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by Phobos on April 27, 2005
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When this happens we should write our Senators and tell them what we think.
Ecoterrorists Probed on the Hill
Wes Vernon
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
The self-righteous violent environmental and animal rights extremists who think
you and I are poisoning the earth merely by existing are about to get their
comeuppance.
A Senate committee has launched an investigation of domestic environmental
terrorists. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front
(ALF) have committed acts of violence because they have decreed that they have
the right to decide whether you deserve your own property, or whether you are
fit to decide what to wear or what to eat, or, for that matter, whether the rest
of us are fit to live on the same planet with them. They have taken it upon
themselves to be the judge of that.
You may think that this is the United States of America and that you are allowed
to make these choices for yourself. Busybodies we have always had with us. But
these busybodies believe in settling the argument with threats and violence.
Next month (exact date to be determined), Senator James Inhofe, a Republican
from Oklahoma, expects to hear from victims of these extremists and from the
victims' families as they testify before his Committee on Environment and Public
Works.
He also plans to call law enforcement officials as witnesses. This is most
fitting since, as the Senate committee observes, the FBI has labeled ELF "the
greatest domestic terrorist threat, reporting that since 1996, these terrorists
have committed more than 1100 acts of terrorism, causing more than $110 million
in damages."
ELF, according to Inhofe's committee, "is closely affiliated with [ALF] and the
two are known for using ‘direct action' to make their political statement.
Direct action usually occurs in the form of criminal activity designed to cause
economic loss or destroy the victims' company operations or property."
ELF and ALF use firebombs, timed detonations devices and incendiary devices,
Molotov cocktails, poison and "their weapon of choice, arson" in their supposed
fight for the environment and animal rights.
Their targets have included biomedical research labs, new construction, SUVs,
genetically engineered crops, fast food restaurants and timber companies – to
name a few.
The activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has tried
to distance itself from the more violent doings of ALF, but the Senate
committee's release flatly says, "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
are known supporters of ELF and ALF."
The committee mentions that University of Texas Professor Dr. Steven Best is an
advocate for the terrorist groups and has used the university's Web site to
direct people to ELF/ALF Web sites to spread their messages.
Dr. Best has written a book, "Terrorist or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the
Liberation of Animals." The forward to that book was written by Ward Churchill,
the Colorado professor who called 9/11 victims "little Eichmanns," a reference
to the infamous Nazi exterminator.
In his forward, Churchill "not only supports ELF/ALF, but argues it does not go
far enough," says the committee. What else would one expect from someone who
calls terrorist victims Nazis?
Here are samples of the violence wreaked by the domestic terrorism the senators
will investigate.
ELF claimed responsibility for a 2003 $50 million blaze that destroyed a
five-story 306-unit condominium project being built in San Diego, California.
The entire project was planned for 1,500 housing units, including low-income and
market-rate rental apartments. Four hundred people in the area had to be
evacutated.
A suspected member of ELF faces up to 30 years in prison for damages inflicted
in 2003 by fires at an automobile dealership in West Covina, California. ELF "is
responsible for starting [the] fires," the committee release notes. The damaged
vehicles, mostly Humvees, "were parked at the dealership. Authorities found
slogans spray painted on other vehicles at the site of the attack reading, ‘Fat
Lazy Americans' and ‘ELF,' among others."
ELF also claimed responsibility for starting fires in 1998 at the Vail Ski
Resort in Colorado. Over $12 million in damages resulted. ELF warned skiers to
"choose other destinations."
Senator Inhofe learned that ELF and ALF were able to collect contributions over
the Internet through eBay and PayPal. He tells me that when those two reputable
firms last month realized what ELF and ALF were up to, they "ceased all
transactions" with them. It was clear that ELF and ALF had violated their
contracts, which stipulated they were not to use the services to advance illegal
activity.
The senator was able to put a stop to similar situation where ELF and ALF
paraphernalia was being sold through Amazon.com. The committee emphasizes that
eBay, PayPal and Amazon are in no way to be blamed for this. When they found out
what was going on, all three companies immediately cut off all dealings with the
violence-prone groups.
Ironically, just as I'm writing this, there is a report on NewsMax's Inside
Cover that eight to ten people entered a bookstore April 22 during the Sean
Hannity Show on New York's Long Island during a book signing for former Senator
Zell Miller. One of the group identified himself as an ELF member and said he
was out on bail on charges of cyberterrorism.
The man was not belligerent, but police were called just in case of trouble. The
group was wearing bulky black clothing. The weather at the time was typical of a
balmy spring day.
Senator Inhofe is convinced that once an understanding of how these terrorist
groups operate and are supported, more can be done to stop them. He says the
committee "intends to expose the extremist environmental movement and its
destructive tactics, including not only those actors guilty of such crimes of
terror, but [also] any contributor or facilitator of these radical activists."
The Wall Street Journal wrote in 2001 that if Earth Liberation Front has a
spiritual ancestor, "it is with the night riders of the Ku Klux Klan." WSJ went
on to cite the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski "who wrote to a TV reporter in Denver to
‘congratulate' those responsible for the huge Vail fire and who has admitted to
picking two of his victims from a hit list from Earth First!, father to ELF."
One can only applaud the committee for undertaking this investigation and public
hearings. Domestic terrorists used to be the focus of congressional probes on an
ongoing basis. The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee and the House Committee
on Un-American Activities, lamentably, are no more.
This is only the beginning of a long-overdue expose. There will be more. And
when that hearing takes place next month, we'll want a front row seat.
Wes Vernon is a Washington-based writer and veteran broadcast journalist.
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/4/25/215735.shtml
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Anonymous post on April 28, 2005
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Something needs to happen. I agree with ALF and ELF. Somebody needs to take control. Noone will listen any other way.
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by KingCobraFan on April 28, 2005
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Thanks, Al. Fired off a complimentary e-mail to Sen. Inhofe earlier today. These nutcases need to be stopped.
Bill Huseth
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