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[miltiades]

A tribute also to a little 10 year old girl who died of shock on the 3/10/1958. Not much is known about IOANNA ZACHARIADOU . Her death was caused by intense fear when rowdy British soldiers entered her house in Famagusta.
On the 26th June 1956 British troops shot and killed OLGA KONSTANTINIDOU , more about her later.
Two women were killed by the British during the struggle , excluding the little girl.
The struggle was very much dominated by the men , as women were not considerd the "right material" for active action.
There were 12 main EOKA action units - TOMEARHIES , a further 10 secondary action units and a third unit known as Gamma ARHIGI SINDESMON of EOKA, consisting of 6 EOKA active members one of them being LOULA KOKKINOU , NOT KAKKINOU as stated by Paphitis link.
Of the 12 A units one woman , ELENI SERAFIM was in the Larnaca unit from 6/9/1956 untill arrested on 11/12/1956. On her release from prison she rejoined the Larnaca unit on 17/5/1958 until the end of the struggle.
Please note that our young boys and girls participated in the struggle by demonstrations , taking the OATH and carrying out "delivery" missions on behalf of the active units.

On April 26th 1956 , 53 years ago today , a day I remember very well , a number of bombs were thrown at a British army truck , at the same time another attack took place in Famagusta.

It is notable that NO SUICIDE missions were carried out or ever considered as an option.

[Oracle]

Miltiades .... thanks for the personal memories.

Paphitis,

yes there is a real sparsity of information and maybe a natural desire to avoid making known their involvements during the 60's and 70's because of any EOKA B' mis-associations. As you say, the missing information would have to come from their friends and relatives.

Here's a youtube of Afxentiou's wonderful mother:

[Viewpoint]

All terrorists.

[bill cobbett]

All terrorists.

Sexist!

[Viewpoint]

All terrorists.

Sexist!

ALL being the opertaive word here.

[Oracle]

All terrorists.

You just worry about what they are saying about your country, Turkey, before making outdated claims, since even the Brits acknowledged EOKA were Freedom Fighters, having granted them, finally, what they fought so hard for ....

TURKEY: SAFETY AND SECURITY: Terrorist bombings over the past five years – some causing significant numbers of casualties – have struck religious, government, government-owned, political, tourist and business targets in a number of locations in Turkey. These incidents show an increased willingness on the part of terrorists to attack Western targets.
A variety of leftist or Islamic terrorist groups have targeted U.S. and Western interests as well. Terrorists claiming association with al-Qa’ida were responsible for suicide bombings in Istanbul in 2003 that targeted Western interests. The possibility of terrorist attacks, both transnational and indigenous, remains high.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_t ... _1046.html

[bill cobbett]

All terrorists.

Sexist!

ALL being the opertaive word here.

Generalist as well as Misogynist!

[Dr J]

All terrorists.

Your MUM'S a terrorist.

[Viewpoint]

All terrorists.

Your MUM'S a terrorist.

[Oracle]

AFXENTIOU, Gregoris.

Code names: Zedhros and Zodro.

Soon after the start of the Eoka conflict, he married his childhood sweetheart, Vasiliki Panayi, in a secret ceremony conducted by Abbot PAPASTAVROS in the small Karavas/Alsancak monastery, while EOKA gunmen were on guard outside.

AFXENTIOU, Vasilou

She married Grigoris AFXENTIOU in a secret wedding on 10 June 1955 and provided support for EOKA members in her village.

This youtube shows their wedding ... about halfway through



.... so handsome! I hope they had children.