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Bombings are response to financial crisis, say Greek militants[Citigroup]
The Scotsman ^ | 13 Mar 2009 | ANGUS HOWARTH

Posted on 03/15/2009 8:25:16 AM PDT by BGHater

A GREEK militant group threatened to continue its bombing campaign in a statement published yesterday, and claimed recent attacks against Citibank were in response to the international financial crisis.

The weekly newspaper Pontiki published a statement from the Revolutionary Struggle group claiming responsibility for a failed car bomb attack on Citibank offices in Athens on 18 February, and a bomb attack on Monday on a suburban Citibank branch.

The Pontiki has been used by the militant group in the past to publish its proclamations. In its latest statement, Revolutionary Struggle argued that the American bank was part of a "criminal network of international capital" responsible for the financial crisis.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bombings; citigroup; economy; greek
Also:

Greek Group That Targeted Citigroup Warns of Plan for Revolt

"warned it will use the global financial crisis to spur a revolt that will end capitalism."

It's gonna be a long Summer.

1 posted on 03/15/2009 8:25:16 AM PDT by BGHater
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To: BGHater

Translation:

We like to blow sh!t up. This is today’s excuse.


2 posted on 03/15/2009 8:27:44 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 55 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: BGHater
Yep. This, Pakistan, North Korea and a host of other Hot Spots are going to present challenges to our Dear Leader that are monumental. I doubt he will be any more adept at dealing with them than he is with his misguided approach to our Domestic Economic situation.

Can't say another Administration wold or could do better on the International front but this Administration is making matters so much worse by the lack of clarity and seeming unreliability it is continually projecting.

3 posted on 03/15/2009 8:33:19 AM PDT by TCats
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To: BGHater

It may be a good idea to target banks on the dole. Let’s boycott and picket BOA, Citi, and other taxpayer plundering multinationals around this country. Maybe their deposits would dry up, and go to small local banks deserving of community support, rather that the plundering scoundrels running the “too big to fail” frauds.


4 posted on 03/15/2009 8:48:18 AM PDT by GregoryFul
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To: null and void

Think of it as what would happen to Citibank eventually if it were ever allowed to be subject to capitalist principles.


5 posted on 03/15/2009 9:02:15 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: BGHater

Must be foreign graduates of the Bill Ayers school of political science in Chicago.


6 posted on 03/15/2009 9:05:14 AM PDT by Old North State
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