Greek group claims US embassy hit

No one was injured in the attack on the US embassy in Athens

A Greek left-wing radical group - Revolutionary Struggle - has said it carried out a rocket attack at the US embassy in Athens in early January.

The claim was made in a statement to the weekly Pontiki.

Police are examining the document in which, they say, the group promises further strikes against politicians and high-security buildings.

The rocket, fired from street level into the front of the embassy, caused minor damage but no-one was injured.

Revolutionary Struggle is regarded by security experts as Greece's most active urban guerrilla group, our correspondent says.

'Potential targets'

Police said the five-page statement by the group was dropped close to the Pontiki offices.

The newspaper said it would run the full text in its Thursday edition.

"There are specific references to people that could be seen as potential targets as well as high security buildings," Pontiki editor Dimitris Benekos told Greek media.

Revolutionary Struggle opposes America's intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the economic and social policies of the conservative Greek government.

It has carried out a number of bombings and attacks in recent years.