Bomb kills aide to Greek counter-terrorism minister

From BBC

A bomb blast at the offices of Greece's public order ministry in Athens has killed a close aide to the minister responsible for counter-terrorism.

Police said the victim had opened a parcel bomb.

The explosion happened only metres away from the office of the minister, Michalis Chryssohoidis, who was unhurt.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the bombing was a terrorist attack. So far no group has said it was beind the bomb.

The blast was so powerful that some in the heavily guarded building thought it had been struck by an earthquake, the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens reports.

The victim was later identified as Giorgos Vassilakis, a 50-year-old father of two.

Visibly shaken, Mr Chryssohoidis said he had "lost a valuable and beloved colleague". "We cannot be scared and we cannot be terrorised. These cowardly murderers will be brought to justice."

The minister added that the parcel had been meant for him.

Mr Papandreou also branded the bombers "cowards", adding: "They will get the response that they deserve not only from the state but also from all of society. The terrorists will not reach their objective."

Greek terrorism expert Dr Athanasios Drougas told the BBC that the bomb was probably the work of Revolutionary Struggle, the country's most deadly active guerilla group.

In recent months police have made major breakthroughs against Revolutionary Struggle and another militant organisation, Conspiracy of Fire.

Dr Drougas said Revolutionary Struggle was sending a message that its was not defeated and was still capable of striking at the heart of the Greek government.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10409192.stm

I feel bad for his kids, but

I feel bad for his kids, but otherwise LOL.

I just blasted away at your hideout.
Who destroyed your home? It's time to find out
Take cover and maybe you can ride out
And I'ma drop the whole bomb to turn the lights out.
If you want it all, then watch the top fall
When the wall comes crumblin' down the long hall

- Axe Murder Boyz

if only US anarchists were

if only US anarchists were this ballsy!! sucks for his kids but as once said "by any means necessary."

fuck his kids, I don't feel

fuck his kids, I don't feel bad and solidarity rolls on!

Empathy is a worthwhile

Empathy is a worthwhile characteristic.

no cumrag, anarchism and

no cumrag, anarchism and being a nihilist go hand in hand

empathy is a disgusting

empathy is a disgusting petite bourgeoisie value; only suited for a liberal. fuck that dirty pig's kids and the rest of his god damn family.

Imma fuckin' stab the shit

Imma fuckin' stab the shit out some lil' dogs and cats now. FUCK EMPATHY!

There you go.

There you go.

No shit, its not like his

No shit, its not like his kids got to pick who their father was. Wtf?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU84hLf7snw

crazy how critical folks

crazy how critical folks around here are about the authoritarian left UNLESS it happens to be greek and violent and stupid as fuck in which case it transubstantiates into anarchism

Huh! In english or french

Huh! In english or french please, elaborate.

What is there for them to

What is there for them to elaborate on? Revolutionary Struggle is an authoritarian marxist group. Why do people on here talk shit on authoritarian leftists unless they blow somebody up in Greece? The CIA blows people up a lot too, I don't see people here claiming that that's awesome.

nobody claimed

nobody claimed responsibility for this yet

coward.

coward.

The group Revolutionary

The group Revolutionary Struggle (presumed to be behind this bombing) is aligned with the anarchists not the Greek leftists.

Revolutionary Struggle is a

Revolutionary Struggle is a Marxist group, not an anarchist one. Thus "Greek leftists". Nobody claimed responsibility afaik, so it could be anyone right now.

The Judean People's Front?

The Judean People's Front? Fuck off. We're the People's Front of Judea, not the Judean People's Popular Front. The only people we hate more than the Romans are the Judean People's Front. --Monty Python

Postage bombs are

Postage bombs are disgusting, as they pose a threat to postal workers and others. What if his kid had opened the package? What if it explodes and kills a postal carrier?

Urban guerrilaism is a dead end of the worst kind.

collateral damage holmes,

collateral damage holmes, anarchism does not comes easy

You're disgusting.

You're disgusting.

you knew what you signed up

you knew what you signed up for

no. http://flag.blackened.net

no.

http://flag.blackened.net/noterror/cantblowup.html

shut up liberal

shut up liberal

no. i'm not a pacifist, but

no. i'm not a pacifist, but i'm also not a fucking retard.

you actually can blow up a

you actually can blow up a social relationship, i don't think this blown apart jerk will be making anymore decisions or doing any relating from now on.

FTW!!!

FTW!!!

And someone else will take

And someone else will take his place, and the person willing to take his place will be even more ideological, uncompromising, and fascistic, because he's willing to get blown up just to be an anti-terrorism aide.

This isn't that hard to understand. Look at the escalation that's occurred from any protracted conflict, the parties involved become less and less reasonable, as assassinations intensify the ideological beliefs of each side. Each side feels righteously aggrieved, and this never leads to "winning", but instead to greater violence.

You really can't blow up a social reason. If you think that what has happened here is anything but temporary, then you haven't really thought this through.

I think comments like this

I think comments like this are either from pigs or some other assholes trying to make anarchists look like terrorists. Or they're just assholes.

Or they disagree with

Or they disagree with you.... OMFG NOT POSSIBLE MUST BE COPS.

re: "either from pigs or

re: "either from pigs or assholes trying to make anarchists look like terrorists"

These are not mutually exclusive terms. See: "Venn diagram overlap"

No, unfortunately these

No, unfortunately these comments come from young american "insurrectionists" which these days means little bastards that think anarchism means fucking everyone over while tearing shit up. These "Anarchists" will probably grow out of this and either decide to become junkies or angry suburbanites. As adults they will talk about how stupid and juvenile anarchism is because thats all it ever was to them. They will come and go hopefully not leaving too big of a mess for our movement to clean up. I wish they would go away now.
-underthepavers

-isms are idiotic. fuck

-isms are idiotic. fuck your utopia.
the mess is there, "your movement" ain't.
how can you even talk about a movement when you're so frozen in your analysis, and when you're sitting in your chair in front of a computer that tracks your every act?
the new conditions involve domination on a much deeper level than you can conceive, beyond direct police brutality, beyond identity politics, beyond your sad anti-sexist and anti-racist "struggles."
fucking everyone over and tearing shit up is empire's job.
you're fooling yourself if you think people will let the sources of their pride, i.e., the state and capital, i.e., their suffering and misery, be destroyed without putting up a fight.
ideology is stupid and juvenile. there's nothing left but us and the cops. which side are you on?

I have no utopia, "my"

I have no utopia, "my" anarchy is a never ending fight against domination. The desire for authority never ends therefore our "struggle" never ends, anarchist utopia will never be realised.

"your so frozen in your....." ??? OK? moving on

"on a much deeper level than you can conceive" Im glad you've been paying so close attention to my ability to fully comprehend things

"beyond...beyond...beyond..." I agree fuck identity politics, and single issue struggles, what made you presume otherwise?

"...without putting up a fight" I'm no pacifist, as a matter of fact I fully support direct confrontation when strategically viable.

and speaking of juvenile
"there's nothing left but us and cops. which side are you on?"
really now?
-underthepavers

there is nothing direct

there is nothing direct about a letter bomb
-underthepavers

Except the direct impact of

Except the direct impact of the shrapnel into their chest.

Or the chest of their

Or the chest of their secretary, or their aide. Or a postman, or a mail sorter, or one of their kids.

Either these comments aren't

Either these comments aren't indicative of the anarchist movement generally, in which case we have another example of why anonymous comments suck...

Or anarchists are a bunch of murderous psychopaths just like the media says we are.

or perhaps we simply do not

or perhaps we simply do not mourn for those who oppress us.

No tears for dead pigs.

No tears for dead pigs.

You'd be cuter if you were a

You'd be cuter if you were a fascist. Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, but at least it's an ethos.

You're sick in the head.

You're sick in the head.

Kind of ironic isn't it. The

Kind of ironic isn't it. The so-called 'terrorist' group sends a bomb and kills a close aide to the minister responsible for counter-terrorism. That's one less authoritarian asshole on the planet.

For all the bleeding heart liberals who are denouncing this: are anarchists not supposed to defend themselves against people who are hell-bent on kidnapping (i.e. arresting)or killing them? Do you really think governemnts are going to relinquish their power voluntarily?

If you REALLY want to kill

If you REALLY want to kill somebody, arrange to have it look like a botched robbery or something. This urban guerilla crap is macho and martyrist. Most of the original advocates of assassination as propaganda of the deed ended up renouncing it, not because they suddenly became "bleeding heart liberals" but because they discovered through trial and error that terrorism from the fringe only builds popular support for its repression.

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