Basque resistants being oppressed

Two top ETA resistants, one a 'deadly' and 'elegant' woman, were rounded up along with between 15 and 19 other Spanish and French nationals and 'rocket launchers, rifles, munitions and explosives...reportedly found in villages and farmhouses between Pau and Bayonne in south-west France'.

French minister Perben seems to be pleased. He said that this was "a great battle won in the war against terrorism'. Oh, la, la. Tout de suite, les gros mots. (Oh, my, my. Right away, the fancy words.) The T-word, no less.

Why are the insurgents being bothered now when 'Spain has enjoyed 16 months without an Eta killing, the quietest period, barring truces, since the early 70s'? Because 'in recent weeks it has been blamed for the blowing up of two electricity pylons in northern Spain'. Is that all? Pylons?

Seems Miss Deadly and Elegant is also 'wanted in Spain for the murder of 15 people in bombings and machine gun attacks in the northern Basque country and in Madrid'...but what's a few deaths among friends, eh.

But pylons, no way! Can't let these militants mess with pylons. That costs money! Round 'em up!