CNN: Explosion at US Embassy in Athens

[blitzen]

not much info yet....some description of the scene as "chaos"

don't know if anyone was hurt....

[KurtNYC]

1. 11:59: "inside the building"

12:04 "embassy staffer says no one hurt" getting more confirmation

[Bluerthanblue]

2. another bitter harvest- we reap what

we sow.

You'd think * would have figured that out by now.

We've got to stop this runaway train.

[JackBeck]

6. Who's to say he didn't have anything to do with it?

[Lex]

3. Well, here we go . . .

:cry:


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[ContraBass Black]

21. Same thought here.

[LSK]

4. is this another example of MSM reporting before confirming????

Maybe someones lunch exploded in the microwave?

[blitzen]

5. report: no injuries

[Singular73]

7. MSM doesnt seem to know whats going on

I just heard "Mass Chaos" then "No Injuries"

[Lex]

8. . . . as per usual.

nt

[cmd]

18. CNN did slip some Osama tape in in the middle of the report

Guess they needed to jazz it up.

[blitzen]

9. happened near US ambassador's office, around 6:30 AM

[FourScore]

10. Yahoo link - no real info yet

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070112/ts_nm/greece_explosion_dc

[Contrary1]

11. Cool...let's send our spare troops to Greece

:sarcasm:

Blast rips through U.S. Embassy in Athens

ATHENS - An explosion ripped through the U.S. embassy compound in central Athens on Friday, a police source said.

It was not clear what caused the blast and there was no immediate word on whether there were any casualties.

Police cordoned off all roads around the embassy.

Police officials at the scene said that whatever caused the explosion damaged the official embassy sign outside the mission, but there was little other indication of the extent of damage inside.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16587785/

[Wiley50]

32. "But Never On A Sunday, A Sunday, A Sunday n/t

[CoffeeCat]

12. Whatever country Junior plans on storming next...

...will get the blame for this.

[CoffeeCat]

20. Do you suppose the Freepers are planning...

...a feta cheese boycott, as we speak?

I'm sure they're plotting a campaign to refer to any Greek Salad as a "Freedom Salad".

[ruiner4u]

33. NO!!! They will NOT take away my feta!

:)

[Horse with no Name]

22. Well I did hear one of the talking heads tonight

I think it was Buchanan...say that Iran wouldn't strike us in an obvious place.
And Greece isn't that far from Iran...but we have so many enemies...it is hard to guess who might have done it.

[ZinZen]

25. You are right

Buchanan stated that our embassies would be bombed and diplomats possibly kidnapped. Bush and his crazy train need to be stopped.

[Sydnie]

13. only a bottom banner about it on Countdown rerun

Hope everyone is ok and it is not "evidence" for blivet** to support his poor policy choices!

[Pierzin]

14. OMG!!! That's just aweful!!

Where will it end?

[LSK]

19. when they report that they got the story wrong???

:shrug:

[FourScore]

15. How much you wanna' bet they'll blame it on Iran or Syria? n/t

[Jcrowley]

16. And even if it is

what you think it is it may not be that

the US media is merely a mechanism for propagation of false reality

avoid it at all costs

Strategy of tension

[originalpckelly]

17. Here's an MSNBC story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16587785/

[originalpckelly]

23. Here's a list of Greek Newspapers:

http://www.world-newspapers.com/greece.html

[originalpckelly]

24. This might be it:

UNITED STATES OFAMERICA
Address: 91, Vas. Sofias Ave., Phones: 210-7212951-9 or 210-7294301
Postal Code: 10160 , Athens Fax: [phone]
Comments: Embassy & Consulate Visa hours: 08:00-11:00
E-mail adress: [email protected]

[originalpckelly]

26. More directly from Reuters, explosion source still unknown. Casualties also unknown.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2007-01-12T051359Z_01_L12389479_RTRUKOC_0_US-GREECE-EXPLOSION.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-newsOne-2

[originalpckelly]

27. More information in the story. They now have anti-terror officials scouring...

building for evidence.

[uppityperson]

34. new on Reuters article (updating article)

The senior police official did not say whether the explosion was set off inside the compound or whether something might have been thrown into the embassy grounds.

Police officials at the scene said that whatever caused the explosion damaged the official embassy sign outside the mission, but there was little other indication of the extent of damage inside.

[bobthedrummer]

28. BBC reported explosion was on the third floor-now dropped that

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6254399.stm

on edit: the BBC report originally said the explosion was on the third floor, that has now been dropped from the latest BBC report-it was in LBN

[Tinksrival]

29. I visited Athens a couple of years ago

We were on a tour and the guide pointed to a building barely visible behind a tall wall and iron gates. She said it made her sad because it was the U.S.Embasay and it wasn't always such a fortress and the Greek people are not fond of the American policies anymore. :(

[Tinksrival]

45. March 20, 2003

One of the largest, of many, protests world wide.


I wish we could go back in time and stop him.
The only thing we can do to save ourselves is impeach.

[FVZA_Colonel]

30. Call me deluded, or just call me cynical,

but I predict that we will begin to see, in a week or two, "proof" that either Iran, Syria, or forces loyal to them were responsible.

[Seen the light]

31. MAJOR note for everyone in this thread

If this turns out to be terrorist-related, I want everyone to remember the exact words in these different articles as they are being posted. Screen grabs could be important as well.

Time is of the essence.

[bobthedrummer]

35. BBC World Service Radio just reported it as a terrorist attack

using something like a RPG fired from ground level into an upper floor.

[bobthedrummer]

36. AP now reporting it as a rocket attack

this is in LBN

[uppityperson]

37. link to another article with poor picture

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/blast-hits-us-embassy-in-greece/31003-2.html

[uppityperson]

38. 1996 it got hit by a rocket. Are they saying again now, or just restating from then?

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/90046/Breaking_Blast_rips_through_U_S_embassy_in_Athens

[bobthedrummer]

39. NOW.

[uppityperson]

40. Thanks. I read the 1996 rocket bit at the end of a couple articles,

couldn't find the NOW one, will keep looking. Thank you and damn. Hope no injuries and damn mrbush and his egotistical arrogant idiocies.

[bobthedrummer]

41. Here it is from the BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6254399.stm

[uppityperson]

42. thank you. Been watching Reuters &AP

I checked BBC a while back but not for a bit. Thank you. Wow. This has been a wild day and a half. Onward. Thanks again.

[bobthedrummer]

43. Anytime.

[uppityperson]

44. Reuters update on rocket

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2007-01-12T061747Z_01_L12389479_RTRUKOC_0_US-GREECE-EXPLOSION.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-newsOne-2

Attackers fired a rocket at the U.S. embassy in Athens on Friday but no one was hurt, police and the U.S. embassy said.

Greek anti-terrorist officers were on the scene.

"This was a rocket attack launched from a building across the street. It landed inside a toilet on the third floor of the embassy," a senior police official told Reuters.

"There are no injuries from the blast," a U.S. embassy spokesman said.