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2003-12-16 Europe

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Let's see...21 life terms...plus 2442 years...carry the 7...less time off for good behavior...this court sentences you to time served. Next case!"

Posted by PBMcL 2003-12-16 12:27:05 AM|| 2003-12-16 12:27:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 âSic transit gloria mundi.â

Hahaaa, the greek mutt uses Latin to get the point across. My, how the hellenes have fallen.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-16 1:34:41 AM|| 2003-12-16 1:34:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Not to diminish the loss of life but 23 people in 25 years? Can they really claim to be a terrorists group? They probably think more of themselves than Interpol does. I hope he becomes a Turkish bride in prison. He'll find out. Auday grimeesoo Alexandros, SKITA! (my rusty attampt at greek)

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-12-16 11:43:56 AM|| 2003-12-16 11:43:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Not to diminish the loss of life but 23 people in 25 years? Can they really claim to be a terrorists group?"

They went for targeted assasinations, rather than mass murders. But at least one person they killed (Pavlos Bakoyannis) was a prominent enough Member of the Parliament that he might have one day become Prime Minister. Nobody will ever know for certain how big an influence this group may have already had on the course of Greek politics.

Auday grimeesoo Alexandros, SKITA

You probably mean "Adeh gamisou, Alexandre, SKATA!" which means "Fuck you, Alexandros, you sh!t"

I share and applaud the sentiment.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2003-12-16 11:59:09 AM|| 2003-12-16 11:59:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Targeted Greek citizens of wealth or prominence in politics, employees of the British Council, and Americans associated with the Embassy, JUSMAGG or the military base. As an American serviceperson assigned to Hellenikon from 1983-85, I was very aware of the fact that I could be on their "to-do" list. And the suspicion that the N-17 gang was politically connected, and that the Greek police seemed to be rather hapless in their pursuit didn't make us feel much safer, either.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2003-12-16 12:18:45 PM|| [www.sgtstryker.com] 2003-12-16 12:18:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Afkarista poli feelos, Aris. It's been about 20 years since I last spoke greek. As you can tell;-)

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-16 10:10:37 PM|| 2003-12-16 10:10:37 PM|| Front Page Top

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