[longtermmemmory]

yes they are communist. (ussr remnant)

The main people were arrested in 2003-4.

Does not discount the fact that the stach of rockets they had and used found their way to former yougoslavians, albanians, or kosovo moslems.

In Greece they are often refered to as the gang who could not shoot straight. (consider the american born Animal Liberation Front is more effective)

[cartan]

Greece is such a backwater place, they're the only Western country left that still has communist terrorists. When you walk through the streets there, you'll notice signs and posters by communist student groups. It's as if you've used a time machine to go back to the 1970s. I suppose that's what you end up with after decades of living off nothing but EU agrarian subsidies.

Oh well, but it's still a beautiful country. They're nice people, too, just don't take their political views too seriously ;-)

[shpirag]

Two months ago the daily Kathimerini published the result of a poll which showed that Anti-Americanism in Greece has increased since 2004 and is one of the highest in Europe.

Greece's Communist Party has shown special sympathy to Islamist countries.

http://www.sana.org/eng/22/2006/10/27/79245.htm
Greek Communist Party Representive Expresses Solidarity with Syria
Friday, October 27, 2006 - 08:00 PM

Athens, (SANA)-
European Deputy and Representative of the Greek Communist Party, Thneis Paphilis has expressed solidarity with Syria and the peoples of the Middle East who are being exposed to the American pressures.
In statements published on Friday by Greek daily ,Rizospastis, he praised Syria's principled stances that reject hegemony on the region ,pointing out to the pressures to which Syria is being exposed due to her rejection of the projects that are targeting the region .
He expressed regret over the positions of some European countries that are coherent with those of the United States.
A.N.Idelbi



Anti-Americanism still rife in Greece
By G.G. de Lastic
11-18-2006
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=76732

Greeks have the most negative opinion of American policy among the citizens of 63 different countries, according to a recent poll which showed Greeks’ disapproval to be far more widespread than in the other countries. Indeed anti-American sentiment in Greece has increased since 2004, according to the survey conducted by TNS ICAP and the Gallup International Association. The research revealed that 87 percent of Greeks believe the United States is having a negative effect on efforts to maintain world peace; 78 percent of Turks and Argentineans feel the same way, followed by 76 percent of Swiss citizens, who, rather surprisingly, clinch fourth place in the scale of disapproval.

Greeks display a similar scorn in their assessment of the role of the USA in the war against terrorism, with 78 percent expressing disapproval, followed by 77 percent of Turks and 71 percent of Argentineans.

These countries maintain the same harsh stance when questioned about the role of the US in tackling poverty. Greeks top the chart again with 80 percent expressing disapproval, followed by the Turks with 75 percent, and the Argentineans and Swiss in joint third place with 71 percent. Only when questioned about America’s policy regarding the protection of the environment do Greeks slip to fourth place, with 78 percent expressing a negative opinion, behind Switzerland with 85 percent, Germany with 83 percent and France with 79 percent.

The results of this survey should be of great concern to policymakers in Washington who follow developments in Greece, particularly those who have drafted US policy on issues of direct or indirect national interest. Such colossal percentages expressing such widespread disapproval prove that anti-American sentiment in Greece exists on all social levels and across different age groups, irrespective of citizens’ ideological and political convictions.

Such high rates of discontent would not exist if the USA had not made political choices that brought them into conflict with the main body of the Greek people. A key point was undoubtedly Washington’s support of the military dictatorship established in Greece in 1967. And the definitive rift occurred due to the US’s role during Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Since then, the White House and the State Department have preserved the strong anti-American sentiment, thanks to their stance on Cyprus and Greek-Turkish relations.

In view of the above, the US invasion of Iraq, its detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, its secret CIA jails, are hardly likely to encourage Greeks –- and other Europeans –- to revise their negative opinions of the USA.