Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

496 • NOVEMBER 17to assassinate, U.S. diplomats and servicemen in Greece. On 23December 1975 the November 17 assassinated Central IntelligenceAgency (CIA) station chief Richard Welch. On 15 November 1983it murdered a U.S. military attaché, Captain George Tsantes (U.S.Navy), and his driver. An assassination attempt was made againstMaster Sergeant Robert Judd on 3 April 1984. Judd took evasiveaction when he spotted two riders on a motorcycle approaching hiscar and was only slightly wounded. The November 17 assassinatedtwo Greek police officials and two Greek businessmen and injuredone other Greek businessman. On 21 January 1988 they botchedan assassination attempt against a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency(DEA) agent outside his Athens home. An unusual circumstance inall these cases was that the November 17 hit teams all used the samepistol, making verification of all November 17 shootings certain.Since 1987 they also started using makeshift plastic bazookas to fireantitank missiles stolen from a military base. On 18 January 1989they shot and injured a Greek Supreme Court deputy prosecutor, andon 26 September 1989 they killed a member of the Greek parliament.On 7 October 1991 they shot dead a Turkish embassy press attaché.On 26 November 1985, a bombing using remotely detonated bombshad been directed at a Greek police van, in which 12 people wereinjured and one person was killed. Beginning in April 1987 the November17 twice tried to bomb U.S. military shuttle buses using similarbombs, injuring 18 people on 24 April 1987 and another 10 on 10 August1987 but causing no deaths. On 5 October 1987 the November 17and the ELA both claimed credit for bombing four Greek governmentoffices. On 28 June 1988 the November 17 killed the U.S. militaryattaché with a car bomb and likewise killed a former Greek ministerof public order on 4 May 1989. On 10 June 1990, the November 17claimed credit for firing a bazooka at the Athens Procter & Gamble office,which caused no injury. A similar rocket attack narrowly misseda Greek businessman’s car on 20 November 1990. The November 17used a remote-triggered bomb to kill U.S. Air Force Sergeant RonaldStewart as he left his apartment on 12 March 1991. On 16 July 1991the November 17 used a remote-triggered car bomb to wound theTurkish chargé d’affaires and two other Turkish embassy workers.On 15 February 1996 an antitank missile was fired at the U.S. embassyin Athens but struck only the perimeter wall, damaging threeparked cars. A group calling itself “National Struggle” claimed respon-