Comit&#233; Argentino de Lucha Anti-Imperialisto

Argentine Committee of the Struggle against Imperialism

Little is known about the composition of the Comit&#233; Argentino de Lucha Anti-Imperialisto (Argentine Committee of the Struggle against Imperialism).  From its name and its choice of targets  --  American and Dutch corporations operating in Argentina - it can be assumed that the group espoused a left-wing anti-imperialist philosophy.  Many leftist groups of this time period, especially those in Latin America, saw the United States as an imperialist power.  It remains unclear what significance this group attributed to the Dutch government.

The Comit&#233; Argentino de Lucha Anti-Imperialisto is presumed to be inactive.

The Commando Anarchist Group is a Greek outfit that claimed responsibility for an attack on a bank in Thessaloniki, Greece in July 2003.  The perpetrators threw a Molotov cocktail towards the bank's ATM before speeding off on a motorbike, causing severe damage to the ATM and the building.  No one was injured in the attack. <P>  <br /><br />The group carried out the attack in the name of the "struggle for the arrested seven," an apparent reference to the imprisonment of seven anti-globalization demonstrators protesting the European Union's June 2003 Summit in Thessaloniki. The Commando Anarchist Group attack was one in a series of fire-bombings perpetrated by anarchist groups to assert their solidarity with the Thessaloniki prisoners. <P> <br /><br />As a whole, the Commando Anarchist Group fits the profile of a typical Greek arsonist outfit.  Greek anarchists often target financial institutions, forming ad hoc groups that attack one target under an alias, only to discard that name and use a different one in subsequent attacks.  Furthermore, the use of Molotov cocktails is a rudimentary explosive device commonly employed by such groups.  In reality, using the term "group" is somewhat of a misnomer when talking about Greek anarchists.  These "groups" are generally thought to be bands of loosely affiliated individuals, lacking any concrete structure or leadership hierarchy.  While some of these outfits espouse communist or socialist ideology, many of the groups are simply anarchists who use arson to voice their displeasure with Greek government policies.     <br />