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	November 17 Terror Organization
		November 17 is known as the most feared group in Greece and is also one of the most deadliest in all of Europe.
		Welch was killed by a.45-caliber pistol that became the trademark of the terrorist group.
		The origin of the group is still somewhat vague, but it is believed that its founders were part of resistance group that was formed during the 1967-75 military dictatorship in Greece.
	www.emergency.com /nov17rpt.htm (753 words)

	November 17 (Terrorist group, Greece) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The November 17 (aka 17-N) revolutionary organization was named after the day of the uprising by the students of the Polytechnical School in Athens, 17 November 1973.
		The supposed leaders of the group are Alexandre Giotopoulos, arrested on 18 July 2002 in Athens, and Dimitris Koufondinas.
		The flag of November 17 is red with a yellow star and the red inscription 17N in the middle.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gr^nov17.html (178 words)

	Revolutionary Organization 17 November - Phantis
		The group's name derives from the November 17, 1973 student uprising in Athens that was violently quelled by the military junta ruling Greece at the time.
		A 58-year-old professor and translator, Alexandros Giotopoulos, was identified as the group leader and was arrested on July 17 on the island of Lipsi.
		November 2 1991: Policeman Yiannis Varis is killed and 6 other policemen are inured by rocket and grenade attack on a MAT bus in Exarchia.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Revolutionary_Organization_17_November (1883 words)

	Wtnh.com, Connecticut News and Weather - Police claim crippling blow against terror group, alleged leader arraigned
		Fears that the terrorist group may have been capable of carrying out an attack against Olympic officials were reinforced by police documents leaked to the media indicating that the group had been planning far larger-scale attacks than it had previously carried out.
		The depositions, leaked to news media, confirmed earlier media reports that November 17 was planning to use anti-tank rockets, mines and explosives against a military convoy heading to Kosovo from the Northern port of Thessaloniki, a NATO logistics base.
		Nearly one month after police made their first-ever breakthrough against the terror group, the alleged leader of November 17 appeared before an investigating magistrate to be arraigned on charges of multiple murder, numerous bombings and armed robberies.
	www.wtnh.com /Global/story.asp?S=867210 (800 words)

	ESPN.com - Explosives found buried behind historic stadium
		Fifteen suspected members of November 17 have been arrested since a bungled bomb attack injured one of its alleged operatives in late June.
		November 17 is blamed by police for 23 killings and scores of bomb and rocket attacks in support of its extreme Marxist and nationalistic agenda.
		The group -- which first emerged in 1975 by gunning down the CIA station chief in Athens -- is named for the day in 1973 when military rulers crushed a student-led protest.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1413939&type=HeadlineNews&imagesPrint=off (287 words)

	Convicted Greek terror group head paroled - Boston.com
		A convicted member of Greece's November 17 terrorist group was paroled from a maximum-security prison Wednesday after serving half of his eight-year sentence, authorities said.
		Nikos Papanastasiou was allegedly one of the founding members of the far-left militant group blamed for killing 23 people in shootings and bombings between 1975 and 2000.
		The group's first action was the 1975 assassination of CIA station chief Richard Welch.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/07/19/convicted_greek_terror_group_head_paroled (208 words)

	Eighteen face trial over 30-year reign of fear - theage.com.au
		Accused of being the creators, gunmen and foot soldiers of November 17 - the Marxist revolutionary group responsible for 23 murders and numerous bombings - the suspects will be held in a bullet-proof glass box in a prison courtroom.
		Six of the 19 are accused of being involved in his murder, including the terrorist group's alleged founder, Alexandrous Giatopoulos, 59, a leading figure in the 1968 student uprising in Paris.
		November 17, named after the date in 1973 when the right-wing junta crushed a student rebellion, first emerged in 1975.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/03/1046540132835.html (545 words)

	November 17, Revolutionary People’s Struggle, Revolutionary Struggle (Greece, leftists) - Council on Foreign ...
		In December 2003, Greek courts dealt November 17 a crippling blow as fifteen members of the group were convicted of various crimes including homicide; the leader of the group and several key operatives were given multiple life sentences.
		November 17’s initial attacks were directed at senior U.S. officials and Greek public figures, but during the 1980s the group expanded its operations to include bombings of ordinary citizens and property.
		After November 17, the most important was Revolutionary People’s Struggle, known by its Greek acronym ELA—a radical leftist terrorist group that emerged to oppose the Greek military junta that ruled from 1967 to 1974.
	www.cfr.org /publication/9275 (1388 words)

	Crippling blow against terrorist group: News24: Archive: News24
		Fears that the group may have been capable of carrying out an attack against Olympic officials were reinforced by police documents leaked to the media indicating that the group had been planning far larger-scale attacks than it had previously carried out.
		The leaked depositions confirmed earlier media reports that the group was planning to use anti-tank rockets, mines and explosives against a military convoy heading to Kosovo from the northern port of Thessaloniki, a Nato logistics base.
		On Tuesday, the alleged leader of November 17, Alexandros Giotopoulos (58) appeared before an investigating magistrate to be arraigned on charges of multiple murder, numerous bombings and armed robberies.
	www.news24.com /News24/Archive/0,,2-1659_1218074,00.html (493 words)

	Richard Welch, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Station Chief
		November 17 has been blamed for 23 killings and dozens of bomb and rocket attacks since it first appeared with the 1975 slaying of CIA station chief Richard Welch.
		November 17 is named for the day in 1973 when Greek military rulers crushed a student-led uprising.
		It was the bloody birth of the November 17 terrorist group.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /rwelch.htm (2257 words)

	Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
		Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992: Hizballah claimed responsibility for a blast that leveled the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing the deaths of 29 and wounding 242.
		The four terrorists were killed during a rescue effort.
		The group demanded the release of all MRTA members in prison and safe passage for them and the hostage takers.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm (10938 words)

	710 KIRO
		But Friday's incident was the most serious since the 2002 break-up of the far-left November 17 group, which was blamed for several attacks against foreign diplomats and military personnel, including the assassination of a CIA station chief in Athens.
		According to the terrorist group database maintained by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) and funded by the U.S. government's Department of Homeland Security, authorities first became aware of the group Revolutionary Struggle [Epanastatikos Aghonas or EA] in 2003 when it was linked to a bomb attack on the Athens courthouse complex.
		Several obscure militant groups have appeared since the November 17 members were arrested, and on three occasions in 2005, government ministries were bombed.
	www.710kiro.com /Article.asp?id=332908&spid= (832 words)

	Citibank attack could signal resurgence of November 17 terrorists - Minnesota Daily
		November 17 is the only terrorist group in Greece known to use rockets.
		The rocket blast could mean November 17 is joining the mix at a time when Greece is under pressure from the United States to battle urban terrorists.
		November 17, built around a mix of ultra-leftist and nationalist ideologies, is named for the day in 1973 when the then ruling military junta crushed a student uprising in Athens.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/1998/04/09/6533 (380 words)

	The Spokesman-Review.com - 15 convicted of attacks in Greece
		Among those convicted were one of the founders, as well as the chief assassin, of the group known as November 17.
		Dubbed the "trial of all trials" by Greek newspapers, the case against November 17 was rich in spectacle and symbolism.
		Much about the group, and why it was able to act with impunity for 27 years, remains cloaked in mystery.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /pf.asp?date=120903&ID=s1452790 (530 words)

	ekathimerini.com \| The American card
		The group’s alleged leader, Alexandros Yotopoulos, appears to have had the charisma and the obsession to found the group and to keep it going for 27 years, even when it was clear that it could not expect to play the kind of “revolutionary” role that it purported to pursue.
		These factors suggest that although the thorn of November 17 is being torn out of the flesh of the relationship between Greece and the US, it will take a while before public opinion in Greece can begin to see things as they are, rather than only as the result of the machinations of foreign forces.
		It is clear that both Greeks and Americans overestimated the capabilities of November 17 and allowed that mystique to cloud the issue, to foster suspicion between allies and to allow the terrorists to continue without disruption for so many years, even as Greek and American security officials cooperated for the last 15 years.
	www.ekathimerini.com /4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_4816156_31/08/2002_20359 (1330 words)

	Surveillance in Greece From Anticommunist to Consumer Surveillance
		Terrorists claimed in the 17N trial that it was a police conspiracy.
		Niles had suggested that "one of the reasons why November 17 has been so impervious to Greece's intelligence service was it never sought to increase their numbers." He continued that "November 17 is comprised of well-known members of Greek society.
		After the first November 17 members' arrests in the summer of 2002, an American Embassy official commented on the "Vasilikos case" to the journalist Alexis Papahelas that this fiasco cost a lot of money to the embassy and took about ten years of investigations.
	www.helleniccomserve.com /surveillance.html (3315 words)

	FOXNews.com - Two More Suspected November 17 Terrorists Charged - U.S. & World
		Authorities are still looking for a group of men believed to be in their 60s -- dubbed as the "grandfathers" by the Greek media -- who founded the organization in 1975 after the collapse of the 1967-74 military dictatorship.
		The breakthrough against November 17 was a huge relief for Simitis' governing Socialist party, which for years had come under heavy international criticism for failing to crack down on domestic terrorism.
		His injury eventually led police to two Athens apartments November 17 was using to store their weapons, including dozens of anti-tank rockets, explosives, Giotopoulos' fingerprints and a gun used in seven of the group's execution-style murders.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,58177,00.html (1208 words)

	CNN.com - Greek Nov. 17 terror group appeal - Dec 2, 2005
		Stavroula Axarlian, the mother of a student killed in a failed November 17 rocket attack on Greece's finance minister in 1992, attended the opering of the trial.
		A proclamation from the group at the time claimed Saunders was gunned down because of Britain's role in the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia in 1999.
		The group is blamed for dozens of armed robberies, hundreds of bombings and 23 killings since 1975, including the death of Richard Welch, who was the CIA station chief in Athens.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/12/02/greece.november/index.html (523 words)

	Other Countries - Greece - 17 Nov. Terrorists
		On 17 July 2002, the Greek police arrested Alexandros Yiotopoulos, 58, identified "as one of a handful of leaders of November 17." Three other suspects, already in custody, were charged on 18 July 2002 with offenses that included first-degree murder, bomb attacks and bank robberies.
		On 8 December 2003, a court in Athens found 15 members of the radical November 17 group "guilty of a string of assassinations [including Richard Welch, the CIA station chief, in 1975], car bombings and rocket attacks that stretched over nearly three decades" and claimed 23 victims.
		On 17 December 2003, "[a] A Greek court sentenced the leader, the chief assassin and four other members of the November 17 terrorist organization to multiple life sentences...
	intellit.muskingum.edu /othercountries_folder/greece_folder/greece17nov.html (738 words)

	Greek Communists Arrested : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He has been accused of founding the terrorist organisation and of being its ideologist, and is expected to be charged soon.
		November 17 had operated with impunity in Greece for 27 years.
		However, it is also believed that British and American intelligence reported that the real leader of the organisation is not Giotopoulos but a well-known figure who established the terrorist group with the support of the late Andreas Papandreou, and that it is Papandreou?s supporters who have protected the organisation.
	sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=139464 (552 words)

	USATODAY.com - Greek court convicts members of November 17 terror group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The crackdown on November 17 was relief to authorities planning security for the Aug. 13-29 Olympics.
		Koufodinas told the court he took "political responsibility" for all the group's actions, which began with the ambush killing of a CIA station chief in 1975.
		November 17 was named after the date of a student-led uprising in 1973 which helped topple the 1967-74 military dictatorship.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-12-08-greece-terror_x.htm (627 words)

	CNN.com - Greece announces N17 arrests - July 18, 2002
		The Xyros brothers and Georgiabes were described by Nassiakos as "foot soldiers" in the November 17 group.
		Police have long said that the November 17 terrorist group was believed to be a small, close-knit group.
		The group is named after the date of a student uprising in 1973 against the military junta then ruling Greece.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/07/18/n17.arrests/index.html (418 words)

	CNN.com - New terror swoop in Greece - July 6, 2002
		The haul marks the latest breakthrough in tracking down the radical leftist group which has eluded capture and which is blamed for 23 killings.
		Xyros, a suspected November 17 member, has been in custody since a botched bomb blast at the Greek port of Piraeus last Saturday.
		November 17 is named after the date of a bloody student uprising in 1973 against Greece's then-military dictatorship.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/07/06/greece.arrests (300 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Greek terror leader, gunmen jailed for life
		The virulently anti-American group, once regarded with awe by many Greeks, is blamed for 23 killings and dozens of bomb and rocket attacks since CIA station chief Richard Welch was assassinated as he returned home from a Christmas party on Dec. 23, 1975.
		Following a blend of Marxist and nationalist ideologies, November 17 was named after the date of a student-led uprising in 1973 that helped topple the 1967-74 military dictatorship.
		An additional five group members were ordered jailed for 25 years, another was sentenced to nine years and two others -- who cooperated with the court -- were given eight years.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2003/12/18/greek_terror_leader_gunmen_jailed_for_life (596 words)

	10025 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Nearly a dozen members of the November 17 terrorist group are in the custody of Greek authorities.
		November 17 takes its name from the 1973 student uprising in Athens against the then ruling military regime.
		In 1994, November 17 killed the deputy chief of mission of the Turkish embassy in Greece.
	www.ibb.gov /editorials/10025.htm (329 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Greeks assure world that safety a top Olympic priority
		Angelopoulos-Daskalaki's statements came as police announced they had in their custody a suspected member of the elusive November 17 terrorist group and had found one of the group's main hide-outs.
		The suspect, and a weapons cache found in an apartment used by the terrorists, is the closest police have ever come to the deadly group since it first emerged in 1975.
		The group has claimed responsibility for killing 22 people in 27 years, including industrialist Dimitris Angelopoulos, whose nephew is married to the Athens 2004 chief.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/0704/1402111.html (398 words)

	How 'November 17' was foiled \| csmonitor.com
		November 17 is among the last remaining extreme-left groups of Europe, ranked with Italy's Red Brigade and Germany's Baader-Meinhof.
		November 17 was the only one still continuing," says Mary Bossis, a professor of international security at Athens University.
		Xiros allegedly was carrying other weapons and documents, which led police to two of the group's hideouts, both of which contained massive caches of weapons which had been used in November 17 attacks, as well as documents outlining the group's activities.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0722/p06s01-wogi.html (1401 words)

	November 17 (Terrorist group, Greece)
		The uprising was crashed by the Army and was the apex of the students' revolt against the Colonels' regime led by Papadopoulos.
		The supposed leaders of the group are Alexandre Giotopoulos, arrested on 18 July 2002 in Athens, and Dimitris Koufondinas.
		The flag of November 17 is red with a yellow star and the red inscription 17N in the middle.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/gr^nov17.html (162 words)

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