Leftist Terrorism Zooms in Europe
Dismantling the social net:
Spain, Greece and Italy reported a total of 40 attacks by left-wing and anarchist groups for 2009.
This constitutes an increase of 43 % compared to 2008; the number of attacks more than doubled
since 2007.As in previous years, most attacks were carried out successfully and mainly targeted government and
business interests.The majority of these attacks were arsons, reported by Spain, and caused only property damage.The percentage of IED attacks decreased from 43 % in 2008 to 20 % in 2009; the majority of these bomb-ings occurred in Greece. In Greece, six left-wing terrorist organisations car-
ried out a total of 15 attacks in 2009.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/left-wing-terrorism-surges-in-europe-2010-9#ixzz0zQ4MKQGG
-Shlok
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