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<DIV><SPAN class=010182922-31072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>1. As
a US citizen you would be more likely to be targeted in many countries of the
world, though there has been NO evidence of this regarding ETA. Whatever, carry
nothing which would identify you as from the US. I would even go so far as to
carry an Australian or Canadian badge.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010182922-31072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2. My
daughter was in Israel four years ago when the bridge leading to the
Maccabee Games collapsed. She visited a market which was destroyed by a bomb the
next day. Neither of these caused me concern. I believe that as Christians we
are called to go forth into the world with confidence and strength born of our
faith in the Living Lord. Whether we live or die, we are in the protection of
our Lord and Saviour. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010182922-31072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Go for
it and live a triumphant life.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010182922-31072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>All
the best</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010182922-31072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>John</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> E. O. Pederson
[mailto:eldorpaHOTMAIL.COM]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 1 August 2001 2:21
AM<BR><B>To:</B> GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Terrorism in
Spain?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I am hesitant to post this given the paranoia about terrorism in the US
(where the chances of being killed in a criminal or accidental shooting
are thousands of times greater than the chance of being targeted by a
terrorist abroad), but there is an interesting piece in <A
href="http://www.slate.msn.com">http://www.slate.msn.com</A> "The Bombs
in Spain Fall Mainly on the Tourists" by June Thomas. The piece is a
digest of recent articles in the <U>London Times</U>, the <U>Observer</U> and
<U>El Pais </U>about ETA bombs, especially an apparent ETA goal of targeting
tourist areas after the electoral defeat of the separatist party Euskal
Herritarrok in recent regional elections. Given that one walks through
the Basque country for many days enroute to Santiago, and a few of the places
on the camino (notably Santiago itself) are major tourist attractions, the
issue of ETA terrorism is not completely irrelevant. ! </! DIV>
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<DIV>The London Times "counseled British travellers to 'support the Madrid
government by ignoring ETA's threats.'" As an unanticipated opportunity
to again walk all or part of the camino has just come up, I am not letting
this information have any impact on my plans to walk from Somport (
probably starting in Pau) to Santiago, or as far as I can get in the somewhat
limited time available, this autumn.</DIV>
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<DIV>Eldor Pederson</DIV>
<DIV>Seattle, WA</DIV>
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