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Tre Arrow pleads guilty in firebombing case (eco-terrorist cops plea)
KATU ^ | 6/3/2008 | Dan Tilkin and KATU Web Staff
Posted on June 5, 2008 2:35:11 AM PDT by markomalley
PORTLAND, Ore. – Radical environmentalist Tre Arrow on Tuesday pleaded guilty to arson charges as part of a deal with prosecutors that will keep him behind bars for more than two years.
Arrow, who legally changed his name from Michael Scarpitti, was charged with firebombing three cement trucks at Ross Island Sand & Gravel in Portland and setting fire to logging trucks and a tractor near Estacada.
On his Web site, the 34-year-old said recently he did not want to risk receiving a life prison sentence and called the plea deal an offer he “couldn’t refuse.”
On Tuesday, he entered a guilty plea to two counts of arson during a hearing in federal court in Portland.
As part of the deal, he agreed to receive a sentence of 6-1/2 years in prison. However, he will be given credit for the four years he spent behind bars in British Columbia following his arrest in 2004.
The deal also restricts Arrow from associating with so-called eco-terrorist groups, including the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front.
His sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 12.
Arrow will serve his time at a medium-security federal prison in Sheridan in Yamhill County.
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Police threaten Christians for preaching in Muslim communities in Britain
CNA ^ | 6/4/2008
Posted on June 5, 2008 2:42:19 AM PDT by markomalley
London, Jun 4, 2008 / 07:24 pm (CNA).- British police said they will not apologize to two Christian preachers who were threatened with arrest by a Muslim police officer for preaching Christianity in Muslim communities in the city of Birmingham.
According to the Telegraph, the incident occurred last February when Christian ministers Arthur Cunningham and Joseph Abraham were handing out leaflets and speaking with four Muslim youths about Christianity in Birmingham. Naeem Naguthney, a Muslim police community support officer told them to cease-and-desist from preaching to Muslims and threatened to charge them with a “hate crime.”
“He said we were in a Muslim area and were not allowed to spread our Christian message,” Cunningham told the Telegraph. “He said we were committing a hate crime by telling the youths to leave Islam and said that he was going to take us to the police station.”
Abraham, an Egyptian-born Muslim who converted to Christianity, told the Telegraph his experience confirms Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali’s controversial statement that parts of Britain have become “no-go” areas.