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Eco-terrorists
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That will teach them
OTTAWA - Greenpeace T-shirts have been banned from Parliament after
the organization staged an illegal demonstration on the Hill this week.
(CP)
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Eco-terrorism not ruled out
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.
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DNA sample taken
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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RCMP end search
Arrest justified
Activist released
Eco-terrorist arrested
$1M reward
Actions 'incredibly risky'
First came the energy boom
EnCana
5th explosion
Community under suspicion
Reward offered
Blasts
'evolving'
Police probe 3rd bombing
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DNA evidence
Search of farm continues
No
charges
RCMP search farm
Wiebo Ludwig
Climate of fear
RCMP to open detachment
6th pipeline blast
Blast damaged pipeline
4th bombing
RCMP
investigates new attacks
3rd explosion rocks pipeline
Pipeline hit by second bomb
Pipeline bombing could
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Eco saboteur
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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$50K
reward
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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Court jails blackmailers
WINCHESTER
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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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Not guilty
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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11 charged
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
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Waters guilty of 2 courts
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'
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Animal rights to the max
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:
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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.
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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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Animal Liberation Front |
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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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