the hill, whilst observers have noted that on the shortest day of the year – December 21 – the shadow of one of the stones disappears when the sun is directly above it. People are starting to call the discovery ‘a tropical Stonehenge’.
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