Pepe Cy
21st July 2002, 17:36
In 1974 after the fall of the Greek dictatorship, known as “Junta”, most of the people who were helping the dictators and committed many crimes, had left unpunished.
Some people then decided to start what was to be known later on as the biggest and more active terror organization in Greece, with the name 17 November. They get that name from the historical day that the Greek army under the control of junta, invade on the occupied by the students Polytechnic University with the support of tanks and other armed vehicles. Many students had died. All of them were unarmed. The reason? They were asking for “food, education and freedom”.
One year later we have the declaration of the 17 November who occasionally worked with other terrorism organization such as with ELAS (Greek Popular Liberty Army). But their was no other terrorism organization to be so active and dangerous like 17N. It was consider being the second more dangerous European organization for the last 15 years, after the Spanish ETA.
Among their target was:
The American commander of the Balkan region
Two Turkish diplomats
Greek officials (ministers, member of the parliament and public prosecutors)
Major Business person
Policemen’s
The British coordinator during the war in Yugoslavia
American soldiers
They had also bomb many major multinational companies (such as McDonalds and GM), took weapons from military camps and police stations, and robbed multinational banks for their expenses (such as renting houses where the weapons were hidden).
For 27 years 17 N remains a ghost organization. Their identity was that of a left wing group fighting for social justice. They once gave a photo to the press. On the middle was their red flag, with a large gold star and the initials 17N on the middle. Surrounding the flag, were photos of Carl Marx, Che Guevara and the leader of the Greek resistance during the German occupation, and later on the leader of the left forces on the Greek civil was, Aris Velouchiotis. At the bottom of the photo, their were some of the weapons and a large number of rockets that had been stilled from a military camp.
After the death of the British Steven Chanter in the year 2000, the British and the Americans accused Greece for supporting terrorism. Their was even a matter of not allowing the Olympic Games to be performed in a country with such an active terrorism group.
The Greek government was in a very bad situation. Only two things could have save PASOK, the Socialist party that control the government.
The first was a big strike against terrorism that would have gave a vote of confidence from the world community.
The second was the entrance of Cyprus in the European Union, in such a way that would have positive effect on the Cyprus problem.
Although miracles does not happened everyday, it did happen one in Greece. One night a bomb explore on the hands of a 40 year old man known as Xiros. The terrorist was still alive. In less that a week that man with strong religious backgrounds, drawer of holy icons in occupation and a never suspected citizen was found to be one of the leading executive killers of 17N. And in the same week, two flats full of explosives, weapons and other material was found on the hurt of Athens.
Now in less than a month 5 people had been arrested and others are under investigation. Among them the two brothers of the unlucky bomber, a 22 year old singer of a very promises rock band, and a university professor who is believed to be the ideological leader and one of the foundation members. The actions of the two out of the three generations had been discovered.
All that could not had been done without the help of CIA and Scotland Yard. USA and UK, congratulate Greece for their success. So does the people and the Greek political parties. The Greek communist party says that they don’t support terrorism and that 17N had nothing to do with the pure communist ideology in a democracy like that of Greece. They even believe that is very weird to have found so much in so little time. They are even afraid that the involvement of USA and UK would leads to false results, so that they can be politically benefit.
17N had never killed an innocent man, expect a student due to an accident. They started as despaired people who wanted to take the control on their hands. For 27 years were an active ghost group that their actions had harmed the image of Greece. But to a world that justice is only on words and not in action, in a world that Pax- Americana is responsible for so many evil things, what is our attitude toward those terrorist groups?
I gave you the facts. Tell me your opinion. Are we against them or with them?
Some people then decided to start what was to be known later on as the biggest and more active terror organization in Greece, with the name 17 November. They get that name from the historical day that the Greek army under the control of junta, invade on the occupied by the students Polytechnic University with the support of tanks and other armed vehicles. Many students had died. All of them were unarmed. The reason? They were asking for “food, education and freedom”.
One year later we have the declaration of the 17 November who occasionally worked with other terrorism organization such as with ELAS (Greek Popular Liberty Army). But their was no other terrorism organization to be so active and dangerous like 17N. It was consider being the second more dangerous European organization for the last 15 years, after the Spanish ETA.
Among their target was:
The American commander of the Balkan region
Two Turkish diplomats
Greek officials (ministers, member of the parliament and public prosecutors)
Major Business person
Policemen’s
The British coordinator during the war in Yugoslavia
American soldiers
They had also bomb many major multinational companies (such as McDonalds and GM), took weapons from military camps and police stations, and robbed multinational banks for their expenses (such as renting houses where the weapons were hidden).
For 27 years 17 N remains a ghost organization. Their identity was that of a left wing group fighting for social justice. They once gave a photo to the press. On the middle was their red flag, with a large gold star and the initials 17N on the middle. Surrounding the flag, were photos of Carl Marx, Che Guevara and the leader of the Greek resistance during the German occupation, and later on the leader of the left forces on the Greek civil was, Aris Velouchiotis. At the bottom of the photo, their were some of the weapons and a large number of rockets that had been stilled from a military camp.
After the death of the British Steven Chanter in the year 2000, the British and the Americans accused Greece for supporting terrorism. Their was even a matter of not allowing the Olympic Games to be performed in a country with such an active terrorism group.
The Greek government was in a very bad situation. Only two things could have save PASOK, the Socialist party that control the government.
The first was a big strike against terrorism that would have gave a vote of confidence from the world community.
The second was the entrance of Cyprus in the European Union, in such a way that would have positive effect on the Cyprus problem.
Although miracles does not happened everyday, it did happen one in Greece. One night a bomb explore on the hands of a 40 year old man known as Xiros. The terrorist was still alive. In less that a week that man with strong religious backgrounds, drawer of holy icons in occupation and a never suspected citizen was found to be one of the leading executive killers of 17N. And in the same week, two flats full of explosives, weapons and other material was found on the hurt of Athens.
Now in less than a month 5 people had been arrested and others are under investigation. Among them the two brothers of the unlucky bomber, a 22 year old singer of a very promises rock band, and a university professor who is believed to be the ideological leader and one of the foundation members. The actions of the two out of the three generations had been discovered.
All that could not had been done without the help of CIA and Scotland Yard. USA and UK, congratulate Greece for their success. So does the people and the Greek political parties. The Greek communist party says that they don’t support terrorism and that 17N had nothing to do with the pure communist ideology in a democracy like that of Greece. They even believe that is very weird to have found so much in so little time. They are even afraid that the involvement of USA and UK would leads to false results, so that they can be politically benefit.
17N had never killed an innocent man, expect a student due to an accident. They started as despaired people who wanted to take the control on their hands. For 27 years were an active ghost group that their actions had harmed the image of Greece. But to a world that justice is only on words and not in action, in a world that Pax- Americana is responsible for so many evil things, what is our attitude toward those terrorist groups?
I gave you the facts. Tell me your opinion. Are we against them or with them?