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'''Revolutionary Struggle''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας, ''Epanastatikos Agonas'') is a far-left [[Greece|Greek]] paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens. It is widely described as a terrorist group by both the Greek government<ref> http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=844&article=15291 Revolutionary Struggle' terror group claims responsibility for attacks on labor ministry, police buses; Embassy of Greece to the United States, [[June 10]], [[2005]]</ref> and the media.<ref name="Athens 2005-12-23"> George Gilson, Robin Hood terrorists http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=13162&m=A08&aa=1&eidos=A|work=Athens News|date=[[December 23]], [[2005]]}}</ref><ref >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/world/europe/12cnd-greece.html?em&ex=1168750800&en=6973ee656fb02618&ei=5087%0A U.S. Embassy in Athens Is Attacked, The New York Times, [[January 12]], [[2007]], Anthee Carassava }}</ref>

==Attacks of 2003-2007==
The group first emerged in 2003 with a bombing attack on an Athens courthouse complex, following that up with attacks in 2004 on the Greek labour ministry and police buses.<ref name="embassy" /> On [[22 December]] [[2005]], the group published a manifesto in the Greek satirical magazine, ''[[To Pontiki]]'', in which it expressed revolutionary, anti-globalisation and anti-American ideological aims.<ref name="Athens 2005-12-23" /> In January 2007, an anonymous caller claiming to be from the group claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the U.S. embassy in Athens.<ref name="nyt 2007-01-12" /> Following the [[January 12]] [[2007]] missile attack, Greek authorities described the group as a spinoff of [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]].<ref> http://www.cnn.com./2007/WORLD/europe/01/12/athens.blast/index.html CNN.com World. 2007-01-12</ref>

==2007 statement==
In a statement published in ''[[To Pontiki]]'' on January 25, Revolutionary Struggle admitted that it had carried out the embassy attack, claiming that the "strike was our answer to the criminal war against 'terrorism' that the US has unleashed over the entire planet with the help of fellow-traveling states".<ref name="Athens 2007-01-26">{{cite news|author=George Gilson|title=Terrorists issue anti-US manifesto|url=|publisher=Athens News|date=[[January 26]], [[2007]]}}</ref>
==Terrorist designation==
The [[European Union]] added RS to its list of designated terrorist organizations on [[June 29]], 2007.<ref name=DESIGNATED>[http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jun/1297.html MKO stays on EU terrorist list] Payvand</ref>
==2009 implication==
In January 2009, Greek police said their ballistics tests showed the weapon used in RS's 30 April 2007 attack was used again in a 5 January 2009 shooting of a police officer. A second weapon used in the 5 January attack was tied by the police to a 23 December 2008 attack on a police bus. That attack was reported to have been claimed by a group calling itself [[Popular Action (Greece)|Popular Action]] (Λαϊκή Δράση, Laiki Drasi), as a response to the [[2008 civil unrest in Greece]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7811792.stm Guns 'link several Greek attacks']. BBC News. 9 January 2009.</ref>

==Revolutionary Struggle attacks==
*[[September 5]], [[2003]]: Bomb attack on an [[Athens]] courthouse.
*[[May 5]], [[2004]]: Bomb attack on an Athens police station.
*[[October 29]], [[2004]]: Bomb attack on Greek police buses.
*[[June 2]], [[2005]]: Bomb attack on a [[Minister for Employment and Social Protection (Greece)|labour ministry]] building.
*[[December 12]], [[2005]]: Bomb attack on a [[Minister for Economy and Finance (Greece)|finance ministry]] building in [[Syntagma Square]], Athens.
*[[May 30]], [[2006]]: Assassination attempt on [[Georgios Voulgarakis]], the [[Minister for Culture (Greece)|Culture Minister]] and former [[Minister for Public Order (Greece)|Public Order Minister]].
*[[January 12]], [[2007]]: Rocket attack on the United States Embassy in Athens.

==External links==
*[http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3672 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Terrorist Groups]]

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	On [[January 14]], [[2009]], Revolutionary Struggle sent a pamphlet to weekly newspaper "Pontiki" accepting responsibility for the two attacks as well as a failed bomb attack against Shell Oil's headquarters in [[Athens]].		On [[January 14]], [[2009]], Revolutionary Struggle sent a pamphlet to weekly newspaper "Pontiki" accepting responsibility for the two attacks as well as a failed bomb attack against Shell Oil's headquarters in [[Athens]].
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 In January [[2009]], Greek police said their ballistics tests showed the weapon used in RS's [[30 April]] [[2007]] attack was used again in a [[5 January]] [[2009]] shooting of a police officer.  A second weapon used in the [[5 January]] attack was tied by the police to a [[23 December]] [[2008]] attack on a police bus.  That attack was reported to have been claimed by a group calling itself [[Popular Action]] (Λαϊκή Δράση, Laiki Drasi), as a response to the [[2008]] civil unrest in Greece.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7811792.stm Guns 'link several Greek attacks'].  BBC News.  9 January 2009.</ref>
-On [[January 14]], [[2009]], Revolutionary Struggle sent a pamphlet to weekly newspaper "Pontiki" accepting responsibility for the two attacks as well as a failed attack against a Shell Oil station.
+On [[January 14]], [[2009]], Revolutionary Struggle sent a pamphlet to weekly newspaper "Pontiki" accepting responsibility for the two attacks as well as a failed bomb attack against Shell Oil's headquarters in [[Athens]].
 ==Revolutionary Struggle attacks==

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−	'''Revolutionary Struggle''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας, ''Epanastatikos Agonas'') is a far-left [[Greece\|Greek]] paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens. It is widely described as a terrorist group by both the Greek government<ref> http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=844&article=15291 Revolutionary Struggle' terror group claims responsibility for attacks on labor ministry, police buses; Embassy of Greece to the United States, [[June 10]], [[2005]]</ref> and the media.<ref> http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique? ~~George Gilson, Robin Hood terrorists~~ e=C&f=13162&m=A08&aa=1&eidos=A Athens News, [[December 23]], [[2005]]</ref><ref >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/world/europe/12cnd-greece.html?em&ex=1168750800&en=6973ee656fb02618&ei=5087%0A U.S. Embassy in Athens Is Attacked, The New York Times, [[January 12]], [[2007]], Anthee Carassava</ref>	+	'''Revolutionary Struggle''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας, ''Epanastatikos Agonas'') is a far-left [[Greece\|Greek]] paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens. It is widely described as a terrorist group by both the Greek government<ref> http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=844&article=15291 Revolutionary Struggle' terror group claims responsibility for attacks on labor ministry, police buses; Embassy of Greece to the United States, [[June 10]], [[2005]]</ref> and the media.<ref>http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=13162&m=A08&aa=1&eidos=A George Gilson, Robin Hood terrorists, Athens News, [[December 23]], [[2005]]</ref><ref >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/world/europe/12cnd-greece.html?em&ex=1168750800&en=6973ee656fb02618&ei=5087%0A U.S. Embassy in Athens Is Attacked, The New York Times, [[January 12]], [[2007]], Anthee Carassava</ref>

	==Attacks of 2003-2007==		==Attacks of 2003-2007==

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−	'''Revolutionary Struggle''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας, ''Epanastatikos Agonas'') is a far-left [[Greece\|Greek]] paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens. It is widely described as a terrorist group by both the Greek government<ref> http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=844&article=15291 Revolutionary Struggle' terror group claims responsibility for attacks on labor ministry, police buses; Embassy of Greece to the United States, [[June 10]], [[2005]]</ref> and the media.<ref> http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique? George Gilson, Robin Hood terrorists e=C&f=13162&m=A08&aa=1&eidos=A~~\|work=~~Athens News~~\|date=~~[[December 23]], [[2005]]}}</ref><ref >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/world/europe/12cnd-greece.html?em&ex=1168750800&en=6973ee656fb02618&ei=5087%0A U.S. Embassy in Athens Is Attacked, The New York Times, [[January 12]], [[2007]], Anthee Carassava</ref>	+	'''Revolutionary Struggle''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας, ''Epanastatikos Agonas'') is a far-left [[Greece\|Greek]] paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens. It is widely described as a terrorist group by both the Greek government<ref> http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=844&article=15291 Revolutionary Struggle' terror group claims responsibility for attacks on labor ministry, police buses; Embassy of Greece to the United States, [[June 10]], [[2005]]</ref> and the media.<ref> http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique? George Gilson, Robin Hood terrorists e=C&f=13162&m=A08&aa=1&eidos=A Athens News, [[December 23]], [[2005]]</ref><ref >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/world/europe/12cnd-greece.html?em&ex=1168750800&en=6973ee656fb02618&ei=5087%0A U.S. Embassy in Athens Is Attacked, The New York Times, [[January 12]], [[2007]], Anthee Carassava</ref>

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 In a statement published in ''[[To Pontiki]]'' on January 25, Revolutionary Struggle admitted that it had carried out the embassy attack, claiming that the "strike was our answer to the criminal war against 'terrorism' that the US has unleashed over the entire planet with the help of fellow-traveling states".<ref> George Gilson: Terrorists issue anti-US manifesto, publisher=Athens News, date=[[January 26]], [[2007]]</ref>
 ==Terrorist designation==
-The [[European Union]] added RS to its list of designated terrorist organizations on [[June 29]], 2007.<ref>[http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jun/1297.html MKO stays on EU terrorist list] Payvand</ref>
+The European Union added RS to its list of designated terrorist organizations on [[June 29]], 2007.<ref>[http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jun/1297.html MKO stays on EU terrorist list] Payvand</ref>
 ==2009 implication==
 In January [[2009]], Greek police said their ballistics tests showed the weapon used in RS's [[30 April]] [[2007]] attack was used again in a [[5 January]] [[2009]] shooting of a police officer.  A second weapon used in the [[5 January]] attack was tied by the police to a [[23 December]] [[2008]] attack on a police bus.  That attack was reported to have been claimed by a group calling itself [[Popular Action]] (Λαϊκή Δράση, Laiki Drasi), as a response to the [[2008]] civil unrest in Greece.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7811792.stm Guns 'link several Greek attacks'].  BBC News.  9 January 2009.</ref>

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 ==Attacks of 2003-2007==
-The group first emerged in 2003 with a bombing attack on an Athens courthouse complex, following that up with attacks in 2004 on the Greek labour ministry and police buses.<ref/> On [[22 December]] [[2005]], the group published a manifesto in the Greek satirical magazine, ''[[To Pontiki]]'', in which it expressed revolutionary, anti-globalisation and anti-American ideological aims.<ref/> In January 2007, an anonymous caller claiming to be from the group claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the U.S. embassy in Athens.<ref name="nyt 2007-01-12" /> Following the [[January 12]] [[2007]] missile attack, Greek authorities described the group as a spinoff of [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]].<ref> http://www.cnn.com./2007/WORLD/europe/01/12/athens.blast/index.html CNN.com World. 2007-01-12</ref>
+The group first emerged in [[2003]] with a bombing attack on an Athens courthouse complex, following that up with attacks in [[2004]] on the Greek labour ministry and police buses. On [[22 December]] [[2005]], the group published a manifesto in the Greek satirical magazine, ''[[To Pontiki]]'', in which it expressed revolutionary, anti-globalisation and anti-American ideological aims. In January [[2007]], an anonymous caller claiming to be from the group claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the U.S. embassy in Athens.  Following the [[January 12]] [[2007]] missile attack, Greek authorities described the group as a spinoff of [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]].<ref> http://www.cnn.com./2007/WORLD/europe/01/12/athens.blast/index.html CNN.com World. 2007-01-12</ref>
 ==2007 statement==

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-'''Revolutionary Struggle''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας, ''Epanastatikos Agonas'') is a far-left [[Greece|Greek]] paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens. It is widely described as a terrorist group by both the Greek government<ref> http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=844&article=15291 Revolutionary Struggle' terror group claims responsibility for attacks on labor ministry, police buses; Embassy of Greece to the United States, [[June 10]], [[2005]]</ref> and the media.<ref name="Athens 2005-12-23"> George Gilson, Robin Hood terrorists http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=13162&m=A08&aa=1&eidos=A|work=Athens News|date=[[December 23]], [[2005]]}}</ref><ref >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/world/europe/12cnd-greece.html?em&ex=1168750800&en=6973ee656fb02618&ei=5087%0A U.S. Embassy in Athens Is Attacked, The New York Times, [[January 12]], [[2007]], Anthee Carassava }}</ref>
+'''Revolutionary Struggle''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας, ''Epanastatikos Agonas'') is a far-left [[Greece|Greek]] paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens. It is widely described as a terrorist group by both the Greek government<ref> http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=844&article=15291 Revolutionary Struggle' terror group claims responsibility for attacks on labor ministry, police buses; Embassy of Greece to the United States, [[June 10]], [[2005]]</ref> and the media.<ref> http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique? George Gilson, Robin Hood terrorists e=C&f=13162&m=A08&aa=1&eidos=A|work=Athens News|date=[[December 23]], [[2005]]}}</ref><ref >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/world/europe/12cnd-greece.html?em&ex=1168750800&en=6973ee656fb02618&ei=5087%0A U.S. Embassy in Athens Is Attacked, The New York Times, [[January 12]], [[2007]], Anthee Carassava</ref>
 ==Attacks of 2003-2007==
-The group first emerged in 2003 with a bombing attack on an Athens courthouse complex, following that up with attacks in 2004 on the Greek labour ministry and police buses.<ref name="embassy" /> On [[22 December]] [[2005]], the group published a manifesto in the Greek satirical magazine, ''[[To Pontiki]]'', in which it expressed revolutionary, anti-globalisation and anti-American ideological aims.<ref name="Athens 2005-12-23" /> In January 2007, an anonymous caller claiming to be from the group claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the U.S. embassy in Athens.<ref name="nyt 2007-01-12" /> Following the [[January 12]] [[2007]] missile attack, Greek authorities described the group as a spinoff of [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]].<ref> http://www.cnn.com./2007/WORLD/europe/01/12/athens.blast/index.html CNN.com World. 2007-01-12</ref>
+The group first emerged in 2003 with a bombing attack on an Athens courthouse complex, following that up with attacks in 2004 on the Greek labour ministry and police buses.<ref/> On [[22 December]] [[2005]], the group published a manifesto in the Greek satirical magazine, ''[[To Pontiki]]'', in which it expressed revolutionary, anti-globalisation and anti-American ideological aims.<ref/> In January 2007, an anonymous caller claiming to be from the group claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the U.S. embassy in Athens.<ref name="nyt 2007-01-12" /> Following the [[January 12]] [[2007]] missile attack, Greek authorities described the group as a spinoff of [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]].<ref> http://www.cnn.com./2007/WORLD/europe/01/12/athens.blast/index.html CNN.com World. 2007-01-12</ref>
 ==2007 statement==
-In a statement published in ''[[To Pontiki]]'' on January 25, Revolutionary Struggle admitted that it had carried out the embassy attack, claiming that the "strike was our answer to the criminal war against 'terrorism' that the US has unleashed over the entire planet with the help of fellow-traveling states".<ref name="Athens 2007-01-26">{{cite news|author=George Gilson|title=Terrorists issue anti-US manifesto|url=|publisher=Athens News|date=[[January 26]], [[2007]]}}</ref>
+In a statement published in ''[[To Pontiki]]'' on January 25, Revolutionary Struggle admitted that it had carried out the embassy attack, claiming that the "strike was our answer to the criminal war against 'terrorism' that the US has unleashed over the entire planet with the help of fellow-traveling states".<ref> George Gilson: Terrorists issue anti-US manifesto, publisher=Athens News, date=[[January 26]], [[2007]]</ref>
 ==Terrorist designation==
-The [[European Union]] added RS to its list of designated terrorist organizations on [[June 29]], 2007.<ref name=DESIGNATED>[http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jun/1297.html MKO stays on EU terrorist list] Payvand</ref>
+The [[European Union]] added RS to its list of designated terrorist organizations on [[June 29]], 2007.<ref>[http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jun/1297.html MKO stays on EU terrorist list] Payvand</ref>
 ==2009 implication==
-In January 2009, Greek police said their ballistics tests showed the weapon used in RS's 30 April 2007 attack was used again in a 5 January 2009 shooting of a police officer.  A second weapon used in the 5 January attack was tied by the police to a 23 December 2008 attack on a police bus.  That attack was reported to have been claimed by a group calling itself [[Popular Action (Greece)|Popular Action]] (Λαϊκή Δράση, Laiki Drasi), as a response to the [[2008]] civil unrest in Greece.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7811792.stm Guns 'link several Greek attacks'].  BBC News.  9 January 2009.</ref>
+In January [[2009]], Greek police said their ballistics tests showed the weapon used in RS's [[30 April]] [[2007]] attack was used again in a [[5 January]] [[2009]] shooting of a police officer.  A second weapon used in the [[5 January]] attack was tied by the police to a [[23 December]] [[2008]] attack on a police bus.  That attack was reported to have been claimed by a group calling itself [[Popular Action]] (Λαϊκή Δράση, Laiki Drasi), as a response to the [[2008]] civil unrest in Greece.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7811792.stm Guns 'link several Greek attacks'].  BBC News.  9 January 2009.</ref>
 ==Revolutionary Struggle attacks==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Terrorist Groups]]