Eco-arsonists protest comparison to KKK ( 10 Eco-Terrorists )

Associated Press ^ | May 16, 2007 | Jeff Barnard

[george76]

Defense attorneys expressed outrage Tuesday when federal prosecutors compared 10 Earth Liberation Front arsonists who are awaiting sentencing to Ku Klux Klan arsonists.

The six men and four women, branded eco-terrorists, have pleaded guilty to charges related to 20 fires set in five Western states from 1996 to 2001 that caused $40 million of damage.

Targets included the Vail ski resort, wild horse corrals, National Forest ranger stations, meat packing plants, research laboratories, lumber company offices and a tree farm.

The 10 are to be sentenced starting next week.

Federal prosecutors asked Judge Ann Aiken that a so-called terrorism enhancement be added to their sentences.

"This is a classic case of terrorism..."

[george76]

"The No. 1 domestic terrorism threat is the eco-terrorism, animal-rights movement," said John Lewis, an FBI deputy assistant director and top official in charge of domestic terrorism.

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[ConservativeMind]

They are just more nutball liberals.

I’ll bet they all have a copy of Al Gore’s film, too.

[george76]

latest from Eugene

[benjibrowder]

"I cannot sit idly by and hear what these defendants did be compared to acts of the Ku Klux Klan burning empty churches," defense attorney Amanda Lee said in federal court.

To the Ecoterrorists - Please explain the difference. Instead of targeting empty places of worship for black people, they're targeting resorts and lodges and corrals because they disagree with what goes on there. Boohoo. Your fanaticism is what is being compared. It's too bad you don't like what's being heard.

[Badeye]

The comparision is 100% correct.

[tubebender]

Don’t kill them. Just set them on fire to teach them a lesson...

[george76]

  This one committed suicide by plastic bag.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

cleaning the gene pool.

[TexasCajun]

Make that:

"The No. 1 domestic terrorism threat is Liberalism ,"

[randog]

Suicide by plastic bag? That’s so.....un-eco.

[gridlock]

On the bright side, the ELF’ers can look forward to the day when one of their number may become President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate!

[gridlock]

This one committed suicide by plastic bag.

Now that's a committed environmentalist!

Did he re-use a grocery bag? If so, that's good for ten extra points!

[monday]

execute them

[Valin]

That would be St. Al Gore! Patron saint of cute fuzzy animals

[sportutegrl]

Translation: “You can’t compare us to the KKK. Our fires were waaayy bigger and did much more damage.

[Waverunner]

Were their fires carbon neutral? - If not hang em I say.

[george76]

Their fires must be causing global warming ?

[Thunder90]

Madrasses are based off of US soil, same for the rest of the Islamofascist terrorist movement. That is why they are not “Domestic”