State and Local Reporter - 02/09/2006 (Plain Text Version)Barry Rutenberg, Chair View Graphical Version | Subscribe
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Editor... In this issue: 11 Indicted in ‘Eco Terrorism’ CaseFederal prosecutors in Oregon recently announced indictments against 11 members of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front for 17 attacks between 1996 and 2001 causing an estimated $23 million in damage to lumber companies, a ski resort, meat plants, federal ranger stations, and a high-voltage tower. U.S. Attorney Karin J. Immergut predicted that the indictments “will put a significant dent in the movement,” but ELF has just claimed responsibility for burning down a mansion under construction on an island in Puget Sound, the latest in a string of arsons in Washington state in the past two years. In California in recent years, ELF has taken credit for arson in housing developments and attacks on SUV sales lots. There are 188 open investigations of crimes by the two groups, dating to 1987, according to Carl J. Truscott, director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. About 25-30 of those cases are being actively pursued, he said, about half of them in the Pacific Northwest, California, and Utah. (www.Washingtonpost.com) Washington Post (1/21/06); Blaine Harden
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