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Turkophagos
08-09-2011, 09:05 AM
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Citizens across Greece are trying to come to grips with a classified document that has come to light stating that “certain shady forces” were plotting the assassination of former Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Karamanlis. Greek political magazine Epikaira on Thursday June 17, 2011 unveiled a report from Greek Secret Services (KYP) that claims a conspiracy was designed in 2008 that would lead to the eventual assassination of the former Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Karamanlis.

The magazine said that the information in the controversial documents it featured contain intelligence reports from Russian sources, and in particular by a Russian officer who gave a detailed description of all the events and actions that occurred during that period under the title "Working Group" of the FSB (Russian secrete services).

According the article, the plot was uncovered by the FSB during a hacking attempt on the telephone communication between the Greek and the Russian PMs and was subsequently intercepted. Following this revelation, a group of 19 Russian intelligence officers came to Athens to investigate the wire-tapping and stumbled on the planned assassination and thus began to monitor Karamanlis’ moves at the beginning of April 2008.

The Russian officials uncovered the assassination plot codenamed “Pythia 1”, and, after analyzing the evidence, concluded that it was the brainchild of an allied country. More specifically, the planned assassination would be carried out by a "shady" team of individuals, and was directly linked to Karamanlis’s pro-energy policies and tight relations with Russia, which the west and other Greek allies did not approve of.
Pythia 1 had four main points

The assassination plot against Karamanlis had as its objective to postpone and/or cancel his government’s decision to move ahead with an energy policy that would make Greece a fair player on the global energy market, while it was part of a larger plan that was set to totally destablize the country’s economic and political system.

First Phase: Political instability. During Karamanlis' run as Prime Minister, the political climate in Greece began to crumble and the mainstream media (which some hint were bought out to do so) suddenly began broadcasting stories suggesting that the government of Karamanlis was accepting kickbacks or was involved in money laundering in the Monastery of Vatopedi case. The news began to tarnish the image of Karamanlis’ Cabinet, while the aim was to strike at the core… Karamanlis himself so that he could lose his credibility with the people. It worked. After months and months of propaganda, the people turned their back on Karamanlis, his political career was totally tarnished, and he lost the elections to George Papandreou in October 2009.
Second Phase: Economic unrest: This was achieved with various methods that even included the various kidnappings of several prominent businessmen, throwing the business community in a panic.
Third Phase: Social instability. This was implemented with various forms of social unrest, including terrorist acts.
Fourth Phase: Weaken Foreign Policy. Karamanlis’ foreign policy began to suddenly show signs of weakening and Greece began to suddenly lose ground with its allies.


According to their findings, the probable attempt on his life would of been made while the former Prime Minister was on route to his office in Athens. The Russians said said they believed this because they tracked several unidentified vehicles following the then premier's entourage all the way from his home in Rafina up to Attica Road at the Olympic Stadium. The vehicle, according to the article, bore Greek license plates, but Russian intelligence agents later discovered that they were fake. The same sources note that at some point in their investigation they even actually came face to face with the group of conspirators in the area of Nea Makri (on the outskirts of Athens), and more specifically at the junction of traffic lights leading to the Monastery of Aghio Ephraim. (Details further down)

The first vehicle they began to monitor was a type VAN, brand Toyota Hiace.While tracking the suspects, the Russian intelligence officers also tapped into their cell phones, which they used frequently to communicate with.

This vehicle was also spotted on Marathon Avenue at the height of Pikermi and according to the Russian intelligence report it was concluded that the suspects were recording the speed procession of Karamanlis’ car and at the same time monitoring the accompanying vehicles, the people escorting the PM, etc.

At this particular intersection, the Russian intelligence officials also said in their report that they identified a second vehicle type VAN, brand FORD TRANSIT, blue, which bore Greek plates (fake, as identified by the above working group later) that was also monitoring the former Premier’s entourage both in March and in April of 2008, or so the magazine article notes.

Karamanlis’ car route was apparently also being monitored in several other key areas:

A. In the area of CARREFOUR in Geraka (a northern Athens suburb);
B. Near the Greek National Television Channel (ERT) in Aghia Paraskevi;
C. In the area of AB Vassilopoulos (super-market) in Holargo.

It was here that the Russian agents discovered yet a third vehicle, 1995-1996 silver BMW, with German license plates. The Russian agents said that the silver vehicle was suspicious because at these particular junctions, the FORD TRANSIT VAN reappeared and both vehicles were in direct contact with one another (remember the Russian agents were tapping their phones).

Moreover, the agents said that they also spotted the VAN in the abovementioned areas B and C, while in June 2008 all three vehicles were spotted together monitoring Karamanlis’ car in the area of Holargos, near Faneromeni street.

The article in Epikaira also says that after monitoring the suspicious vehicles for an unknown period of time, the Russian group reported that four males were always seen riding in the beige Toyota Hiace VAN, three in the Ford Transit while the BMW always had two female passengers. The FSB also said that the suspects also came in contact with other supporting groups as well.

When analyzing the evidence, the Russian agents concluded that the suspects were not from the extreme left, or various anarchist groups.

In their report to their Greek counterparts, as cited in the magazine, the Russian intelligence officers also said that the results of the cell phone tapping concluded that that the suspects also spoke perfect Greek.

Interestingly enough, when the three vehicles were detected together in the area of Holargos (early June 2008 on Faneromeni str.), a further two suspects (young people) also appeared who were of non-Greek origin and according to the magazine, were British nationals.

Between April 20 and 25, 2008 in the area of Nea Makri (several kilometers north-east of Athens), and particularly near the Monastery of Aghios Ephrem, a "controlled" process of engagement took place, that lasted almost 30 seconds, between the Russian group and the suspects. This "controlled" process of engagement was carried out because the FSB had identified one of the vehicles, specifically the type Toyota Hiace Van in this area. There were apparently four Russian agents involved in this engagement, while there were only two suspects noted in the Van. The report in Epikaira said at this point that these two particular suspects were muscular and spoke perfect Greek, and once they realized that they were being monitored they decided to escape from the area and abandon the Van using an Enduro motorbike.


Russian authorities then examined the Van and discovered a detailed record of the route used by the former PM. At the same time they also found maps which marked the various intersections that they had made their surveillance on Karamanlis’ car as well as where they met with their support groups, and the maps even included the Faneromeni Holargos intersection, mentioned above. Interestingly enough, the Russian agents also discovered another mysterious “map” outlining the parking lots of CARREFOUR and Goody’s on Attiki Avenue (This I could not understand). In addition to all of these maps of Aghia Paraskevi, Halandri, Holargos and Papagou were also found.

The agents also found Night Observation equipment such as binoculars, explosive C-4 materials, other weapons as well as a TOKAREV KALASNIKOF. Among other things they also found camouflage materials (old and new), makeup (such as eyeliners), unused hoods and even woman’s clothing. Also, they discovered communications systems synchronously at frequencies of Police high definition range, a remote control, food (dried food and chocolates) and tents.

All the above components and materials were then sent and examined in Moscow crime labs and the results revealed that:

This was an organized plan and target tracking organized by Western intelligence agencies with the involvement of homologous Israeli Services.
That the plot was mainly realized by Greeks.
That the objective of this plot was to carry out an attack against the former prime minister, especially with the aim of postponing or cancellation of the energy policy of the country.


With the data in hand, Karamanlis was then informed from Greek intelligence services.It was at this point that Greek intelligence officials decided to beef up the security of the former premier, but nonetheless it was insufficient, so Karamanlis’ personal security personnel continually changed its route everyday so that they could defend his well-being.


(After the article in Epikaira was published, Greek press reports said that Karamanlis asked that it not be publicized because he did not want to upset and/or worry his loved ones about it..In fact a close associate of Karamanlis told the Real News newspaper a couple of days after the article was published that during that period, the former prime minister was very distant, and rarely used his mobile phone because of all of this.)

Why would they want to assassinate Karamanlis?

Karamanlis said no to the Kofi Annan plan which everyone later admitted would have been disastrous for the divided island of Cyprus, whereas George Papandreou said yes… coincidence?
Karamanlis said no to the slicing of the Aegean with a share going to Turkey…. While it seems as though George Papandreou is heading exactly towards that direction.
Karamanlis vetoed FYROM’s entrance to NATO, and said that Greece needed to firstly resolve the issue of the name, because if FYROM was allowed to join NATO then automatically it would gain formal recognition… this apparently infuriated the then President of the US George Bush.
Karamanlis saw that a tsunami was coming from the West and he opened the market to their financiers… the Chinese.
Karamanlis made contact in Egypt so that he could proclaim Greece’s EEZ. –check relevant article on blog
Karamanlis wanted energy independence for Greece, knowing very well that Greece is sitting on one of the largest natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean.
Karamanlis wanted to stabilize the northern area of Greece and signed for the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline that would have created over 5,000 jobs in northern Greece, and would have transported Russian natural gas to Europe.
Karamanlis went ahead with yet another energy project to develop the Greek – Italian pipeline
He also pushed for the SOUTH STREAM pipeline.
The Greek – Bulgarian gas pipeline.
He pushed for a second electrical interconnection cooperation agreement with Bulgaria.
He decreased the level of unemployment, and raised revenues from 311 to 454 Euros.
He raised pension benefits for low income pension earners, or the EKAS from 141 to 230 Euros.
He established the Social Cohesion Fund, for the economically disadvantaged.
He gave 500 million Euros on aid to farmers.
Karamanlis increased the basic pension by 64% from 201 to 330 Euros per month.
And much, much, much more…

What he was faced with throughout his term as PM

The sudden death of the Patriarch of Alexandria.
Tapping of his telephone lines by shady secret services.
The unexplained fires in the Peloponnese which coast the lives of almost 100 people.
The 2008 December events, which totally destroyed the economic activity of central Athens, and threw our country in total war with anarchists (who were not Greek), for several days...
And much, much, much more….

Turkophagos
08-09-2011, 09:10 AM
Citizens across Greece are still trying to come to grips with the classified document that came to light two weeks ago from the Greek secret services stating that “certain shady forces” were plotting the assassination of former Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Karamanlis.

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Kontra TV channel reported that Karamanlis was unexpectedly visited by Greek secret service agents right after the article was published and was in the process of giving a report on this.

In a follow-up story to this serious accusation, Greek political magazine Epikaira on Thursday unravelled even more information on this shocking story with even more hair raising details about the conspiracy against Karamanlis in 2008 that had as its aim his eventual assassination.

The only bizarre aftermath of the news is that it was the number one story on all the online news sites, blogs and what not, but very few mainstream media giants featured the issue, and rather chose to altogether ignore it.This alone is shocking!

In its comeback article, Epikaira says that the classified documents it featured were from the Greek secret services, and involved a probe that was made in Greece by Russian intelligent sources (or FSB). According to the magazine, when Russian Secret Services discovered that there was a hacking attempt on the telephone communication between the Greek and the Russian PMs, it was then decided that a team of officials would come to Athens to investigate the incident. The “Working Group” apparently began looking into the wire-tapping incident and stumbled on the planned assassination plot, codenamed “Pythia 1” and thus began to monitor Karamanlis’ moves at the beginning of April 2008.

As mentioned in the first part of this three part series of articles, after uncovering the plot, and massing together the information, Russian intelligence officials concluded that it was the brainchild of an allied country. More specifically, the planned assassination would be carried out by a “shady” mixed team of individuals, and was apparently linked to Karamanlis’s pro-energy policies and tight relations with Russia, which the west and other Greek allies at the time did not approve of.

According to the highly confidential document codenamed "Special Newsletter" (No. 219 / 5 February 2009), both the Prime Minister, the Minister and Deputy Interior ministers Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Christos Markogiannakis, respectively, were informed about the "Working Group’s" mission in Greece, as well as the fact that they had identified and revealed the plan of attack against the former PM in the framework of either postponing and/or cancelling "the energy policy of Greece."

The silent, or as some term him, or the “mysterious” advisor to Prime Minister George Papandreou, and former formal advisor to the government of Georgia, Alex Rondos was also said to have known about the plot, and it was concluded that he in return informed Papandreou.

Both Pavlopoulos and Makrogiannakis (no other names were listed) were apparently informed about the plot from a classified document entitled “Special Newsletter” (No. 213 / 5 February 2009), as well as the intentions of the “Working Group” who were in Greece to investigate the relevant wire-tapping incident mentioned above.

As stated in the first article on this issue, between the dates of April 20-25, 2008 Russian intelligence officers actually came face to face with the suspects. They later said in their report to Greek secret service agents that Western intelligence agencies with the involvement of homologous Israeli Services were involved. After the engagement, FSB officers apparently investigated one of the vans that was abandoned by the suspects and discovered maps, communication systems, weapons and C-4, a type of explosive material.

In their report to Greek officials, the Russians noted a few important notes of interest. They said that the mentioned "points" of their investigation, where they spotted the suspects, should not be adopted as the only formal points of this conspiracy.

In their estimate they concluded that the area of Marathonos was an appropriate point so that the suspects could monitor the former prime minister’s car, while the area around CARREFOUR could have acted as a point for unlawful engagement. Finally the FSB report noted that the area near the ERT television channel and also around AB Vassilopoulos supermarket were most likely used by the suspects as meeting points.

In their report to their Greek counterparts, the Russian intelligence officials also placed special importance on the maps, which were confiscated after they came face-to-face with the suspects, since they contained an attached diagram (image) entitled “Signs on Map” (no other information was given).

The FSB also sounded an alarm on the distance which divided all the meeting points where the suspects were detected, when measured against the distance from the Attika Road, since they said the suspects could have devised some sort of route as a starting point for their planned criminal act.

The Russians also noted that C-4 explosive is solid military material, and does not circulate freely on the market. They also underline that terrorist groups operating in Greece have never used this component until now on any of their explosive devices.

Getting back to Rondos, the magazine states that he had apparently received notice of a Western plan that had as its goal the termination and/or delay of the South Stream gas pipeline, and part of this plan also included the assassination of Kostas Karamanlis (noted in the classified document as ‘the target’). The Russian agents placed great importance on this last point in their report to the Greek secret services saying that Papandreou found out about this plot and knew of its existence via his silent advisor.

(Rondos, according to reports, is directly linked and a very very chummy friend of George Sorros. He is a former Ambassador of Greece. Prior to his government service he worked for the World Bank (IMF), formed the first international relief and development organisation of the Orthodox Church, the International Christian Orthodox Charities, and worked with Catholic Relief Services in Ethiopia, the Middle East and the US. Currently he consults for the private sector contributing to the efforts of several non-governmental initiatives.)

With this last point in mind, Epikaira magazine spoke with LAOS parliamentarian and former head of the Greek secret services Gianni Korantis about this very issue but he declined to give any comment.

Under a sub-section entitled “Tango under the Acropolis” the magazine article said that the assassination plot codenamed “Pythia 1”, was devised to totally throw Greece’s economic, social, political and foreign climate off balance, and could very well be in its climax today with everything that is currently happening in the country.

Korantis said at this point that “what concerns the world of intelligence (simultaneously) concerns international politics”.

Commenting on the reaction by readers who literally “fell from the clouds” with the article from Epikaira, and the various roles intelligence plays in the diplomatic world, Korantis noted that nations obviously regulate their intelligence services to suit their interests and/or purposes and Greece is no exception. He said that if American, British and Israeli interests wanted the destabilization of a nation, “even though it was an ally” then “they would use all possible means to achieve this goal.”


Turning to a separate report that was featured on http://olympia.gr on Saturday June 25, and which was a response to another report on the fimotro blog which stated that Karamanlis was getting set to send a letter of some sort to Papandreou to demand what he knew about this whole affair, Olympia.gr said that associates of Kostas Karamanlis have left it to be understood that the former prime minister has no such intention and is not even planning to take this whole issue to court.

In its opinion, Olympia.gr says that information such as this cannot be dealt with on a personal basis, but rather has to be tackeled at a national level by the Greek state.

The same article also predicts that when the political climate changes in Greece, the justice system might finally do what it is obligated to do and summon the people named in this whole hair raising scandal (Papandreou and Rondos) for questioning.

The author of the article in Olympia is right…

Indeed the assassination plot against the former prime minister of Greece, or any attempt on a statesman of any country cannot and should not be handled privately, but rather should be looked at as a matter of national importance. My only question is why hasn’t the state already acted… there is a haunting silence over all of this which is chilling.



http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/06/part-ii-plot-to-assassinate-kostas.html#axzz1UWKf0OvP

Turkophagos
08-09-2011, 09:16 AM
Russians ‘uncovered plan to kill Greek prime minister’


By JOSEPH FITSANAKIS | intelNews.org |
A Russian counter-surveillance team operating in Athens in 2008 confronted a foreign team from “a country allied to Greece”, which planned to kill Kostas Karamanlis, then Greece’s Prime Minister. The revelation, published in the current issue of Greek weekly newsmagazine Epikera, is allegedly based on a Russian briefing contained in a classified document authored by the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP). According to the document, the assassination plot was code-named Pythia and was hatched by the intelligence agency of “a country allied to Greece”. It was aimed at preventing Athens from signing on to a series of energy pipeline deals with Moscow. The 19-member Russian counter-surveillance team mentioned in the EYP document had allegedly been set up a few months earlier by the FSB, Russia’s primary foreign intelligence agency. The team was deployed after the Russians realized that that Prime Minster Karamanlis’ telephone calls with Russian leader Vladimir Putin were being intercepted by foreign spies, at least two of which were allegedly British citizens. According to the Epikera article, between April 20 and 25, while shadowing the Greek Prime Minister in the Nea Makri area, just north of Athens, a four-member Russian counter-surveillance team faced off two spy operatives of “a country allied to Greece”. Thirty seconds into the face-off, the foreign operatives, who were well built, spoke Greek, and did not appear to be carrying weapons, abandoned a car they were riding and left the scene using a motorcycle that did not bear license tags. According to the EYP document quoted in Epikera magazine, Russian officials notified the Greek government of the incident, as well as the alleged assassination plot. Russia, Bulgaria and Greece are currently working on plans to construct the trans-Balkan oil pipeline, which would enable Russia to transfer oil from Novorossiysk to the Aegean Sea while bypassing the Turkish Straits. If completed, the project, known as the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline, will facilitate an alternative oil route to the Western-sponsored Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, and will constitute the first-ever Russian-controlled pipeline on European Union territory. Mr Karamanlis’ conservative government, which ruled Greece from 2004 until 2009, actively pursued strong energy partnerships with Russia.


http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/01-739/




Why would they want to assassinate the former Prime Minister?


Karamanlis said no to the Kofi Annan plan which everyone later admitted would have been disastrous for the divided island of Cyprus, whereas George Papandreou said yes… coincidence?

Karamanlis said no to the slicing of the Aegean with a share going to Turkey…. While it seems as though George Papandreou is heading exactly towards that direction.

Karamanlis vetoed FYROM’s entrance to NATO, and said that Greece needed to firstly resolve the issue of the name, because if FYROM was allowed to join NATO then automatically it would gain formal recognition… this apparently infuriated the then President of the US George Bush.

Karamanlis saw that a tsunami was coming from the West and he opened the market to their financiers… the Chinese.

Karamanlis made contact in Egypt so that he could proclaim Greece’s EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone). [Under the law of the sea, an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources.]

Karamanlis wanted energy independence for Greece, knowing very well that Greece is sitting on one of the largest natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean.

Karamanlis wanted to stabilize the northern area of Greece and signed for the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline that would have created over 5,000 jobs in northern Greece, and would have transported Russian natural gas to Europe.

Karamanlis went ahead with yet another energy project to develop the Greek – Italian pipeline

He also pushed for the SOUTH STREAM pipeline.

The Greek – Bulgarian gas pipeline.

He pushed for a second electrical interconnection cooperation agreement with Bulgaria.



http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-Foreign-Plot-to-Assassinate-Former-Greek-Prime-Minister-Kostas-Karamanlis-Revealed

http://www.defencegreece.com/index.php/2011/06/plan-pythia-1-for-assassinating-pm-karamanlis/

poiuytrewq0987
08-30-2011, 07:13 PM
It looks like Karamanlis was a Greek nationalist who was going to propel Greece into a new golden age. Too bad the average people can't see through the lies generated to let Papandreou win the elections.

Absinthe
08-30-2011, 07:21 PM
Karamanın koyunu sonra çıkar oyunu... :D

Still, noone can beat the current one in incompetence, it seems.

Turkophagos
12-09-2011, 11:38 PM
SPECIAL REPORT - Either You Leave, Or We Kill You - A Hostage For 242 Days


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Friday, December 09, 2011

The attempted assassination against the former prime minister and leader of the main opposition New Democracy party Costas Karamanlis was the main feature on George Trangas' "CRASH" magazine which was released today. The magazine this month features never before published classified documents, several intelligence reports as well as new Wikileaks cables centering on the period of Karamanlis' rule. Hellasfrappe had featured the assassination attempt against the former Prime Minister when a similar magazine, Epikaira, published the classified documents in mid June, 2011. The shocking revelations in CRASH give even more details about this dark period, as well as further explain how Karamanlis was forced to live as a hostage for almost 242 days before he stepped down from power.

CRASH magazine claims that Karamanlis was toppled by George Papandreou and the PASOK government because he went against the US on the issue of FYROM and because he sided with Russia on defense cooperation as well as energy pipelines.

It claims that on the evening of February 5, 2009, the then head of the Greek Secret Services (EYP), gave former Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos an envelope with the results of an investigation which was conducted by the Russian Secret Service (FSB) after they discovered that one of Karamanlis phones were tapped in a conversation the former premier had with Vladimir Putin.

From that evening on, and until October 4th of the same year, the night he lost the national elections, Costas Karamanlis was a "hostage." He was monitored 24 hours a day and in constant threat. Two nights before the polls opened and while speaking in Pedion Tou Areos in Athens to an audience of thousands, a bomb exploded near the stage just before he gave his speech.

Trangas reveals how the former prime minister was forced to step down from power earlier than he anticipated (as well as many others) in his career. The reason for this, says CRASH magazine, is because Karamanlis received a telegram from a "western intelligence center" that was intercepted by Greek and Russian intelligence officials in March 2009 that basically gave him the ultimatum you"must immediately exit from power" or else.

Following this, Karamanlis apparently told friends: "During that period I lived in a quarantine. I never thought that they would result to murdering a prime minister of a western country. "

The same source told CRASH magazine that since that day everything changed in Karamanlis' life and his daily schedule was not the same. "I did not say anything to Natasha (his wife), but she began to suspect something was going on since there were increased security forces in and around the house." the same source reveals.

CRASH magazine also claims that intelligence officials found firearms in a house that faces Karamanlis' home in Rafina. In fact the officials were horrified when they discovered the firearms since they were aiming directly at a window at the former Prime Minister's residence!

Early on Thursday and before the magazine was released George Trangas was a guest on ANT1's "Kalimera Ellada" with host George Papadakis. Promoting the magazine, Trangas shocked his hosts when he said that the Americans were not the only ones wiretapping Karamanlis.... Greece wiretapped the Americans as well. And all these conversations were documented, he added. This angered the US claims Trangas "and they do not forgive easily."

The article in CRASH also speaks about how German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressured Costas Karamanlis to wave his veto against the issue of FYROM. (We revealed the story several days ago, click here)

Trangas also reveals in the magazine how American officials, would rant and rave all day at the embassy demanding that his sources dish out some"beef" so that they can feed the "monster". The beef being anything scandalous and negative against Costas Karamanlis, and the monster explains Trangas was the CIA. CRASH features this specific story as well in the magazine.

According to magazine on the night of national elections in 2007 (just a little while after the suspicious grand fires all over Greece), Costas Karamanlis, had told his wife that his government had no more than 15 months life left.


Three incidents that totally took Karamanlis by surprise

The magazine also speaks about thee incidents in March-April 2009, that totally took Karamanlis by surprise. These are:

The explosive device found outside the offices of CGC on March 19, 2009. The fact that it was detonated at the Mortgage Association state building which is located at the junction of Alexandra Avenue and Koniari street raised much concern. What was not known by many was the fact that the motorcade of Costas Karamanlis passed from here when he left his apartment on Lycabettus Hill.

The second occurred at the end of January, when the Greek secret services delivered three monthly factsheets with their findings from a wiretapping they themselves conducted on American diplomats.

One tapping recorded one official as saying that "in six months, Karamanlis will be a thing of the past." The diplomat, from the Consul in Thessaloniki was exposed by several top secret documents for behaving suspiciously in the area of Thrace with the Muslim minority there in a recent Epikaira Magazine article. (We featured this story on hellasfrappe last month. Please click here for that story)

In the period, between March15 -April 15, the Americans directly warned Costas Karamanlis: that it was inconceivable for a NATO member to have independent relations with Russia.

According to CRASH magazine Costas Karamanlis, was also bewildered by the wiretapping that was conducted on one of his private phones in 2006 and from that moment on he realized that he was being monitored.

Explaining why he remained silent about the Watergate scandal, the former prime minister apparently told close friends that he did not want to create chaos and that it was unclear who or at what level from the American leadership gave the orders for the wiretapping to occur in the first place. "I have never had a mobile. I only had one and gave it to Natasha (his wife) long before winning the elections "the same source told CRASH.


The NO to FYROM's accession to NATO

According to CRASH, Karamanlis had angered the US with his constant denials on matters that dealt with foreign policy.

These included the "no" by Greece at the NATO summit in the spring of 2008, which did not allow FYROM's accession to NATO, and the refusal of Karamanlis to make a statement against Russia when the war broke out in Georgia,

Karamanlis distanced himself more and more from the Americans, who stood by anw watched him order 450 tanks from the Russians, and meet eight times with Vladimir Putin.

When Karamanlis finally decided to move with energy cooperation with Russia, Putin apparently told him at some point that he should prepare himself "to accept attacks."

Indeed, CRASH magazine says that Costas Karamanlis received many attacks after this since more than 1000 intelligence reports mysteriously "disappeared" from the premier's office and shortly after this happened various stories began to surface in the Greek media presenting Karamanlis as an alcoholic, mentally fragile and even annoyed with his ministers. Of course these were all lies, and propaganda says the magazine, which wanted to discredit Karamanlis in the only power he had, which was the love of the people of Greece.

Unfortunately two years of propaganda, numerous fabricated scandals, and tonnes of lies later, they did, and many turned their backs on the former PM. Mission accomplished for his enemies.
The article in CRASH magazine is just one of the two that are circulating this week. In this week's issue of Epikaira Magazine journalist Manolis Kottakis debuts his new book entitled "Karamanlis, Off The Record".

Following two full years of complete silence, the name, unknown bits and pieces of Karamanlis' life during the time he governed Greece will finally be brought to light". The book is to be released in the next few days, but several chapters were featured in Epikaira magazine and we here at hellasfrappe are dismayed, disturbed and very concerned with everything that we have read so far. The small excerpts that have been released clearly prove why this man remained silent all this time. In fact, there is no need for him to speak, especially in a setting that stinks corruption on every given God forsaken front.

The 500 page novel also dives into what goes on behind closed doors in the political and diplomatic world. Epikaira magazine, which has published numerous never before read controversial and classified documents, Wikileaks cables and intelligence reports (just like the article in CRASH) and which has as featured stories that have raised much discussion (in foreign and domestic circles) is now making a comeback with this article which will surely dominate the news in the days to come.