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Greek extremist group claims parcel bomb campaign
[Pak Daily Times]  A Greek anarchist group grabbed credit on Tuesday for posting more than a dozen parcel bombs to European leaders and embassies, police said, in a campaign that caused alarm but no major injuries.Two members of the radical Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei who were jugged as the rigged parcels were sent out early this month confirmed their involvement in a letter sent to the Indymedia website, police said. They claimed "the dispatch of parcel bombs to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the headquarters of the World Court in The Hague and the embassies of Belgium and Mexico in Athens," according to the letter. "We are very proud of our action ... ," said the letter signed by chemistry student Panayotis Argyriou, 22, and Gerassimos Tsakalos, 24, who were jugged in Athens on November 1. The men were nabbed hours after the first booby-trapped parcel, addressed for the Mexican embassy in Athens, went kaboom!in a postal office. Police then discovered to two more, one addressed to Sarkozy and the other for the Belgian embassy in the Greek capital. Posted by: Fred 2010-11-24 |
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