Rajoy has sought to portray Zapatero as being weak on Basque terrorism, in part because the prime minister acknowledged continued government contact with representatives of ETA after the cease-fire collapsed. "Today is a day of mourning ... and we all must be united together against ETA. The only option is to defeat ETA. . . . ETA must lose all hopes of achieving their political objectives." Carrasco was the fifth person killed by ETA since the cease-fire collapsed more than a year ago; more than 800 people, mostly police and officials, have been killed in nearly four decades of conflict. tracy.wilkinsonlatimes.com
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