AAO’s Clement Duval Iconoclastic Core (Anarchist Entity, Greece)

• Local Name: ΆΑΟ – Εικονοκλαστικός Πυρήνας Clement Duval​
• Transliteration: AAO – Eikonoklastikós Pyrínas Clement Duval
• Alternatives: N/a
• Status: 2015 – 2015 (Disbanded)
• Conflicts: Greek Anarchist Militancy

The AAO’s Clement Duval Iconoclastic Core [AAO-EPCD; AAO – Eikonoklastikós Pyrínas Clement Duval] was an Athens-based militant outfit that operated as a franchise of the Greek Informal Anarchist Federation [AAO; Átypi Anarchikí Omospondía]. It first appeared on Jan. 08, 2015 when operatives burnt a vehicle of a security company at a workshop in the Argyroupoli suburb.¹ In the following weeks, operatives of the group burnt vehicles of a fire safety company, a tourist firm and a chain of duty-free shops as well as an office of a tourism company in separate actions across Athens. The outfit claimed responsibility for the incidents in a statement posted on an anarchist website in early February 2015.² The AAO-EPCD also admitted having vandalized dozens of CCTV cameras across the Greek capital city.³ In the communiqué, the group expressed solidarity with Angeliki Spyropoulou, an associate of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire [SPF; Synomosía ton Pyrínas tis Fotías].⁴