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The "Leon Czolgosz Autonomous and Destructive Forces" claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack on the British Embassy in Santiago to protest the aggression against Iraq and Afghanistan, in an e-mail sent to some Chilean media. The little known group that local media described as anarchist - possibly because Czolgosz, the assassin of US President William McKinley, had anarchist leanings -, also claimed responsibility for last year's explosion at the National Intelligence Agency, to prove its vulnerability.

Santiago, Chile, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The "Leon Czolgosz Autonomous and Destructive Forces" claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack on the British Embassy in Santiago to protest the aggression against Iraq and Afghanistan, in an e-mail sent to some Chilean media.

The little known group that local media described as anarchist - possibly because Czolgosz, the assassin of US President William McKinley, had anarchist leanings -, also claimed responsibility for last year's explosion at the National Intelligence Agency, to prove its vulnerability.

The British Embassy explosion caused damage only to the first floor windows and diplomatic personnel on the scene later said they had not been threatened prior to the attack. Police are continuing investigations while the embassy announced stricter security measures.

According to Chilean media, the electronic mail sent by the group said the attack "represents our armed solidarity with the anti-imperialist resistance that fight the cowardly occupying armies there, where capital seeks to bury its claws."

"We are talking about Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other territories that refuse to bear the harmful presence of these criminals in their lands. Criminals that assassinate and torture, sent and supported by the rotten monarchy led by the Elizabethan corpse, which still breathes for now," said the published message.