Posted on 02/07/2006 7:24:51 AM PST by lunarbicep
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Fires damaged three more rural churches in Alabama following rash of suspected arsons that burned five churches south of Birmingham last week, a state official said Tuesday.
Ragan Ingram, a spokesman for the state insurance agency that oversees fire investigations, said the fires were at a church near Aliceville in Pickens County, near Emelle in Sumter Country and near Boligee in Greene County.
He said the extent of damage was not immediately known and it wasn't immediately clear when the three churches burned. State and federal fire investigators were sent to the scenes, he said.
"Obviously we're going to investigate these as suspected arsons," Ingram said.
Early Friday, three rural Baptist churches were destroyed and two others were damaged along major roads in rural Bibb County, about 25 miles south of Birmingham. The three fires reported Tuesday were in neighboring and sparsely populated counties in west Alabama near the Mississippi line.
Ingram said that in the past five years there have been 58 church fires in Alabama, including the three reported Tuesday. He said 19 were ruled arsons.
Didn't you hear? It's perfectly okay as long as they're white churches that spread intolerance.
Maybe Muslim cartoonists?............
So no arrests in the previous church burnings? Bet if these were mosques going up in flames, they'd take it more seriously.
I was thinking the same thing...especially since the authorities have opened a civil rights investigation...remember 5 of the 6 Churches were predominantly white.
I'm not so sure about that. I suspect that the majority of the folks involved in the arson investigations are Baptists themselves, as over 50% of Alabamians are Baptist.
....and they were ALL Christian........Not many synagogues is rural Alabama.........I'm thinking Nation of Islam or some offshoot........
Could just be atheists. It's an ELF style operation, so I'm guessing that's what we're dealing with.
Yes they were. Makes sense and time will (hopefully) tell. Judgin by current events in the world regarding the cartoon rage, (Churches attacked in Beirut, Catholic Priest shot dead by ROP in Turkey, 3 people killed for being Christian, Pakistani Christians attacked and killed), ROP'ers would be on the list of suspects.
FBI and ATF have issued a BOLO for a Dark SUV, most likely a Nissan Pathfinder, seen in the vacinity of the church fires Thursday night. They are also asking all Central Alabama businesses to report all employees who failed to report for work or reported for work drunk or Hung over Friday morning.
Oh, please.
I doubt it. This sounds like "disaffected youth" stuff.
Actually the investigation down here is quite extensive and involves local LE, Alabama Bureau of Investigation, FBI, and ATF. I am in Montgomery, 70 miles south of the burnings, and we had an agent at our church this weekend (Southern Baptist church). They are also all over the news and radio down here with updates and asking for assistance, etc.
They are also asking all Central Alabama businesses to report all employees who failed to report for work or reported for work drunk or Hung over Friday morning.
- LEO are leaning toward disaffected, employed drunks.
Exactly. It is probably the work of members of the Religion of Peace. Exercising their right to burn and pillage. Probably saw a cartoon somewhere which offended them. Any old excuse to destroy.
I'd bet that way. Your usual jjihadist would draw attention. If it turns out to be NOI, file RICO charges against Calypso Louie..
Insurgents........
Alabama - The Heart of DIXIE!.........
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