S. Xiros' prison release is rain on G. Angelopoulos-Daskalaki's parade

Greek businesswoman Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki's plans to have former U.S. President Bill Clinton attend her conference at the Athens Hilton on June 23 and 24 were foiled after the US government expressed a critical stance on the prospect of Savvas Xiros' prison release. Xiros, a convicted November 17 urban terrorist, serving a life sentence for his participatin in the far-left Marxist N17 group became eligible for release due to his recorded disability rate of 93 due to severe injuries he sustained when a bomb he was planting exploded prematurely at the port of Piraeus in June 2002. The US state department expressed shock and anger concerning the recently passed law that allows for this, dampening the prospect of the former president visiting the country.

 

  

Hillary Clinton, at the start of her pre-election campaign, could not allow a visit by Clinton to cloud her chances. 

The official excuse was that due to Hillary Clinton's campaign, the Clinton Global Initiative foundation could not take part in conferences out of the United States after May.

 

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