January 05, 2004
Even appeasers are not immune to terrorism:
Two letter bombs addressed to senior members of the European Parliament went off, bursting into flames when opened, and another was intercepted Monday, the latest in a series of explosives mailed recently to European Union targets.
It does seem that this is more of an 'anti-globalization' attack than islamic terrorism:
No one was injured in the two explosions. Authorities in Brussels also intercepted a suspicious package sent to a fourth parliamentarian and were investigating whether it contained a bomb.
With Monday's packages, seven letter bombs have been sent to EU-linked offices in five countries since Dec. 27.
Investigators have zeroed in on an Italian anarchist group -- the "Informal Anarchic Federation" -- as the likely source. Security has been hiked up at European Union institutions.
An 'Anarchic Federation'. Now there is an oxymoron if there ever was one.
