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Thousands of Greeks Protest U.S.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Thousands of jubilant demonstrators chanting
``Clinton, Fascist,
Murderer'' marched through Athens on Saturday after similar anti-U.S.
protests led President
Clinton to delay a visit here.
Gathering on the day originally slated for Clinton's arrival, an
estimated 10,000-strong crowd
marched from the city center to the American embassy in a rally staged
by leftist and pacifist
groups and supported by the Greek Communist Party.
The march, under a heavy police presence, ended peacefully.
Clinton had originally planned a three-day visit to Greece. But after
protests broke out in the
country a week ago, spurred by lingering resentment at the NATO
bombing of Yugoslavia
earlier this year, the White House postponed the visit a week and
shortened it to just over a
day.
The news was welcomed as a victory by protest groups, but brought
embarrassment on
Premier Costas Simitis' Socialist government, which has further
tightened security and urged
Greeks to recognize the importance of Clinton's visit.
Anti-American feeling was revived in NATO-member Greece during the
78-day bombing
against Yugoslavia in the Kosovo crisis, when daily street rallies
were held in Athens.
Many Greeks sympathized with fellow-Orthodox Serbs during the
conflict and remain angry at Washington for its widely perceived support
of a Greek dictatorship which imposed military rule
from 1967-74.
Despite that ill-feeling, Simitis is hoping to secure continued U.S.
support for Greek efforts to
boost investments in the Balkans and further improve strained ties
with neighboring Turkey.
More demonstrations are planned next Friday, when Clinton is due to
arrive in Athens.
AP-NY-11-13-99 1643EST
http://www.infowars.com/articles/facist.htm
Bard
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