December 24: Updates From The Greek Uprising

"On Christmas Eve Wednesday, about 700 mainly young protesters marched peacefully through Athens' main shopping district to demand the release of those arrested during the rioting. Demonstrators sang carols with protest lyrics and scattered fliers, as dozens of riot police looked on.

Chanting "Priests, thieves, pedophiles," protesters sprayed slogans on metal boardings outside Athens Cathedral, painted anarchist logos on the 19th century building's marble columns and tore down a Greek flag." (source)

"Hundreds of [anarchists] who have been squatting in university buildings over the past two weeks were reportedly packing their bags. According to sources, the premises of the National Technical University of Athens and the Athens University law school were slowly emptying." (source)

"[An anarchist] group calling itself Nocturnal Arson Insurrection yesterday claimed responsibility for a bomb blast targeting the offices of far-right party LAOS in the coastal suburb of Alimos during yesterday’s early hours. The homemade device, comprising several gas canisters, caused damage when it detonated, but no injuries were reported." (source)

"Greece, amid the worst [sic] unrest in decades, has acquired an advanced security system from the United States. A leading U.S. firm has delivered a command, control, communications,
coordination and integration system to Greek authorities. Science Applications International Corp. said the C4I system would coordinate police, coast guard, fire and ambulance services. "System acceptance is an important milestone in the implementation of this state-of-the-art system, and properly recognizes the tremendous efforts of the Greek state and SAIC to deliver an effective solution," SAIC executive vice president Donald Foley said." (source)

AntiCiv.Net's Previous Greek Uprising Reports:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14