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Viewing cable 07HAMBURG12, G8 OPPONENTS CARRY OUT ANOTHER ATTACK IN HAMBURG

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HAMBURG12 2007-01-31 07:10 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Hamburg
VZCZCXRO3237
RR RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN
RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHAG #0012 0310710
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 310710Z JAN 07
FM AMCONSUL HAMBURG
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0113
INFO RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0105
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUEHAG/AMCONSUL HAMBURG 0131
UNCLAS HAMBURG 000012 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/AGS, EUR/PGI, S/CT, DS/IP/EUR, DS/IP/ITA, & 
DS/DSS/ITA 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER ASEC PGOV GM
SUBJECT: G8 OPPONENTS CARRY OUT ANOTHER ATTACK IN HAMBURG 
 
REF: BERLIN 013 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
1. (U) In the early morning hours of January 26, vandals 
attacked the property of two ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Board 
Members.  Alleged G8 opponents splattered Walter Klausmann's 
house with paint balloons and broke his car's windshield shortly 
before setting Herbert Aly's car on fire.  In a three-page 
letter sent on January 27 to the newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, 
the group "Revolutionary Antimilitaristic Activists" 
("Revolutiondre antimilitaristische AktivistInnen") claimed 
responsibility for the "militant attacks against armament 
managers" and used the slogan "Assault the NATO-War-Conference 
in Munich - Paralyze the G8 in Heiligendamm." 
 
2. (SBU) In a meeting with DCM Koenig on January 26, Hamburg 
Interior Minister Udo Nagel stated that this most recent assault 
is approximately the 20th attack on property in the Hamburg 
region related to the upcoming G8 summit.  Nagel stated that 
there is a strong left-wing militant scene in Hamburg.  He 
estimated that there about 700 individuals who have the 
potential to be violent.  Nagel expects Hamburg to be one of the 
focal points for G8 protesters along with Heiligendamm, Rostock, 
and Berlin.  Nagel also expects many protesters to come to 
Hamburg for the ASEM foreign ministers meeting May 28-29, just 
days before the G8 Summit. 
 
3. (U) This message has been coordinated with Embassy Berlin. 
 
BUTCHER