| paul123 |
PITTSBURGH (Jan. 4) - In the latest in a string of vandalism carried out in the name of the Earth Liberation Front, members of the radical environmental group are claiming responsibility for a fire at a Pennsylvania auto dealership.
A posting on the group's Web site said the ``attack'' targeted SUVs in a fight ``to remove the profit motive from the killing of the natural environment.''
Jugs of gasoline were set ablaze under three vehicles, engulfing them and a nearby car in flames Wednesday at a dealership in Girard, about 110 miles north of Pittsburgh, FBI Special Agent Bob Rudge said. Three other vehicles also had jugs of gasoline set under them but failed to ignite.
``I have no reason to doubt that it's an individual who committed the acts on behalf of the Earth Liberation Front,'' Rudge said.
The FBI considers the Earth Liberation Front one of the nation's most prolific domestic terrorist organizations. It is thought to be responsible for the 1998 torching of a ski resort in Vail, Colo., an arson that caused $12 million in damage and is considered the most destructive act of eco-terrorism in U.S. history.
ELF is loosely organized. Anyone who carries out an action under the group's guidelines and claims responsibility as part of the organization is considered a member. Over the past year, its name has been attached to a string of vandalism in Pennsylvania.
Last month, the group's Web site said ELF members and cells from the Animal Liberation Front set a Nov. 26 fire at a mink farm in Erie. The fire destroyed a barn, but no animals or people were harmed.
The group also claimed responsibility for an Aug. 11 fire at an unoccupied forest research station near Warren and the torching in March of a construction crane at a bridge work site in Erie, Rudge said.
ELF's claims of responsibility typically come through its Web site, where managers say they serve only as a media conduit for the group. A manager who did not provide an identity said in an e-mail that the communique about Wednesday's fire came in anonymously, as do all reports of ELF attacks.
Rudge said that communique, posted on the Web site, appeared to be authentic because it included information that hadn't been made public. |
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| octavian |
Curiousity got the better of me. I went to ELF's website and on their splash page is a downloadable tome.....
"Setting Fires With Electrical Timers - An Earth Liberation Front Guide"
"We urge our sisters and brothers - let us strive to become the revolutionary force we've always spoken of being, and begin to take the control of our lives out of the hands of those who would destroy us. NO COMPROMISE."
Seem like we have more to worry about than Al Qaeda....
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| lightglass |
While I want a clean environment, the actions of these idiots is just plain dumb. Lets see....light 'em off with Gasoline-no pollution there! That thick black smoke is just carbon, right? Second- I'm getting just a little tired of the media. Everytime you see the title SUV, just as often as not you see Gas Guzzling and Smog Belching not far behind. Well, many of the new SUV's are ULEV vehicles, much less the MDX's ULEV-2 status, and gas mileage is respectible. Nobody ever mentions pickup trucks-the best selling vehicles in America- and how 80% never even have cargo in them-just trash that blows out....
As for the "Eco-Terrorists" (Hah!-a vandal by any other name...) I wonder what they drive? Most of the environmental types I have met usually drive old ****box cars that REALLY spew pollution! I am usually too polite to point out the fact that an unmaintained vehicle is really a pollution gorilla-easily putting out as much as 100 or more of our vehicles put together. Don't even get me started on the cars I see around here the put out a smokescreen everytime they pull away from a stoplight.....:1: |
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| hammerX |
I hate the so called action groups who set out, in the name of whatever cause, and destroy property. :3:
2003 SS MDX - cdn model - res,back up sensor,Husky all weather floor mats |
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| EXCALIBUR |
| Sounds like SUV-envy to me. How does torching a bunch of SUV's help save the environment?:confused: |
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| xcel |
Hi Paul123:
___Thanks for the info. It looks very poorly on American’s as a whole when this kind of activity takes place. I can only hope with the resources available, the groups actual arsonists are caught before they actually hurt or even worse, kill someone.
___Excalibur, I just don’t understand this either :confused:
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net |
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| nwaring |
This happened about 30 miles from me. My (maybe) future son-in-law was over there yesterday and the burned out remains are still on the lot. They went after 5 vehicles but apparently two of the gas bombs didn't go off. If I remember correctly they torched 2 trucks and 1 SUV.:mad:
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| A2MDXer |
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Originally posted by lightglass
While I want a clean environment, the actions of these idiots is just plain dumb. Lets see....light 'em off with Gasoline-no pollution there! That thick black smoke is just carbon, right? Second- I'm getting just a little tired of the media. Everytime you see the title SUV, just as often as not you see Gas Guzzling and Smog Belching not far behind. Well, many of the new SUV's are ULEV vehicles, much less the MDX's ULEV-2 status, and gas mileage is respectible. Nobody ever mentions pickup trucks-the best selling vehicles in America- and how 80% never even have cargo in them-just trash that blows out....
As for the "Eco-Terrorists" (Hah!-a vandal by any other name...) I wonder what they drive? Most of the environmental types I have met usually drive old ****box cars that REALLY spew pollution! I am usually too polite to point out the fact that an unmaintained vehicle is really a pollution gorilla-easily putting out as much as 100 or more of our vehicles put together. Don't even get me started on the cars I see around here the put out a smokescreen everytime they pull away from a stoplight.....:1:
Well said, I totally agree. Plus, these groups give legit environmental groups a bad name. Although many groups speak out against environmental dangers they do not advocate vindictive violence/destruction that accomplishes nothing. |
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