Greece may be under assault, with fires burning in over half of the country. The vast majority of blazes were likely set deliberately (the Prime Minister is already claiming this), given the geographical breadth and the number of new events. For example, over a 24 hour period 200 new fires were started across the country. The timing of these attacks could not have been worse (or selected with more care): a heatwave, a dry winter, strong winds, and lots of fuel have combined to make these fires deadly.
What is even more troubling, according to my Greek sources, is that most of the fires have been set around the country's biggest electricity plants. So the potential for a cascading cycle of damage, where the fires knock out electricity production which in turn hampers relief is in the offing. If this is true, on the cheap systems disruption on a strategic scale may have made it's debut in a modern country. The ROIs on this attack are going to be amazing and it looks like the loss in legitimacy the current government is suffering will decide the upcoming election.
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