Young
Greeks who perform their military service in army camps at the region
of Evros, in north eastern Greece, have expressed their firm
opposition to the installation of a new NATO base in the port of
Alexandroupolis.
According to letters published at 902.gr portal,
soldiers express their anti-imperialist sentiments, as well as their
willingness to participate in the, organized by local peace
committees, anti-NATO demonstration which is scheduled to take place
on Sunday 11 February in the city of Alexandroupolis.
“We
understand that the only enemy for us, for the Greek people and the
working class is NATO. Its them who intervene, slaughtering the
people for the benefit of the capitalists and their profits” writes
a letter by soldiers of an infantry battalion based in
Alexandroupolis.
“We
have denied to support the operation of the port as a (military
base). From the very first time, we are by the side of the working
people, the youth who demonstrate against the installation of the
base”, the soldiers write and underline: “NATO killers, get
out!”.
Another
group of soldiers from a camp in Orestiada, close to the
Greek-Turkish borders, write: “They want to use the port of
Alexandroupolis, like it is happening with the NATO base in Souda,
Crete, as a homebase for imperialist interventions which result in
new tribulations for the people of our broader region”.
Local
peace committees from Eastern Macedonia and Thrace organize a
demonstration against the installation of NATO's base in
Alexandroupolis' port, on Sunday 11 February, 11am local hour in
front of the city hall. Speeches will be delivered by Christos
Trellis, member of the national council of the Greek Committee for
International Detente and Peace (EEDYE) and retired lieutenant
colonel Nikos Papanastasis, also member of EEDYE.
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