Escaped Greek terrorist vows to fight govt

By Elena Becatoros

Published January 20, 2014 10:17pm ET

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Escaped Greek terrorist vows to fight govt — In this Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 screen image, member of the Greek November 17 terrorist group Christodoulos Xiros makes an Internet statement posted Monday and purportedly written by him on Jan. 14 which rails against the Greek financial crisis. Xiros, a fugitive who vanished on furlough from prison while serving six life sentences for left-wing bombings and shootings has vowed a return to armed action, in a video posted Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 on the Internet. Seen in the background from left to right are portraits of Argentine Revolutionary Che Guevara, Greek Independence War heroes Georgios Karaiskakis and Theodoros Kolokotronis, and World War II Greece guerrilla resistance leader Aris Velouchiotis. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) | Thanassis Stavrakis

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek fugitive who vanished on furlough from prison while serving six life sentences for being in a deadly terrorist organization has vowed a return to armed action.

Christodoulos Xiros railed against the handling of Greece’s financial crisis and threatened the media, the judiciary and the Greek government in an Internet post on Monday.

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