A Greek court convicted the mastermind, chief assassin and 13 other members of the November 17 guerrilla group for a nearly 30-year killing spree against prominent Greeks and U.S., British

and Turkish diplomats. The convictions were touted by the government as evidence of Greece’s commitment to fighting terrorism ahead of the 2004 Summer Olympics. November 17, a group of

radical Marxists, took its name from the date of a 1973 student uprising crushed by Greece’s ruling military junta. The group staged rocket attacks, bombings, shootings and bank robberies in

Athens and taunted authorities in letters to the media. MORE TO READ