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No Injuries in Rocket Attack on U.S. Embassy in Athens

By Jeralyn, Section Foreign Affairs
Posted on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:11:00 AM EST
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A rocket hit the U.S. Embassy in Greece. Shorter version: There were no injuries. It landed in the toilet.

Sounds like a home grown operation to me.

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    No Injuries in Rocket Attack on U.S. Embassy in Athens | 34 comments (34 topical)

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    Fightin' em there (none / 0) (#1)
    by scarshapedstar on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:14:28 AM EST
    We're fightin' 'em in Athens, Greece so we don't have to fight 'em in Athens, Georgia!

    It landed in the toilet (none / 0) (#2)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 03:53:07 AM EST
    It blew the sh*t out of the place, huh?

    (yeah, yeah, I know - I'll shut up now)

    "It landed in the toilet." (none / 0) (#3)
    by cpinva on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 09:12:25 AM EST
    as so many things seem to these days. lol

    Rocket Attack (none / 0) (#4)
    by Skyho on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 10:02:54 AM EST
    It sounds to me like an outsourced operation, quick money and hasty planning.

    Look at the timing.

    Bush blows big unitary speech, setting up confrontation with Congress.

    One day later, poorly planned attempt to smudge embassy seal?  By "leftest terror" group?  Who just happened to get a hold of an RPG?

    Sounds more like drunken frat boys or something cooked up without Rumsfield.

    Thank G*d no one was hurt (none / 0) (#5)
    by Jen M on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 12:05:15 PM EST
    But... like... were they aiming at the embassy or the high school?

    Maybe... (none / 0) (#8)
    by desertswine on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 12:28:41 PM EST
    they were after this teacher.

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    Huh??? (none / 0) (#6)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 12:21:44 PM EST
    Let's see.... We snatch some Iranian bad guys in Iraq and you folks are in a snit.

    The terrorist miss killing some Americans and it's joke time.

    Jim, honeybunch (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by Jen M on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:08:38 PM EST
    It is because no one was hur
    (and it hit the toilet)
    that we joke

    You think this is bad you should hear us in the necropsy room.

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    Jen (1.00 / 1) (#25)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 02:36:54 PM EST
    Jen babydoll.... Sorry, I didn't know bathroom humor  was at stake here.... Geez... Did you here the one about the dynamite in the outhouse???

    I repeat. Snit about our actions re the asuuredly enablers and most likely Iranian terrorists, bathroom humor jokes about a rocket attack on our embassy.

    (Description changed so as not to hurt Bill A's feelings.)

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    Its dark humor (none / 0) (#32)
    by Jen M on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 04:08:42 PM EST
    really, not bathroom humor

    And would not have been bandied about if anyone had been hurt.

    It is because we are so RELIEVED (so to speak) that no one was hurt. Really, do I have to explain dark humor to you? Have you NEVER been in a surgery suite?

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    Jim's right (none / 0) (#7)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 12:27:07 PM EST
    Gawddam - they blowed up the loo... these guys are good. Ruthless too. Now Jim has nowhere to crap himself.

    This is serious sh*t. Better find a country to invade.

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    Heard our ambassador to Greece on BBC last night (none / 0) (#9)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 12:49:33 PM EST
    He was, understandably, concerned and very glad no one got hurt. He said it happened pretty early in the AM and few people were in the embassy at that time. Said they shot it right in the front of the building above the front door. Apparently it was a pretty big blast as windows were broken in neighboring buildings. He didn't mention the toilet...

    [As an, uh, aside, uh, uh, this, uh, guy had, uh, uh, the most, uh, uhm, annoying speech, uh, uhm, uh, habit, uh, of saying "uh", uh, that I think I've, uh, ever, uh, uhm, witnessed.]

    Yet another terrorist strike on bush's watch... (none / 0) (#10)
    by Bill Arnett on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 12:56:07 PM EST
    ...apparently commented on by  someone who attended the George W. Bush School of Mangled Language in Public Appearances!

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    frack (none / 0) (#12)
    by Jen M on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:07:31 PM EST
    I wouldn't be capable of speech at that point

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    From WAPO (none / 0) (#11)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:04:46 PM EST
    Link
    State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said U.S. and Greek authorities were cooperating "to determine who's responsible for it and deal with them appropriately within the judicial system."
    ...
    A military official in Washington said there was no reason to believe that the attack was al-Qaida-related.

    Greek authorities think it was probably a small local anarchist group. Not a vey competent one at that. Nothing to mess your drawers over.

    And you can bet that the Greek police will... (none / 0) (#15)
    by Bill Arnett on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:24:08 PM EST
    ...find, charge, put these guys on trial, convict them, and send them away to prison.

    No rights violated.
    No countries invaded and destroyed.
    No "shock and awe".
    No torture required.
    No broken military.
    No bankrupted treasury.
    No hundreds of thousands of innocent people killed.
    No jeopardizing their international standing.

    Geez, what's wrong with these countries EFFECTIVELY dealing with terrorists and terrorism with POLICE and LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES?

    Spain, Germany, U.K., France, Italy and all those European countries just don't know how to run a "war on terra".

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    Wusses! (none / 0) (#17)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:25:31 PM EST


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    You forget.... (none / 0) (#20)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:57:41 PM EST
    No war profiteering.  There is your answer as to why the US does not respond in the same manner.

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    Good question Bill (none / 0) (#23)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 02:31:18 PM EST
    Geez, what's wrong with these countries EFFECTIVELY dealing with terrorists and terrorism with POLICE and LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES?

    Here's a BETTER answer.

    They are doing this after the fact. How many shots do you want to give the bad guys?

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    What are shouting for? (none / 0) (#24)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 02:35:41 PM EST


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    You cannot possibly believe that every... (none / 0) (#28)
    by Bill Arnett on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 02:58:57 PM EST
    ...terrorist plot can be stopped can you?

    Under your theories, expressed here at TL, there are 1.4 billion Muslim terrorists, Jim. You can stop them all?

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    Bill (none / 0) (#31)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 03:37:17 PM EST
    Nope... I also don't believe every airline crash can be prevented, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try.

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    How do you know.... (none / 0) (#29)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 02:59:48 PM EST
    who the bad guys are if they haven't done anything bad yet?  esp?

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    uhhh... (none / 0) (#30)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 03:27:39 PM EST
    Brown... Muslim... Middle East... Leftist...

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    well leftist works for me.... J/K (5.00 / 1) (#34)
    by Patrick on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 04:22:50 PM EST


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    Revolutionary Struggle (none / 0) (#19)
    by roy on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:44:35 PM EST
    From the BBC:

    Revolutionary Struggle, the left-wing guerrilla group which claims to have fired the Russian-made rocket, is continuing the tradition of its predecessor November 17, of attacking targets which have - in its view - populist appeal.

    Apply the usual caveat that sometimes groups claim credit for others' work.

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    edger, et al (none / 0) (#14)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:18:13 PM EST
    I repeat. You got in a snit when we went after some Iranian terrorists...

    But you laugh off a rocket attack on a US Embassy.

    Okay. You define yourself.

    Tell me how you support the troops.

    I mean, I need a chuckle...

    Poor Jim (none / 0) (#16)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:24:48 PM EST
    No wargasms lately?

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    When your entire premise is based upon... (none / 0) (#18)
    by Bill Arnett on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:30:50 PM EST
    ...uh, let's be kind and say "untruth" such as:

    You got in a snit when we went after some Iranian terrorists...

    your entire argument falls apart. WHEN did we arrest Iranian terrorists? UPON WHAT BASIS can you make that statement? What single shred, what tiny scintilla of evidence do you have to prove this?

    And how would we better support the troops? No wars of aggression and NOT sending mentally ill soldiers back into combat. You do remember falsely telling me that American officers, dedicated and honorable men, would NEVER do that, right?

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    "God" said so Bill.... (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 02:00:43 PM EST
    "God" being the US government.  That's all he needs to hear.

    And Oswald acted alone.

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    Keeping joking (1.00 / 2) (#22)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 02:26:02 PM EST
    Aw gee Bill, I'm sorry for calling those Iranians we picked up yesterday in Iraq "trerrorists." Let's change that to most asuredly enablers and most likely terrorists.

    There now. That make you feel better? Wouldn't want to any Iranian feelings, would we?

    And yep, looks like we gave the kid some meds and sent him back. Now. The question was, if you'd like to stick to facts rather than making things up, did he appear mentally impaired to his superiors.

    Which of course was the question. I posit he didn't. You will, of course, claim that he did because it makes the military look back.

    In the meantime, keep joking about rocket attacks on an Embassy.

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    THAT was your best shot? No more responses from (5.00 / 3) (#27)
    by Bill Arnett on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 02:56:08 PM EST
    me, jim, 'cause you obviously are out of ammo and I don't engage the unarmed in even verbal contests.

    "Gave the kid [singular, in context] some meds and sent him back?"

    No, Jim, we sent THOUSANDS of soldiers either exhibiting or beginning to exhibit symptoms of mental illness back into combat, and that is the conclusions of people far smarter than you and me (did you even LOOK at the lengthy citations given, or are you once again indulging in rank speculation?). They cite figures that say 14% of all Army troops and 28% of Marines having served in Iraq have been involved in the death of a noncombatant, and that is one of the consequences of sending untreated soldiers exhibiting signs of mental illness back into combat.

    Use "the google" and enter "mentally ill soldiers returned to combat" and you will see how pathetic is your attempt to whitewash the issue with "we gave the kid some meds and sent him back" truly is.

    I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS by wanting this folly to stop, bring the troops home, and put an end to this entirely bogus concept of a "war on Terror" that can't be won anymore than the previous "War on Drugs" and "Warm on Poverty".

    The w.o.t. is a construct of evil men seeking world domination and American hegemony and, yes, I despise having our troops fighting and dying for OIL, which is all this war is about.

    And it's not ME making the military look ba[d], bush/cheney and the neocons breaking our forces' backs are doing a more than adequate job of doing that and that is NO FAULT OF OUR TROOPS who are being egregiously misused.

    An all new low for you, Jim, but good luck to you in the future.

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    Bill No Links (none / 0) (#33)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 04:18:34 PM EST
    Bill, you are very good at making claims and not providing links. If you want to do that, go ahead.

    But you're not gonna score any points without doing so.

    I repeat my comment. They gave the kid some meds and sent him back. That doesn't say that his actions would tell anyone that he was psychotic, or that his superiors knew that he was.

    You claim to have a great deal of knowledge about the military. If you do, you know that no one wants to have a mentally ill person in his flight crew or in his fire team. People like that get you killed.

    Your failure to know and understand that gives me great pause when evaluating your many claims.

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    Stop me if you've heard this one (none / 0) (#35)
    by jondee on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 04:24:59 PM EST
    Two rocket attackers walk into an Embassy bar..

    Bush and Rethugs are also getting desperate for some kind (any kind) of rabble-rousing success story before further harm is done to the credibility of the rethugs. Acting out of desperation is bad state craft.

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