Identifier
Created
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05ATHENS2792
2005-10-26 12:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Athens
Cable title:  

Suspect charged as November 17 terror group

Tags:  PTER GR ANARCHISTS 
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UNCLAS ATHENS 002792 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EUR/SE, EUR/PD, DS/ISI/PII, DS/OP/EUR, DS/DSS/ITA,
DS/P/A
FBI FOR CTC/ITSO/TGU, OIO/IOU-II AND WFO/NS-12
CIA FOR CTC, EUR/AEG AND EUR/LGL
JUSTICE FOR EPSTEIN, HERRUP, FROMSTEIN

E/O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER GR ANARCHISTS
SUBJECT: Suspect charged as November 17 terror group
sympathizer

UNCLAS ATHENS 002792

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EUR/SE, EUR/PD, DS/ISI/PII, DS/OP/EUR, DS/DSS/ITA,
DS/P/A
FBI FOR CTC/ITSO/TGU, OIO/IOU-II AND WFO/NS-12
CIA FOR CTC, EUR/AEG AND EUR/LGL
JUSTICE FOR EPSTEIN, HERRUP, FROMSTEIN

E/O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER GR ANARCHISTS
SUBJECT: Suspect charged as November 17 terror group
sympathizer


1. (U) Kostas Avramides, a.k.a. "Pontios," was indicted on
October 20 as the 20th defendant in the November 17
terrorist organization case. Avramides, a three-judge panel
found, was "supportive" of N17 because his fingerprints were
allegedly found inside a book recovered at a N17 safe house
and that N17 proclamations were found on his computer's hard
drive. The indictment also indicates that Avramides
organized events protesting the 2003 trial of the N17
terrorists. The panel, though, unanimously ruled that
"Pontios" was not "morally responsible" in connection to N17
terrorist killings and bombings since authorities could
produce no proof linking him to any of N17's violent acts.


2. (U) Avramides, who was first arrested in May 2003 but
was released after being deposed by a prosecuting
magistrate, is a member of the anarchist organization "Rally
Against State Terrorism" and has been described by some
press reports as a peripheral N17 member. A trial date has
yet to be set. The court has ordered Avramides not to leave
the country and to report to his neighborhood police station
twice every month.


3. (U) Comment: Avramides's alleged N17 connection has
been dismissed by the special prosecuting magistrate
Zervobeakos, but "Pontios" has remained a suspect thanks to
recommendations of an appellate court prosecutor. Most
legal observers call the prosecutor's case thin and it
appears unlikely the charges will result in convictions.

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