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[Magda Hassan]

Greece: Golden Dawn coup plan confirmed; street violence escalates; Greek offshore accounts exposed

Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin
Recently the neo-nazi Golden Dawn party indicated that they hope to make inroads on foreign shores by setting up cells in countries such as Australia, Canada, the United States, etc which is interesting as this announcement coincides with confirmation from a Greek investigative journalist that the strategy of tension' campaign (to encourage a coup or martial law) that Darker Net forewarned some six weeks back is now fully operational (see below for more). We also report on a recent, vicious attack that took place by Golden Dawn members on the island of Paros. A breaking news update on a list of 23,000 Greek offshore accounts is provided too.
Note: the above video (slow to load) on Golden Dawn looks at current events but also on events last summer, providing a snapshot of Golden Dawn activities/views.
Breaking 1… ICIJ reveals secret offshore accounts of Greeks: 2,400 companies registered in tax havens in the Pacific and the English Channel. 23,000 Greek companies are incorporated in other countries, including tax havens.
Breaking 2… Golden Dawn thugs were forced to leave the village of Potamia on the island of Thasos. They had come to hand out food to Greeks (i.e. not to immigrants). But locals stopped them unloading and the GD were forced to leave. In Hania, Crete, local antifascists fought with GD members, one of whom was thrown into the sea off the harbour.
A. Golden Dawn's strategy of tension' confirmed
Six weeks back Darker Net ran an article arguing that Golden Dawn, in league with Greek police, were pursuing an Italian-style, Third Positionist strategy of tension' campaign. In support of this we reported on the arrest of several members of Golden Dawn and police after they had been found in possession of explosives and arms (as well as a warning from a former Greek ambassador about a possible coup attempt). The Greek President also aired his concerns on what was happening. It was our understanding that Golden Dawn were plotting to conduct a massacre, which they would then blame on anarchists so that a military coup would be organised, or at least martial law declared. Yesterday Vice' published an interview with Dimitris Psarras, a Greek investigative journalist, whose book, The Black Bible of the Golden Dawn, is one of the most thorough investigations of the party. Psarras confirmed that it is his understanding, too, that the strategy of tension' terror campaign planned by Golden Dawn is in fact operational. Here we quote from the relevant parts of the interview…
Vice: Do you think Greece is starting to see a "strategy of tension" enacted? Golden Dawn trying to manipulate the public with fear?
Psarras: I believe it's already happening. The Golden Dawn's strategy today is exactly that. Ilias Panagiotaros, one of Golden Dawn's MPs, actually said, "There is already civil war," in an interview. They want to force the other side's hand into committing similar violent acts, just like during the strategy of tension in Italy in the 70s.
Vice: So what you're saying is not that it might happen, but that it's definitely already happening?
Psarras: Definitely. Maybe not with the same intensity as Italy's blind bombings in the 70s, but let's not forget that Golden Dawn and Michaloliakos' heritages both involve the Italians. Even recently, actually, the Golden Dawn magazine Meandric which they circulate internally in the organisation ran a piece on Pino Rauti, one of the leaders of the neo-fascist Ordine Nuovo, the far-right group directly involved with the bombings in Italy in the 70s.
Vice: Do you think Golden Dawn might try other tactics as well, like carrying out hits that make it look like anarchists are responsible, for example?
Psarras: I can only hypothesise. Taking the fact they've never cut their ties with the idea of a "deep state" [an alleged clandestine group of military officials and civilians who frame their opponents for the murders of dissidents they commit themselves] into account, I wouldn't rule it out. But that would be a worst case scenario.
Note: Nikos Michaloliakos, the head of Golden Dawn, was imprisoned for 13 months in 1978 for his part in organising a series of bombings in Athens. In prison he was instructed by Ghiorgos Papadopulos, the lead colonel in the military junta, to set up Chrysi Avghi (Golden Dawn).
B. Vicious attack by GD on Paros
This section is translated from Ethnos' newspaper, 22/03/2013. The victim's aim in telling the following story is to unite her voice with those of people that have also been victims of fascist attacks, in order to claim the conviction of the Golden Dawn through the European courts.
"Regardless of what the supporters of the Golden Dawn champion, the individuals members constitute a public danger. They threaten not only immigrants, but every citizen that wishes to express themselves freely and claim their rights. The official authorities and political powers have demonstrated their inability to deal with this fascist violence. I hope there is an end soon, otherwise many innocent and peaceful people will pay for it. Wherever Golden Dawn has stepped in, someone has paid with their blood. This barbarism must stop". M. Troullou.
The attack referred to above took place on 28 February 2013. A delegation of Golden Dawn had gone to Paroikia [the island's capital] to hold an event and a demonstration was scheduled for the same day by the Antifascist Initiative. Strong police forces, including the Athens riot police were sent to the island.
Shortly before the end of the march riot police cornered' the protesters in a dark alley of Paros near the tavern where the demonstration of Golden Dawn was taking place. The police then used chemical gas and charged against the crowd. Immediately behind the riot police there were people in civilian clothes identified by bystanders as supporters of Golden Dawn who were throwing stones against the demonstrators.
Maria Troullou, a teacher, took refuge on a balcony with her ​​partner Savvas Mavridis, but failed to escape from the hands of one hefty person. She explained…"The attack was so cruel and violent. Hideous, without any justification. It was as if the attacker had deliberately selected me in the crowd. What is more threatening than a female antifascist, I ask? He grabbed me by the hair and slammed my head furiously against the wall. He then hit me on the forehead and I fell and stayed down, dizzy. I then felt my partner's hand on my arm. He was trying to lift me. I then received a second blow, from the same direction as the perpetrator. Something hit me on the top of my head something hard, like a crowbar or a baton. I bent down again. Then I collapsed feeling the blood flowing".
She added…"My partner managed to keep me under his control. We received more strikes from the police at various points. but also at the hands of the perpetrator. The only thing we could do was instinctively defend ourselves. We were getting beaten from all sides. My partner received multiple blows to the head, body and neck. He has scars on the calves from the resistance he exercised with his legs to keep us both on the balcony. If my partner had not been there to protect me, risking his own life, the worst would have happened".
After the attack, Maria and Savvas were conveyed to Paros Health Centre. In the medical report it was confirmed that when they went to the hospital on the evening of 28/02/2013 Savvas was diagnosed with rupture of the frontal and the left occipital bones of the skull. The wounds were cleaned and required 17 stitches. Maria suffered intense headaches, neck pain and eye pain and she received four stitches to the head. Wounds were sustained all over the bodies of the teacher and her partner altogether, they left the hospital with 21 stitches.
A crowd gathered outside the hospital, to offer support and to demand the intervention of the police to identify the perpetrator. It took the police more than one hour to go to the hospital to take the testimonies of the injured.
Maria stated in her testimony that the perpetrator was an unknown man in civilian clothes, with light complexion and short hair, hefty and with height of 1.90. Although Maria chose to speak publicly about the attack, she decided not to proceed with a lawsuit against that individual. One reason was that after the recent trial of Ilias Kasidiaris, in which he was acquitted in a court room full of Golden Dawn supporters, she believed that her own case would have resulted in the same fate. The second reason is that she was scared, as the man who beat her furiously did so in front of the police, who did not protect her from the attack nor arrest the offender (which made her think he enjoys immunity). She also believed that there would be many willing witnesses to provide an alibi for the perpetrator.
The next day, Friday 1st of March 2013, more violent attacks took place in the port of Paroikia. In one such attack, a German, who lives permanently on the island, tried to capture with his camera Golden Dawn supporters and MPs Giannis Lagos, Ilias Panagiotaros and Nikos Michos. According to the police, a number of followers, including MP N. Michos, moved menacingly towards the German and the police were forced to intervene. Tension built up, which only ended with the boarding of the Golden Dawn delegation on the boat back to Athens. It was on that day that the perpetrator of the attack against Maria Troullou was recognised as a member of the Golden Dawn delegation.
Links
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/are-golden-dawn-turning-to-terrorism-to-get-their-message-across
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http://gu.com/p/3ea9z
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/return-of-the-far-right-greeces-financial-crisis-has-led-to-a-rise-in-violent-attacks-on-refugees-8551798.html
http://intothefire.org/racist-violent-channel-4-golden-dawn/
http://www.newstatesman.com/austerity-and-its-discontents/2013/03/we-are-powerful-and-we-will-soon-be-dominant-golden-dawns-inti
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