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UPDATE:

http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Rocket_attack_at_U_S_embassy_in_Athens.html?siteSect=143&sid=7423285&cKey=1168591979000
(REUTERS) (IDS)

January 12, 2007 - 8:49 AM

"Rocket attack at U.S. embassy in Athens"
By Karolos Grohmann

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ATHENS (Reuters) - Assailants fired a rocket at the U.S. embassy in Athens on Friday but no one was hurt in the attack, which anonymous callers said was staged by Greek leftists, authorities said.

In the most serious attack against the mission in 10 years, the small rocket launched from across the street shattered windows and woke up nearby residents in the central Athens area at 5:58 AM (3:58 a.m. British time).

"There is one or two anonymous phone calls which claim that the Revolutionary Struggle was behind the attack," Public Order Minister Byron Polydoras told reporters outside the embassy.

The leftist guerrilla group has emerged as the most serious domestic threat since the dismantling of the deadly November 17 group in 2002. It claimed an assassination attempt on Greece's Culture Minister last May and a bomb at the Economy Ministry which wounded two people and damaged buildings 13 months ago.

"I am treating this as a very serious attack," U.S. ambassador to Athens, Charles Ries, told reporters outside the mission. "The embassy was attacked in a senseless act of violence. There were no injuries."

Greek police said the rocket was launched from a building across the road from the mission, which is often the target of Greek protests and demonstrations, and landed inside a toilet on the third floor.

"The projectile caused slight damage to the facade's glass and the ceiling," police said in a statement."


183 posted on 01/12/2007 1:14:03 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Just as I proposed, I see.


184 posted on 01/12/2007 1:44:26 AM PST by nopardons
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Note: Read full update at the link.

http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=4960066&maindocimg=4959995&service=6

"US envoy Ries: 'Greek-US ties won't be affected'"


185 posted on 01/12/2007 1:44:36 AM PST by Cindy
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