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Flag of November 17 - Image by M. Schmöger, 20 June 2003
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The November 17 (aka 17-N) revolutionary organization was named
after the day of the uprising by the students of the Polytechnical
School in Athens, 17 November 1973. The uprising was crashed by the
Army and was the apex of the students' revolt against the Colonels'
regime led by Papadopoulos.
The 17-N group showed up in 1975, one year after the fall of the
military junta. They murdered Richard Welch, the head of the CIA
bureau in Athens. Another 21 peoples were later killed by 17-N,
including American, British and Turkish diplomats as well as Greek
policemen, businessmen and politicians.
The group was disbanded with the help of Scotland Yard in June
2002, following an aborted attempt. The supposed leaders of the group
are Alexandre Giotopoulos, arrested on 18 July 2002 in the island of Lipsos (Dodecanese), and Dimitris Koufondinas.
Ivan Sache, 10 December 2008
The flag of November 17 is red with a yellow star and the red inscription "17N" in the middle.
Francisco Santos, 20 June 2003