1985 Athens bar bombing

Far-right bombing aimed at Americans 1985 Athens bar bombing Athens, Greece Americans 2 February 1985 it 37 52 45.28 N 23 45 17.13 E scale:50000_region:GR UTC+01:00 Bombing 0 78 National Front Time bomb On 2 February 1985, Bobby's Bar in Glyfada, a suburb of Athens in Greece, was bombed. The bar was popular with American airmen stationed at the nearby Hellenikon Air Base. Police spokesman Nikos Gizas said about fifty of the injured were Americans.https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/03/world/blast-wounds-70-near-greek-base.html BLAST WOUNDS 70 NEAR GREEK BASE Paul Anastasi and Special To the New York Times The New York Times 3 February 1985 Some of them were brought to U.S. bases in West Germany for treatment.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-04-mn-4233-story.html Anti-U.S. Group Says It Set Greek Bomb That Hurt 78 Times Wire Services 4 February 1985 LA Times Responsibility A far-right group calling itself National Front claimed responsibility. A caller claiming to be from the group said that the bombing was aimed at Americans who were "responsible" for the occupation of Cyprus, which had been divided since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Sources said that an organization called 'National Front' was formed in 1968 as a predecessor to the EOKA-B Greek-Cypriot nationalist group.https://books.google.com/books?id=4ikxDwAAQBAJ&q=national+front+greece+1985&pg=PA560 Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, and Literature A. J. Jongman 28 July 2017 1904 Routledge 9781351498609 Google Books See also 1988 Naples bombing 1987 Greece bus attacks References Category:20th-century military history of Greece Category:1985 building bombings Category:February 1985 in Europe Category:1985 crimes in Greece Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1985 Category:Terrorist incidents in Greece in the 1980s Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Greece Category:1980s in Athens Category:Attacks on bars in Europe Category:Restaurant bombings in Europe Category:Anti-American sentiment in Europe Category:Nationalist terrorism in Europe Category:Greece–United States military relations Category:20th-century history of the United States Air Force Category:Right-wing terrorist incidents in the 1980s Category:Far-right politics in Greece Category:Military history of Athens Category:Nationalist terrorist incidents in the 1980s Category:History of the Hellenic Air Force