Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07HAMBURG12
2007-01-31 07:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Hamburg
Cable title:
G8 OPPONENTS CARRY OUT ANOTHER ATTACK IN HAMBURG
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UNCLAS HAMBURG 000012
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/AGS, EUR/PGI, S/CT, DS/IP/EUR, DS/IP/ITA, &
DS/DSS/ITA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC PGOV GM
SUBJECT: G8 OPPONENTS CARRY OUT ANOTHER ATTACK IN HAMBURG
REF: BERLIN 013
SENSITIVE
UNCLAS HAMBURG 000012
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/AGS, EUR/PGI, S/CT, DS/IP/EUR, DS/IP/ITA, &
DS/DSS/ITA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC PGOV GM
SUBJECT: G8 OPPONENTS CARRY OUT ANOTHER ATTACK IN HAMBURG
REF: BERLIN 013
SENSITIVE
1. (U) In the early morning hours of January 26, vandals
attacked the property of two ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Board
Members. Alleged G8 opponents splattered Walter Klausmann's
house with paint balloons and broke his car's windshield shortly
before setting Herbert Aly's car on fire. In a three-page
letter sent on January 27 to the newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost,
the group "Revolutionary Antimilitaristic Activists"
("Revolutiondre antimilitaristische AktivistInnen") claimed
responsibility for the "militant attacks against armament
managers" and used the slogan "Assault the NATO-War-Conference
in Munich - Paralyze the G8 in Heiligendamm."
2. (SBU) In a meeting with DCM Koenig on January 26, Hamburg
Interior Minister Udo Nagel stated that this most recent assault
is approximately the 20th attack on property in the Hamburg
region related to the upcoming G8 summit. Nagel stated that
there is a strong left-wing militant scene in Hamburg. He
estimated that there about 700 individuals who have the
potential to be violent. Nagel expects Hamburg to be one of the
focal points for G8 protesters along with Heiligendamm, Rostock,
and Berlin. Nagel also expects many protesters to come to
Hamburg for the ASEM foreign ministers meeting May 28-29, just
days before the G8 Summit.
3. (U) This message has been coordinated with Embassy Berlin.
BUTCHER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/AGS, EUR/PGI, S/CT, DS/IP/EUR, DS/IP/ITA, &
DS/DSS/ITA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC PGOV GM
SUBJECT: G8 OPPONENTS CARRY OUT ANOTHER ATTACK IN HAMBURG
REF: BERLIN 013
SENSITIVE
1. (U) In the early morning hours of January 26, vandals
attacked the property of two ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Board
Members. Alleged G8 opponents splattered Walter Klausmann's
house with paint balloons and broke his car's windshield shortly
before setting Herbert Aly's car on fire. In a three-page
letter sent on January 27 to the newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost,
the group "Revolutionary Antimilitaristic Activists"
("Revolutiondre antimilitaristische AktivistInnen") claimed
responsibility for the "militant attacks against armament
managers" and used the slogan "Assault the NATO-War-Conference
in Munich - Paralyze the G8 in Heiligendamm."
2. (SBU) In a meeting with DCM Koenig on January 26, Hamburg
Interior Minister Udo Nagel stated that this most recent assault
is approximately the 20th attack on property in the Hamburg
region related to the upcoming G8 summit. Nagel stated that
there is a strong left-wing militant scene in Hamburg. He
estimated that there about 700 individuals who have the
potential to be violent. Nagel expects Hamburg to be one of the
focal points for G8 protesters along with Heiligendamm, Rostock,
and Berlin. Nagel also expects many protesters to come to
Hamburg for the ASEM foreign ministers meeting May 28-29, just
days before the G8 Summit.
3. (U) This message has been coordinated with Embassy Berlin.
BUTCHER