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OTTAWA - Greenpeace T-shirts have been banned from Parliament after the organization staged an illegal demonstration on the Hill this week. (CP) PREVIOUS: Protesters out on bail Focus on Olympics has 'overstretched' RCMP Security stepped up Protesters climb Parliament How did protesters scale Parliament Protesters arrested |
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EDMONTON - A luxury home belonging to a former oil-sands executive was set on fire with gasoline bombs, police confirmed. The blaze on Edmonton's south side caused about $850,000 damage to the home belonging to Jim Carter, former chief operating officer at Syncrude. (CP) PREVIOUS: Home set ablaze Fire was set deliberately |
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HYTHE - The RCMP seized a fax machine and computers from Wiebo Ludwig's Trickle Creek Ranch on Monday, four days after a court order forced him to surrender a DNA sample. Though Ludwig hasn't been charged, he now appears to be at the centre of a massive investigation into a series of bombings at En-Cana pipeline facilities near Dawson Creek. (Edmonton Journal) |
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KENT, UK - The £12m defences of the most heavily guarded power station in Britain have been breached by a single person who, under the eyes of CCTV cameras, climbed two three-metre (10ft) razor-wired, electrified security fences, walked into the station and crashed a giant 500MW turbine before leaving a calling card reading "no new coal". He walked out the same way and hopped back over the fence. (Guardian UK) Kingsnorth power station |
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EUGENE - American authorities have upped the bounty to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of a former North Vancouver woman, Rebecca Jeanette Rubin. Rubin, 35, is accused in an arson that caused $26-million in damage to a Colorado ski resort. She was allegedly a member of "The Family," a radical environmental group affiliated with the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front. (North Shore News) |
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Growing threat from eco-terrorists LONDON - Police have warned of the growing threat of eco-terrorism after revealing they are investigating a group which has supporters who believe that reducing the Earth's population by four-fifths will help to protect the planet. Officers from a specialist unit dedicated to tackling domestic terrorism are monitoring an eco-movement called Earth First! which has advocates who state that cutting the Earth's population by 80% will ease pressure on other species. (Guardian UK) |
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WINCHESTER - Seven animal rights activists who tried to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences by blackmailing companies linked to the animal testing laboratory were jailed today for between four and 11 years. The activists, considered key figures in the Animal Liberation Front, were sentenced at Winchester crown court for their parts in a six-year campaign involving hoax bombs and falsified allegations of child abuse. (Telegraph UK) PREVIOUS: Six year terror campaign Guilty of blackmail Father accused of being a paedophile |
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MAIDSTONE, UK - Six Greenpeace climate change activists have been cleared of causing £30,000 of criminal damage at a coal-fired power station in a verdict that is expected to embarrass the government and lead to more direct action protests against energy companies. Five of the protesters had scaled a 200-metre chimney at Kingsnorth power station, Hoo, Kent, in October last year. They argued that they were legally justified because they were trying to prevent climate change causing greater damage to property around the world. (Guardian UK) |
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FORT MCMURRAY - RCMP arrested 11 Greenpeace activists for trespassing at the Syncrude Canada Ltd. Aurora oilsands site at around 12:30 PM Thursday. The RCMP were called after Syncrude employees found the activists at the tailings pond, Const. Ali Fayad said. The Greenpeace activists were trying to block a pipeline dumping tailings waste into one of Syncrude’s giant tailings ponds. (CBC) MORE: Syncrude sues Greenpeace |
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Whale of a lesson for protesters SYDNEY - The Robert Hunter and the Farley Mowat are two ships that normally wouldn't attract much interest as they come into Melbourne this week to refuel. But these two vessels are the protest ships of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and have been running a high-profile harassment operation against Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters. (Herald Sun) PREVIOUS: Makeshift Jolly Roger flies in scuffle Anti-whaling ship collides with whalers |
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TACOMA - A federal jury has found accused Earth Liberation Front arsonist Briana Waters guilty of two charges stemming from the firebombing of a University of Washington research center. (Seattle PI) PREVIOUS: Guilty of arson in 2001 UW fire Fire burns 'Street of Dreams' homes 3 accused in 2001 UW arson FBI arrests suspected eco-terrorists 11 Indicted in 'Eco-Terrorism' case Canadian indicted for 'domestic terrorism' 11 people indicted |
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LOS ANGELES - Dr. Jerry Vlasak, a trauma surgeon who lives in the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles, takes his belief that animal life is as valuable as human to the extreme -- openly arguing that killing scientists to stop animal research would be "morally justifiable." (LA Times) PREVIOUS: Activist cash: Jerry Vlasak |
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Jury convicts animal welfare activists in harassment campaign TRENTON, NJ - An animal-rights group and six members were convicted Thursday of using their Web site to incite threats, harassment and vandalism against a company that tests drugs and household products on animals. (AP) |
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Profiling: How the FBI tracks eco-terror suspects WASHINGTON - The FBI collected detailed data on political activities and Web postings of suspected members of a tiny environmentalist commune in southern California two years ago as part of a high-profile counterterrorism probe, bureau records show. (Newsweek) PREVIOUS: U.S. list eco-extremists as top domestic threat |
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Guilty plead in McDonald's fire SEATTLE - An animal rights activist who torched a Seattle McDonald's restaurant in the name of "our furry brothers" pleaded guilty to a federal charge of arson Monday. (Post-Intelligencer) |
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Targeted guinea pig farm closes STAFFORDSHIRE, UK - A farm is to stop breeding guinea pigs for medical research after intimidation by animal rights activists. Owners and staff have received death threats during the six-year onslaught. (BBC) |
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Sammamish arson may be tied to ELF SEATTLE - Firebombings early yesterday at two homes under construction in Sammamish are believed to have been the work of a serial arsonist or arsonists aligned with the Earth Liberation Front -- described by the FBI as one of the top domestic terrorism groups in the country. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) |
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ELF suspected in California eco-terror SACRAMENTO - Monday's firebombing of a residential construction site, the third occurrence of suspected eco-terrorism in the Sacramento area in less than two months, comes after the eco-terror group Earth Liberation Front sent an ominous letter to area newspapers warning of such actions every few weeks. (Fox) PREVIOUS: Eco-terror suspected in 2nd failed firebombing |
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Calif. student gets 8 years for SUV vandalism LOS ANGELES - William Cottrell, 24, an aspiring physicist was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Monday and ordered to pay $3.5 million for his role in a spree of arson and vandalism that targeted gas-guzzling Hummers and other sports utility vehicles. (MSNBC) PREVIOUS: Student convicted of torching dozens of SUVs in Southern California FBI arrests grad student for SUV arson in Calif. SUVs vandalized, torched at L.A.-area Dealerships |
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Domestic terrorism: New trouble at home Since Sept. 11, the nation's attention has been focused on possible threats from Islamic terrorists. But home-grown terrorists have been steadily plotting and carrying out attacks in unrelated incidents across the nation, according to federal authorities and two organizations that monitor hate groups. (USA Today -Nov. 11, 2004) |
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Two men plead guilty in separate arson attacks Justus Ireland,23, plead guilty to setting a fire at the Stock Lumber Co. in the early morning hours of June 14, 2004, and set a delivery truck on fire and a pallet containing wood and cardboard. The fire ultimately did an estimated $1.5 million in damages. (AP – Oct 1, 2004) PREVIOUS: ELF claims responsibility for Lumber Fire |
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Pro-Animal activist accused of terrorism SEATTLE - The FBI's domestic terrorism squad arrested a Seattle animal-rights activist yesterday on charges that he conspired to use illegal and coercive tactics to shut down a company that tests products on animals. Seven people were arrested by agents in Seattle, California, New York and New Jersey as part of an investigation into SHAC. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer -May 27, 2004) |
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Arsons believed to be work of ELF MONROE, WA - The words "Earth Liberation Front" -- called a top domestic terrorism threat by the FBI -- were signed on a note found amid an array of unexploded firebombs this week at a home-construction site in Snohomish County. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - April 22, 2004) |
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Animal-rights activist arrested SEATTLE - The complaint against Allison Lance Watson provides a rare window into the FBI's efforts to dismantle the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front, which the bureau considers to be among the greatest domestic terrorism threats facing the nation. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Jan. 2004) |
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Montreal anti-condo group says it planted 'bombs' Tactical squads were called in and hundreds of people were evacuated from an area near a condo construction site in Montreal, while police investigated six suspicious packages that were designed to look like bombs. A group opposed to condominium projects in poor areas of Montreal claims to have placed the placed the packages in the east-end neighbourhood on Monday. (CTV – Jan. 2004) |
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Animal rights activist named in bombing warrants SAN FRANCISCO - Federal officials have filed an arrest warrant for a 25-year-old Sonoma man in connection with pre-dawn bombings at two Bay Area companies in August and September. (SF Chronicle - Oct 9, 2003) |
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Wildfire investigators hunt for arson suspects SAN DIEGO - California authorities were on the hunt Tuesday for two men suspected of starting one of the wildfires raging across the southern part of the state and into neighboring Mexico. (FOX News Oct, 2003) |
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Officials: San Diego arson fire work of eco-terrorists SAN DIEGO - A fire that destroyed three homes under construction was the work of the eco-terrorist group Earth Liberation Front, officials said. (FOX News – Sept. 19, 2003) |
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Animal Rights group calls Biotech Company 'Animal Killers' EMERYVILLE, Calif. - The FBI said Friday it has opened a domestic terrorism investigation a day after a group of self-styled animal rights activists claimed responsibility for two small bombs that damaged the headquarters of biotechnology company Chiron Corp. A group calling itself the Revolutionary Cells has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the two explosions. (NBC11 – Aug. 29, 2003) |
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ELF strikes twice in 48 hours against urban sprawl in California and Michigan Two separate attacks against urban sprawl have been reported to the ELF Press Office today. Chico, California and Washington Township, Michigan are the latest locations for fires that burned or attempted to burn luxury homes under development. (Press release June 4, 2003) |
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Anti-war protestors target Montgomery Navy recruitment station MONTGOMERY, Ala. - When employees arrived Friday morning they found anti-war slogans spray-painted on at least five cars and a passenger van. A two ton transfer truck had been torched. (WSFA 12 –March 28, 2003) |
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Activist Cash.com part of the Center for Consumer Freedom web site has detailed information on many of the organizations and people who may be involved in these actives. Of interest: Craig Rosebraugh and Leslie Pickering now of the Arissa Media Group LLC. Institute for Social Ecology PETA Ruckus Society SHAC |
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