Greek Stock Exchange Bombed: False Flag?!

[Ed Jewett]

Greek Stock Exchange Bombed

September 2nd, 2009 If my choice of category on this one doesn’t make sense, know that I arbitrarily lump all symbolic attacks in with False Flag. If the fiber had been cut and the electricity had been knocked offline, for example, then it would be War.
When it comes to affecting political change, creating work for janitors is the equivalent of waving signs. Unless, of course, the state did the bombing. The state can point to symbolic bombings and gasp TERRORISM! TERRORISM! TERRORISM!
Via: BBC:
A bomb has exploded outside the Athens stock exchange, slightly injuring a female passer-by and damaging the building, police say.
The bomb – which set fire to several cars – was hidden in a stolen van.
Another bomb went off outside a government building in Thessaloniki, causing minor damage and no injuries.
The blasts may be the work of a Greek extremists’ group, Revolutionary Struggle, says the BBC’s Malcolm Brabant in Athens.
Earlier this year the group claimed responsibility for two bombs aimed at the American Citibank group.
Flying glass
A warning of the Athens explosion was telephoned to a local newspaper, enabling police to seal off the area in the west of Athens before the bomb went off.
The windows at the bourse were blown out, and a neighbouring car dealership was damaged along with nearby trees and parked cars.
One passing woman was slightly injured by flying glass, but there were no injuries inside the building and the stock exchange opened as normal.
“We know for the moment that there is damage to a number of staff workstations and desks, but the core operations are up and running,” a bourse spokesman told AFP.
The bomb in Thessaloniki caused minor damage around the ministry responsible for Greece’s two northern provinces of Macedonia and Thrace.
In a letter to a satirical newspaper, Revolutionary Struggle had promised more attacks against economic targets.
It said: “We need to rid ourselves for good of all the scum of economic and political power so that humanity can free itself from these criminals.”
Greece has been dogged by unrest since police shot a teenager dead last December.
The death sparked the country’s worst riots in decades, leading to clashes between police and protesters in the weeks that followed.

[Magda Hassan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8234843.stm
Greece's PM Costas Karamanlis has called a snap general election, although no date has yet been set.
"I am seeking a fresh political mandate," Mr Karamanlis said on TV.
There had been speculation that the conservative prime minister would go to the polls early given the wafer-thin majority he has in parliament.
The government has been hit by a number of financial scandals and recent destructive wildfires have also hit its popularity.
Resignation
Mr Karamanlis said in his address: "We have to clarify the political landscape and proceed with a series of essential measures to emerge from the downturn.
"The year 2010 will be a difficult and decisive one, and so the Greek people must choose a government that can lead the country out of this crisis," he said.
There has been social unrest since police shot a teenager last December

Mr Karamanlis will meet President Karolos Papoulias on Thursday after which the date of the election is likely to be announced. It is expected to be 4 October.
The conservative New Democracy party trailed the Socialists by six points in two recent opinion polls and the snap election had been opposed by some conservative MPs.
The conservatives have 151 seats in the 300-member parliament.
A senior member of the party, Yiannis Manolis, resigned his seat on Monday, saying he was disappointed with the government's performance.
His seat would have been taken by another conservative without the need for a new election.
The government has been hit by a series of corruption scandals.
Aristotle Pavlides, a former minister, was alleged to have solicited bribes in return for granting shipping contracts, although he denied any wrongdoing.
Last October two ministers resigned after it emerged that state land was given to a monastery on Mount Athos, in return for much less valuable land.
Previously, a labour minister quit after employing uninsured immigrants, and his predecessor was forced out amid a bond-trading scandal.
Greece has also been dogged by social unrest since police shot a teenager dead last December.
The death sparked the country's worst riots in decades, leading to clashes between police and protesters in the weeks that followed.
Shortly before Mr Karamanlis announced the election on Wednesday, a bomb went off outside the Athens stock exchange, slightly injuring a female passer-by and damaging the building.
The BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens says the blasts may be the work of the extremist group, Revolutionary Struggle.

[David Guyatt]

In view of the Snap election just announced it is hard not to think that the SE bombing may be a Gladio-type operation.