[ALBSA-Info] Texaco Office Bombed

[Iris Pilika]

Texaco Greece Office Bombed

The Associated Press
Sunday, Dec. 19, 1999; 6:53 p.m. EST

ATHENS, Greece -- In the latest in a string of attacks against U.S. firms,
a bomb exploded late Sunday at the Athens offices of the Texaco oil
company, causing minor damage, police said.

There were no reported injuries.

The explosion occurred near a busy road in the Athens suburb of Neo
Psychiko. Police said the timed bomb was placed at the rear entrance of
the four-story office block. The blast did not damage a Texaco gas station
at the building's front.

A group called Revolutionary Cells claimed responsibility for the attack in
a warning telephone call to an Athens newspaper. The same group
bombed Athens' luxury Intercontinental Hotel on April 27, killing a Greek
women.

American businesses have been targeted in a spate of firebombings before
and since President Clinton's trip to Athens last month. Other targets have
included clothing stores, car dealerships and a U.S. cultural institute.

Violent demonstrations were held during Clinton's 24-hour visit. Many
protesters criticized the U.S. role in NATO airstrikes against fellow
Christian Orthodox Serbs earlier this year during the Kosovo crisis.