Athens embassy bombing a retribution against the attack in Somalia?

[Meldread]

Could they somehow be related? Was the embassy attacked in retribution?

[uppityperson]

1. I'd think more for Iranian consulate yesterday

or could it be for mrbush's "new improved more of the same" changes in Iraq occupation? Or...

[Meldread]

2. Well it's obviously a terrorist attack.

The question is why was the attack perpetrated? For our recent actions in Somalia or something else, and more importantly who is responsible? Some people around here are saying Bush will say it is connected to Iran, as if that was highly implausible. Although, I think it could be a good possibility that Iran is somehow involved.

[uppityperson]

3. You mean you think Iranians bombed the embassy's toilet?

How do you think they might be involved?

[Meldread]

4. I'm not saying that they are...

...and if they were somehow involved I think it would be through some type of terrorist channel. And when I say "Iran" I don't mean its so-called government, I mean the real power behind the government in that country - the fundamentalists.

[uppityperson]

5. their fundies bomb our fundies toilet.

I think if it were the power behind the power they would've taken out the whole building, not just the toilet, but we shall see what happens next, both in general and with this 1 in specific.

[Meldread]

6. Agreed. It's almost comical.

However, I think *IF* they were involved it was probably more along the lines of getting on the phone to some wackjob in Athens and telling him that Allah wanted him to plant a bomb in the building. So he did. Think of it as a way to strike at the United States without actually having to "officially" do it.

I'm not saying that they are involved, but hey - it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility.

[uppityperson]

7. almost good enough for The Onion.

http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=4959690&maindocimg=4055496&service=6

This attack came from the outside. There is no justification for such an act of violence," US envoy Charles Ries told reporters outside the embassy nearly two hours after the attack.

Earlier, the US State Department confirmed that no injuries resulted from the incident.

Initial reports noted that the embassy's facade was hit by some type of projectile from outside, possibly a rocket. What appeared to be a hole was visible very near the embassy's emblem, on the front side of the compound building along Vassilissis Sofias Boulevard.

Ries added that he has not as yet visited the exact site where the projectile hit, which he called a "crime scene", in answer to a question on what, if any, findings were discovered, i.e. remnants of a rocket or RPG. He also declined to call the episode an "act of terror" for the moment, noting instead that it was a "very serious" incident.

[TomInTib]

8. I think it is all bs

go back thru some threads here (I am too lazy/buzzed to pull them up) and it is just crap.

RPG fired from street level, crashes thru a window maybe 30ft above sidewalk, goes downstairs and lands in the toilet.

In our embassy in Athens.
The Birthplace of Democracy.

After normal operating hours.

Yeah, sure.

[uppityperson]

9. do you think it is all made up or just someone messing around or what?

not sure what you mean.

[rebel with a cause]

10. It is a staged event..

That this may have been done to fuel the fire against Iran or Syria, but probably Iran. bushie is a vengeance god, is he not. (how he sees himself, god of vengeance) this is sarcastically stated and I am tired :boring: not bored. :hi: good night.

[TomInTib]

11. I think that this is a throw-down

And now we can go after those crazy Islamofascists on Cyprus.

Come on, EU, and get behind us in our GWOT.

Just fucking watch, and see.

We have been itching to get into the Greek/Cypriot thing for decades.

You get Cyprus, you get a big chunk of the Med.

Catbird seat.

Maybe I am wrong (this is all springing from a drunken memory bank), but I think that I am pretty close to the bone.

Check your charts (maps) and let me know.

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Some leftover November 17 assholes...

the same group that bombed our embassy in 1996, but has been pretty well put out of business by the Greeks. Since the crackdown, bombings have been fewer but they used to hit our banks and other stuff on a fairly regular basis.

Homegrown European mad bombers more related to Bader-Meinhof and Red Brigades than any Middle Eastern groups.

Reminds of the old Puerto Rican separatists who put little bombs by bank windows in the wee hours a couple of times a year in NYC. They wanted to make a point, but not hurt anyone of they could help it. Conscientious terrorists they were, but still assholes.

[ButterflyBlood]

13. very very unlikely

This isn't like an Islamist extremist group's course of action at all. They'd do a suicide bombing during the most crowded time to inflict the most casualties. More than likely it was another incident from one of those bored ex-communist radicals who think throwing a few pipe bombs around or trying to arson a bank or business a year is a brilliant way to destroy capitalism.