tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post7294930666248574153..comments2024-03-21T05:29:07.463-04:00Comments on THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: UPDATED AND BUMPED: 7 ARRESTED FOR ARSON IN GREEK FIRES -NEW YORK TIMES ON GREECE'S POSSIBLY TERRORIST-DRIVEN FIRES: ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-87289636499378572252007-08-28T19:41:00.000-04:002007-08-28T19:41:00.000-04:00ap: Construction is one of Greece's main industrie...ap:<BR/><BR/> Construction is one of Greece's main industries, and some observers believe that developers are hoping to move in on the areas where forest has been destroyed.<BR/><BR/>The government has insisted however that trees will be re-planted, partly to prevent illegal construction.<BR/><BR/>Papangelopoulos yesterday ordered an investigation to determine "whether the crimes of arsonists and of arson attacks on forests carried out in the country during the summer of 2007" could come under Greece's anti-terrorism law, the public order ministry said in a statement.<BR/><BR/>The investigation will also seek to establish the identities of those responsible, the statement said.<BR/><BR/>Treating arson as a potential act of terrorism would give authorities broader powers of investigation and arrest.<BR/><BR/>ap/guardian:<BR/><BR/>A senior prosecutor ordered an investigation Monday to examine whether the fires could be termed acts of terrorism or organized crime - allowing authorities broader powers of investigation and arrest.<BR/><BR/>Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras said the Secret Service and anti-terrorism squad had joined police in investigating the blazes. ``We have indications (arsonists were involved), witness testimonies and finds which require investigation,'' he said.<BR/><BR/>An official of the WWF environmental group, however, dismissed the notion of an orchestrated arson campaign.<BR/><BR/>``I think these are very dangerous assessments, particularly when the evidence so far does not seem to back them,'' said Theodota Nantsou, the group's conservation manager for Greece.<BR/><BR/>Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has indicated that many blazes were intentionally set. <BR/><BR/>ME: it was terror if the INTENT was to inflict terror.<BR/><BR/>if the intent was to take over land for development then it is not terror.Reliapundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942299527008194753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-18231316845225607682007-08-28T19:23:00.000-04:002007-08-28T19:23:00.000-04:00Could it be because they could be accused on terro...Could it be because they could be accused on terrorism charges?Nora (LV)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08650744456051991005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-59472168805092467952007-08-28T17:16:00.000-04:002007-08-28T17:16:00.000-04:00real estste developers?i heard it was farfur - tha...real estste developers?<BR/><BR/>i heard it was <A HREF="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/05/mickey_shaheed_.html/" REL="nofollow">farfur </A>- that's more believableAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683821018078560292noreply@blogger.com