 Martitegi has already asked his commandos to carry quick attacks, always with car bombs.Since his work as a military chief ETA has already carried several attacks (see List of ETA attacks in 2009), including the bombing of the Basque television in Bilbao on December 31, 2008, and a van bomb in Madrid on February 8, 2009, which led police to think that ETA has established its first cell in Madrid for about six years.In February 2009, "El Confidencial" revealed that police were afraid that Martitegi would try to carry a "very big attack" to vindicate himself to ETA leaders.