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| Greek Police Arrest Terror Suspect |
| 2003-02-04 |
| Greek police on Tuesday arrested a 65-year-old civil engineer suspected of being the last leader of a far-left terrorist group that eluded authorities for three decades. Authorities said Christos Tsigaridas was arrested at his home in the wealthy Athens neighborhood of Psychiko and was being questioned by anti-terrorism officers. He is the fourth suspect arrested this week from the group Revolutionary Popular Struggle, or ELA, which is blamed for murdering two police officers and carrying out more than 100 bombings since 1975. Police sources quoted by state-run media said Tsigaridas is suspected of being the last leader of ELA. Nothing sadder than a old, bitter guerrilla leader whom history has passed by. OK, that uses up my sympathy quota for today. Police believe the group was closely tied to the deadlier Greek guerrilla organization, November 17, which was broken up last year. Nineteen people arrested as suspected members of November 17 will go on trial next month. Round up before the Olympics. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 ...the last leader of a far-left terrorist group that eluded authorities for three decades. The proletariat will rise up and throw off the chains of the running-dog capitalist bourgeois any day now. Any year now. Any decade now. Stupid proletariat. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2003-02-04 09:55:06 |
| #1 Police sources quoted by state-run media said |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-02-04 09:17:30 |