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Greece has suspended international airmail for 48 hours after more than a dozen suspicious packages were sent to targets in Greece and across Europe.
Police are looking for five men suspected of being part of an extreme left-wing group.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for improved security for air cargo after one of the packages was sent to her office in Berlin.
Italian police are investigating after a package ignited at Bologna airport.
The pilot of a private courier plane was told to divert to Bologna after it emerged that the package was addressed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
At least 11 similar packages have been found in Athens, mostly addressed to embassies although one was meant for French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
'Terrorised'
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“
Start Quote
Democracy will not allow itself to be terrorised”
George Papandreou
Greek Prime Minister
Greek police suspended the airmail service to give them time to screen mail and parcels before they were sent abroad.
Controlled explosions were carried out on two parcel bombs at Athens airport's cargo terminal on Tuesday evening.
The parcels were addressed to international police organisation Europol in the Netherlands and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Prime Minister George Papandreou said the authorities were determined to protect Greek citizens, adding that "democracy will not allow itself to be terrorised".
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Analysis
Malcolm Brabant
BBC News, Athens
The bombs appear to be the work of The Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, a group which has been active since the riots of 2008.
In its proclamations, it has declared Greece to be in a pre-revolutionary state, and it clearly wishes to foment a popular uprising.
Dr Athanasios Drougos, a lecturer on terrorism and intelligence matters at Greece's military academies, said: "This appears to be the work of young people in training. They are taking paramilitary training; they are testing their capabilities. They are preparing something more serious."
Dr Drougos says US intelligence officials are concerned that, in the future in Greece, there may be co-operation between anarchist groups and Islamist organisations because they have common targets.
But the Greek authorities have made it clear that there is no connection between the Athenian parcel bombs and al-Qaeda.
"These irresponsible and cowardly acts will not succeed in hampering our enormous efforts... to re-establish our credibility and revive the economy."
Police are now searching for five men suspected of being members of left-wing group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire.
They released photographs of all five suspects, after one of two men detained on Monday was said to be part of the group.
Cargo concerns
Italian police have stepped up security at Rome's main airports, Ciampino and Fiumicino.
Secret services are reported to be investigating a possible link between extreme leftist Greek and Italian groups.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told Ansa news agency that such links did exist and said it was "possible" that Italians might be involved.
Security concerns about cargo flights have already been raised by bomb plots emerging from Yemen.
The European Commission and the EU's Belgian presidency have called a meeting of explosives experts on Friday to examine whether security can be further improved in light of developments in Greece and Yemen.
Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday that cargo checks in Europe and elsewhere had to be better co-ordinated.
Austerity
The Greek anarchist group linked to the series of suspect packages, the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, aims to spark revolution in Greece during a period of severe austerity.
Greece will hold local elections this weekend, seen as a referendum on the socialist government's handling of the economic crisis.
When Greece was bailed out by the EU and the IMF during its credit crisis in April, Germany insisted on deep budget cuts before the bailout could go through.
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At least some Greeks are fighting it, rather than letting the rich and powerful (who are supposed to work for the people, but choose to fuck them over for a quick buck instead) take our money, services & dignity.
Don't see any of that here in Britain, oh no, here we just bend over and say "Go on, just go nuts, arserape the **** thoroughly into me, I'm just a peasant and we should bring back the law where the Baron gets to deflower the guys wife before the guy can go to bed with her on the wedding night"
I'm not shitting you - that law really did exist and the further right we move, the closer to reinstating it we come.
Greece has suspended international airmail for 48 hours after more than a dozen suspicious packages were sent to targets in Greece and across Europe.
Police are looking for five men suspected of being part of an extreme left-wing group.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for improved security for air cargo after one of the packages was sent to her office in Berlin.
Italian police are investigating after a package ignited at Bologna airport.
The pilot of a private courier plane was told to divert to Bologna after it emerged that the package was addressed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
At least 11 similar packages have been found in Athens, mostly addressed to embassies although one was meant for French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
'Terrorised'
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
Democracy will not allow itself to be terrorised”
George Papandreou
Greek Prime Minister
Greek police suspended the airmail service to give them time to screen mail and parcels before they were sent abroad.
Controlled explosions were carried out on two parcel bombs at Athens airport's cargo terminal on Tuesday evening.
The parcels were addressed to international police organisation Europol in the Netherlands and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Prime Minister George Papandreou said the authorities were determined to protect Greek citizens, adding that "democracy will not allow itself to be terrorised".
Continue reading the main story
Analysis
Malcolm Brabant
BBC News, Athens
The bombs appear to be the work of The Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, a group which has been active since the riots of 2008.
In its proclamations, it has declared Greece to be in a pre-revolutionary state, and it clearly wishes to foment a popular uprising.
Dr Athanasios Drougos, a lecturer on terrorism and intelligence matters at Greece's military academies, said: "This appears to be the work of young people in training. They are taking paramilitary training; they are testing their capabilities. They are preparing something more serious."
Dr Drougos says US intelligence officials are concerned that, in the future in Greece, there may be co-operation between anarchist groups and Islamist organisations because they have common targets.
But the Greek authorities have made it clear that there is no connection between the Athenian parcel bombs and al-Qaeda.
"These irresponsible and cowardly acts will not succeed in hampering our enormous efforts... to re-establish our credibility and revive the economy."
Police are now searching for five men suspected of being members of left-wing group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire.
They released photographs of all five suspects, after one of two men detained on Monday was said to be part of the group.
Cargo concerns
Italian police have stepped up security at Rome's main airports, Ciampino and Fiumicino.
Secret services are reported to be investigating a possible link between extreme leftist Greek and Italian groups.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told Ansa news agency that such links did exist and said it was "possible" that Italians might be involved.
Security concerns about cargo flights have already been raised by bomb plots emerging from Yemen.
The European Commission and the EU's Belgian presidency have called a meeting of explosives experts on Friday to examine whether security can be further improved in light of developments in Greece and Yemen.
Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday that cargo checks in Europe and elsewhere had to be better co-ordinated.
Austerity
The Greek anarchist group linked to the series of suspect packages, the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, aims to spark revolution in Greece during a period of severe austerity.
Greece will hold local elections this weekend, seen as a referendum on the socialist government's handling of the economic crisis.
When Greece was bailed out by the EU and the IMF during its credit crisis in April, Germany insisted on deep budget cuts before the bailout could go through.
Related stories
Parcel bomb sent to Merkel office 02 NOVEMBER 2010, EUROPE
Sarkozy 'target of Greece bombs' 01 NOVEMBER 2010, EUROPE
At least some Greeks are fighting it, rather than letting the rich and powerful (who are supposed to work for the people, but choose to fuck them over for a quick buck instead) take our money, services & dignity.
Don't see any of that here in Britain, oh no, here we just bend over and say "Go on, just go nuts, arserape the **** thoroughly into me, I'm just a peasant and we should bring back the law where the Baron gets to deflower the guys wife before the guy can go to bed with her on the wedding night"
I'm not shitting you - that law really did exist and the further right we move, the closer to reinstating it we come.
