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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Mon Dec 30, 2013, 03:50 PM Dec 2013

Gunmen spray German ambassador's residence in Greece

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Assailants raked the German ambassador's residence in Athens with gunfire in an attack that caused no injuries, Greek police officials said.

Police found 60 spent bullet casings at the scene and detained six people in connection with the incident, which occurred early in the morning in an affluent suburb north of Athens. The bullet casings came from two Kalashnikov assault rifles, according to the police.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack, in which four bullets hit a security gate. But anti-German sentiment has been festering among many Greeks struggling with record unemployment and reduced salaries under a harsh austerity plan required for Greece's international

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/gunmen-spray-german-ambassadors-residence-in-greece-20131231-hv76s.html

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Gunmen spray German ambassador's residence in Greece (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 OP
Issa: Clearly this is SoS Clinton's fault. nt onehandle Dec 2013 #1
+1 (nt) reACTIONary Dec 2013 #4
Greece seems like the likeliest place for an armed leftist revolutionary movement in Europe. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #2
The security situation in Greece is deteriorating. Pterodactyl Dec 2013 #3
 

Comrade Grumpy

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2. Greece seems like the likeliest place for an armed leftist revolutionary movement in Europe.
Mon Dec 30, 2013, 04:31 PM
Dec 2013

Given its history and current reality.

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