ATHENS — A new insurgency group responsible for a series of bombings
has emerged in Greece.
The so-called Fire Conspiracy Cells has claimed responsibility for a
series of bombings in 2010. Greece cracked down on the November 17 organization, which was responsible for the assassination of CIA station chief in Athens Richard Welch in 1975. Last year, authorities found evidence that similiar groups were again active.
In March, the left-wing militia, which began its
latest offensive with a bomb outside parliament in January, attacked three
targets in less than a week.
"This is the first evidence of the bomb crusade we had warned would be
launched after our strike on parliament," Fire Conspiracy Cells said.
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Greek police have confirmed some of the claims of the insurgency group.
They said Fire Conspiracy Cells appears to be in the early stages of
development and has not yet developed means for major attacks.
The insurgency cell has struck a range of targets, including police,
banks, and Greek nationalists. On March 19, Fire Conspiracy Cells was said
to have detonated a bomb outside a police jail, the office of the
nationalist group Golden Dawn and a member of Pakistan's emigrant community.
Fire Conspiracy Cells began claiming responsibility for insurgency
operations in 2009. In December, the group was said to have detonated a
bomb that damaged a government building in Athens.
After a lull of about five years, left-wing insurgency groups have
resumed operations in Greece, targeting largely Western facilities,
including embassies and banks. The latest attacks took place during violent protests
against austerity measures by the government in Athens.