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Greek Gunmen Drive Van Into Microsoft HQ

Latest in series of attacks on symbols of power in Greece

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 27, 2012 7:35 AM CDT | Updated Jun 27, 2012 8:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – If idle hands are the devil's hands, Greece is finding out the hard way: Gunmen this morning stormed Microsoft's Athens headquarters, ramming the building with a gasoline-laden van before setting fire to it. The attack injured no one, but heavily damaged the building's first floor and shut the office for at least the day, in what Reuters notes is the latest in a series of arson hits on banks and foreign companies as anger simmers over high unemployment and austerity measures in the financially strapped nation. No one has claimed responsibility for the Microsoft attack, but the AP notes that anarchist or radical left-wing groups are usually responsible.

A security officer stands by the mini-van used by attackers at entrance to the Microsoft office in an Athens suburb on June 27, 2012.
A security officer stands by the mini-van used by attackers at entrance to the Microsoft office in an Athens suburb on June 27, 2012.   (Getty Images)
A security guard walks near a destroyed van outside the entrance of Microsoft's offices in northern Athens, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
A security guard walks near a destroyed van outside the entrance of Microsoft's offices in northern Athens, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.   (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Police investigates a destroyed van outside the entrance of Microsoft's offices in northern Athens, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
Police investigates a destroyed van outside the entrance of Microsoft's offices in northern Athens, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.   (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Investigators work near the mini-van used by attackers at entrance to the Microsoft office in an Athens suburb on June 27, 2012.
Investigators work near the mini-van used by attackers at entrance to the Microsoft office in an Athens suburb on June 27, 2012.   (Getty Images)
Police investigates the destroyed entrance of Microsoft's offices in northern Athens, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
Police investigates the destroyed entrance of Microsoft's offices in northern Athens, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.   (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A security guard walks outside Microsoft's offices in northern Athens, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
A security guard walks outside Microsoft's offices in northern Athens, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.   (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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TopsyKrets
Jun 27, 2012 11:08 AM CDT
"but the AP notes that anarchist or radical left-wing groups are usually responsible." Zero evidence to support this assertion. And yet here in Texas I pass a sign everyday on the way to school that reads, "The AP is a liberal news organization"
Fatquah
Jun 27, 2012 11:07 AM CDT
'Share the wealth' without 'share the WORK' is a road to ruin.
BCWills
Jun 27, 2012 10:17 AM CDT
poverty is the main cause of terrorism. In the middle east, in Greece, and even in the US
 

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