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| 2003-05-27 |
| The radical environmental group Earth Liberation Front is claiming responsibility for fires that destroyed two houses near Ann Arbor in March. The slogan ``ELF, no sprawl'' was spray painted on the garage door of a house next to one of those burned March 21 in the Mystic Forest subdivision. On its Web site, the group claims responsibility for the fires, which it says caused $400,000 in damage. The group also takes responsibility for burning luxury homes being built near Philadelphia late last year. A picture of a burning home is featured on the Web site, along with instructions on how to start fires. The group says no one has claimed responsibility for last summer's fires that destroyed two luxury homes under construction, but police said they suspect the ELF. The FBI has said it considers the Earth Liberation Front one of the nation's most prolific domestic terrorist organizations. ELF seems to be one of the best organized terror groups with excellent internal security. To my knowledge, no one has ever infiltrated them or even come close. I'll be willing to wager that their action group that does the dirty work is only a small handfull of people that have known each other for years. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Had the same thing going on in Phoenix,Az.for awhile. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2003-05-27 18:46:48 |
| #8 Closet Neo-Con, I've been saying that about the Islamo-Fasicts for years. If they want to live in the sixth century then we ought to be able to send them there. |
| Posted by: Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-05-27 16:13:57 |
| #7 El id is right, this is not an "organization" so much as a loose network relying on personal knowledge for security. It is likely that fewer than 10 hard-core fanatics are committing most of the violence, with a much larger group of trusted fellow-travelers and collaborators who can be counted on for safe-houses, confidential information, and the like, with several layers of less committed associates outside that. It seems probable that the actual terrorists are financially independent, possibly trust fund types moving around under the cover of some kind of Jack Kerouac fantasy. Some of the supporters are probably fifth columnists with corporate or government jobs, with access to information that allows the torches themselves to stay one step ahead of the law. |
| Posted by: Piltdown 2003-05-27 14:35:26 |
| #6 One motto of the hard-core greens is "back to the Pleistocene!" Too bad we don't have a time machine; it would be nice to give them exactly what they want. |
| Posted by: closet neo-con 2003-05-27 14:35:18 |
| #5 ALF is a serious threat to us in biomedical research; my university has multiple security measures just because of them. I'd be happy to let them stew in their own juices so long as they promised to not receive any personal medical care based on animal research. That would leave them aloe leaves and nothing more, I think. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-05-27 14:06:18 |
| #4 ELF use to, perhaps still does, have an unoffical spokesperson in Oregon that the FBI has raided several times. This guy claims no connection to ELF. Sort of like the fiction of Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein and the IRA. ELF is the group that torched the Two Elks Lodge in Vail several years ago to "protect" the lynx. I went to law school at the University of Colorado and know, firsthand, how rabid the hard-left enviros are. They revere Albee and his book "The Monkeywrench Gang". |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-05-27 13:57:22 |
| #3 From what I've read,ELF has no 'organization',you simply adopt their agenda and logos for your own actions.Thus,one can be an ELF terrorist without even meeting another member.Their MO is similar to 'leaderless resistance' championed by the Aryan Nations and other "ultra-right" extremists.Great minds think alike etc.I wonder how long it'll take until some nut pulls a Tim McVeigh in their name... |
| Posted by: El Id 2003-05-27 13:19:36 |
| #2 hey, I read that book "The Monkey wrench Gang". Should have been made into a movie. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-05-27 10:05:26 |
| #1 I think you're right. ELF and ALF are in the FBI's sights, and there's been little progress in shutting them down |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-27 09:59:11 |