Greek Government sacks top military officers

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from Guardian Blog:

6.15pm: Now this really is something. The top officials in the Greek military have been replaced today.

In what Athens News is calling "a surprise move", defence minister Panos Beglitis has proposed changing the chief of the Greek National Defence General Staff, the chief of the Greek Army General Staff, the chief of the Greek Air Force, and (in a clean sweep) the chief of the Greek Air Force.

EU Observer reported earlier today that Beglitis was rumoured to be planning to replace the existing chiefs with "his own people".

Last month he claimed that the Greek military establishment was a "state within the state."

Today's move has prompted some eager speculation that Beglitis was trying to break up a military coup, but there's no evidence (that I've seen) that this is really true. History buffs will know that we're approaching the anniversary of the start of the 1973 revolt against the Colonels who ran Greece. Those protests began on November 14, and were followed by heavy bloodshed on November 17.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/nov/01/european-debt-crisis-greece-referendum

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