year campaign for an independent Basque homeland in northern Spain, has attacked Spain's key tourist industry in the past. In February, ETA sent warnings to travel agents saying foreign tourists were at risk of violence this summer. That was before the March train bombs, believed to be the work of al Qaeda-linked Islamic militants, which helped to usher the Socialist party into power in Madrid. The previous Popular Party government had cracked down on Basque separatists but angered many Spaniards with its support for the Iraq war. ETA, which the United States and European Union consider a terrorist organisation, has not carried out a fatal attack for more than a year. --SP 1815 Local Time 1515 GMT
