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GREECE 17N: CALLING TERRORISM INTO QUESTION

Europe´s most mysterious terrorist organization operated untroubled for thirty years, despite 23 assassinations, 50 terrorist attacks, and 32 bank robberies that have netted an estimated 70 million euros. The 17N terrorist group carried out its attacks between 1975 and 2002. Twenty of its members, including the group´s leader Alexandro Giotopoulos, were finally arrested in July 2002. They were put on trial in Athens between 3 March 2003 and 10 December 2003. The arrests were finally made thanks to close cooperation between the French, British and American secret services. 17N´s leader, Alexandro Giotopoulos, was born in France, studied in Paris, and is married to a French woman. An investigative film....