It is very unlikely that the Greek Anti-Regime Movement LA.O.S.-11 will strike again. Many Greek terrorist groups that operated during the reign of the military junta were formed for one particular operation and then disbanded soon after.

The Greek-Bulgarian-Armenian Front grabbed headlines by claiming responsibility for a bombing of the Turkish consulate in Melbourne, Australia in November 1986. At the time, neither Australian security personnel nor the Turkish government had ever heard of the group. In a phone call to Agence France Press, a male identified himself as a member of the group, stated several grievances against the Turkish government, and threatened more attacks.  <P><br /><br />The bombing, which occurred in a parking deck below the consulate after 2:00 am, killed one. Police determined that the victim, Hagop Levonian, was one of two bombers, and that he was killed setting the device. The building was badly damaged. <P><br /><br />Eight Armenians were arrested within a week of the attacks. One, Levon Demirian, was tried and convicted of murder in 1987. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The official assessment of the trial was that Demirian and Levonian were members of an Armenian terrorist group, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). The attack was part of a wave of terrorism in retaliation for Turkish atrocities in the early 20th century. Nothing more was heard of the Greek-Bulgarian-Armenian Front. <br />

Except for the claim of responsibility for the Turkish consulate bomb in Australia, nothing has been heard of the Greek-Bulgarian-Armenian Front. It is unclear whether Demirian made the phone call to Agence France Press and intended to use the name as a front for the ARF, or if the claim was a fabrication made by a different party.

Green Battalion, Green Brigade of Islamic Resistance, Prophet&#8217;s Green Brigade

A relatively small player in the Iraqi insurgency, the Green Brigade of the Prophet has only been responsible for one attack thus far, during which four Italian contractors were kidnapped to be used for political leverage. Two days later, upon the Italian government's rejection of the terrorists' demand that Rome issue an apology for supporting the war in Iraq and withdraw Italian troops, the group released a video depicting the brutal execution of one of the hostages. Speculation also existed that the dispatch of Shia Iranian mediators to diffuse the situation offended the captors and caused the hostage to be executed.<br /><p><br />Despite the high profile nature of the attack, much about the incident as well as the Green Brigade of the Prophet remains hazy. For instance, sources differ as to the reason the four Italian men were in Iraq in the first place. The Italian Foreign Ministry claimed that they were employees of the American contractor, DTS Security. However, on its website, DTS Security not only insists that the four men did not work for their company but also that DTS Security has no presence in Iraq whatsoever.<br /><p><br />Soon after the attack, the Green Brigade of the Prophet was identified as one of the Mujahideen Brigades, though it is unclear if this is a reference to the Mujahideen Shura Council, the Islamic Jihad Brigades, or perhaps another entity operating in Iraq. Analysts speculate that the discipline and organization of the Green Brigade (as seen in the video they released) suggests that the group is unrelated to other more-criminal minded groups responsible for earlier kidnappings in Iraq. Further complicating the situation is that, due to the fact that green is the traditional color of the Prophet Mohammed, many Islamic extremist groups have used the name "Green Brigades" in the past.<br />