US brands Greek group a terrorist organization | Fox News
The group has claimed responsibility for killing an anti-terrorism police officer and a journalist since emerging after 2008 riots that broke out when Greek police fatally shot a teenager. Both of the sect&apos;s victims were shot more than a dozen times. The group also took responsibility for attacks on police and a TV station.
"The organization&apos;s indiscriminate terrorist activities threaten the national security of the United States," the department said in a statement.
Daniel Benjamin, the department&apos;s counterterrorism coordinator, said the move highlights the U.S. government&apos;s concern over terrorism in Europe and "demonstrates the U.S. government&apos;s support for Greece&apos;s efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat this group."
Greek authorities contend the Sect of Revolutionaries has a background of common crime rather than political violence. Some analysts have expressed alarm over what they say is the group&apos;s lack of clear ideology and its propensity to kill.
State Department&apos;s terrorism list: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/list
US brands Greek group a terrorist organization | Fox News
The group has claimed responsibility for killing an anti-terrorism police officer and a journalist since emerging after 2008 riots that broke out when Greek police fatally shot a teenager. Both of the sect&apos;s victims were shot more than a dozen times. The group also took responsibility for attacks on police and a TV station.
"The organization&apos;s indiscriminate terrorist activities threaten the national security of the United States," the department said in a statement.
Daniel Benjamin, the depart
ment&apos;s counterterrorism coordinator, said the move highlights the U.S. government&apos;s concern over terrorism in Europe and "demonstrates the U.S. government&apos;s support for Greece&apos;s efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat this group."
Greek authorities contend the Sect of Revolutionaries has a background of common crime rather than political violence. Some analysts have expressed alarm over what they say is the group&apos;s lack of clear ideology and its propensity to kill.
State Department&apos;s terrorism list: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/list