ending Greek Terror & sword of damacles.

by iosaf Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:58

at 6am this morning a bomb detonated at the Greek Economy Ministry offices in Athens. No one was killed, but 2 people were seriously injured and extensive damage caused.

Of course if you read the whole thread you'll know that "Greek terrorism" in the form of N17 is supposed to be completely wrapped up, done and dusted, "appeal or not". Unsurprisingly therefore Greek authorities are not aportioning blame at this stage.

http://www.reporter.gr/fulltext_eng.cfm?id=51212085149

by iosaf - (updates on terrorists are never refused) Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:56

Gang leader Alexandros Giotopoulos, who got a record 21 life sentences, assassin Dimitris Koufodinas - nicknamed "Poison Hand" for his point-blank, gun killings - and 13 other members were sentenced a total of thousands of years in prison.

"This is like a school reunion," one of a few dozen prosecution lawyers said. "It is as if they are seeing old classmates."

November 17, which took its name from the date of a crushed 1973 student uprising against the then-ruling military junta, killed Greek businessmen, politicians and U.S., British and Turkish diplomats.

Its last victim was British defence attache Stephen Saunders, gunned down on his way to work in June 2000. Jobless mathematics professor Giotopoulos, 61, is the son of Greece's most famous Trotskyite. A 1960s student radical in Paris, he has long protested his innocence, calling the trial a "U.S.-inspired theatre".]
C/P reuters whole text at
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6284726&cKey=1133517990000

by - Wed May 05, 2004 17:30

anon caller.
precision.
no reasons.
usual XXI stuff.
anarchists blamed.
know what that means:-
blame the left.

by Jo Take Tue Dec 09, 2003 15:00

With the conviction of 15 members of the Greek radical left November 17 group, the Greek government may appear entitled to celebrate the demise of one of the most effective and impenetrable “terrorist” groups to have emerged in Europe since the end of the Second World War.
The relief to afforded to the Greek government by the apparent emasculation of Nov. 17 is doubly welcome as the British and American Governments had been pressurising Greece to crush Nov 17 following a series of attacks on their military personnel stationed in Greece. The most recent assassination, that of Northern Ireland dirty war supremo Stephen Saunders was in retaliation for the illegal NATO bombing assault against Yugoslavia and raised the hackles considerably.

The intelligence services of any of these countries can hardly deserve to slap themselves on the back for any success in stopping Nov 17 as the discovery of it’s bases, equipment and personnel all stemmed from a botched bomb attack in Piraeus which left one member injured. Four days of “interrogation” produced information leading to the discovery of Nov 17 HQ in Athens and from the on it was all standard plod work.

As the curtain falls on Nov 17 for possibly the last time, the following listing provides a breakdown of the victims of Nov 17 and shows how effectively their victims were targetted;


British Military ------------------------------ 1
CIA ------------------------------------------- 1
Civilian ---------------------------------------1
Greek Government -----------------------2
Industry/Business magnates ---------6
Police ----------------------------------------1
Riot Police---------------------------------- 3
Turkish Govt. ------------------------------ 2
US Military ---------------------------------- 5

As Americas wars of revenge continue to cause the deaths of men, women and children posing zero military threat any comparative analysis of deaths caused by US armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq would certainly reflect unfavourably on Ameriica, but of course such a comparison would be invalid as they are fighting FOR freedom against terror.

by clarifications Tue Dec 09, 2003 13:31

to offer some links to previous articles to clarify the many different themes that present themselves under "Greek" in the last year.

the campaign for syndicalist Sefiris sparked international speculation that hardcore elements were "behind" left mobilisations in Greece : (with updates)
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=18147

the list of organsations and groups that invited other Europeans to Greece to protest:

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=51274

the domestic build-up
the anti-conscription declaration signed by Greeks:
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=41861

the story of Greek Government attacks on Indymedia:
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=41084


Finally Of the 7 detainees still held in Greece, known as "The Thessalonika 7" three are of particular concern to us, the British theologian Simon Chapman, and two Spanish Citizens Carlos Martín and Fernando Pérez.

These three individuals all went on hunger strike, have lodged formal complaints of maltreatment and torture, and are suffering serious ill health after the ordeal.
It ought now be _very clear_ that their cases were complicated by domestic Greek Security concerns.

We are continuing our campaign for their unconditional release and hope that they shall be allowed to visit their respective countries for the holiday season.
We are also seeing a new campaign highlighting the very difficult living conditions in Greek cities, which along with northern Spain and Eastern Ireland have seen the greatest increase in property prices since the introduction of the €uro. It seems foolhardy and vain, to further fuel these property bubbles and their associated social marginalisation and inequality by placing projects such as Olympics 2004 ahead of .... "the basics of social concern".


So that ought to be clear.
back to the gaming board.
%-)