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China Jails Environmentalist Wanted in U.S. (ELF ecoterrorist)
The New York Times ^ | November 27, 2009 | Dan Levin

Posted on 11/28/2009 11:19:59 AM PST by Stultis

DALI, China — Justin Franchi Solondz, an environmental activist from New Jersey who spent years evading charges of ecoterrorism in the United States by hiding out in China, was sentenced to three years in prison by a local court on Friday on charges of manufacturing drugs in this backpacker haven.

After serving his time, Mr. Solondz, 30, who is on the F.B.I.’s wanted list, will be deported to the United States, where he faces charges stemming from what the authorities say was his role in an arson rampage that destroyed buildings in three western states as a member of a group related to the environmental extremist organization Earth Liberation Front. He was indicted in absentia in 2006.

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During a daylong trial last month, Mr. Solondz pleaded guilty to drug charges and asked to be deported to the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: china; ecoterrorism; elf; environmentalism; jails; justinfranchisolondz; justinsolondz; newjersey; solondz; wanted
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Funny how the America haters suddenly want to be sent home to the Great Satan soon as they get in hot water overseas.
1 posted on 11/28/2009 11:19:59 AM PST by Stultis
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To: Stultis

Let the commie stay there and rot.


2 posted on 11/28/2009 11:23:48 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Justin Franchi Solondz, an environmental activist from New Jersey ... sentenced to three years in prison ... his role in an arson rampage that destroyed buildings in three western states ... pleaded guilty to drug charges and asked to be deported to the United States.
Dang, I was hoping he'd get the usual punishment meted out by the Red regime.
3 posted on 11/28/2009 11:27:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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During a daylong trial last month, Mr. Solondz pleaded guilty to drug charges and asked to be deported to the United States.

Let him stay in China and make a difference there!

At least he can feel free then, right?

4 posted on 11/28/2009 11:28:49 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Stultis
From the NYT story: Mr. Solondz’s mother, who lives in Denville, N.J., said she did not believe that her son engaged in arson. Paul Solondz, a construction executive whose home in West Orange, N.J., has a “God Bless America” sign on the front door, rejected the depiction of his son as a terrorist. “Compared to those horrible people who want to kill as many people as possible in the name of religion, the avowed mission of this organization is to not harm any people or animals,” he said. “This should not even be called terrorism.”

OK--if you say so . . . (the parents are, no doubt, proponents of HOPE AND CHANGE)

5 posted on 11/28/2009 11:31:51 AM PST by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: EGPWS

I have to contact someone I know in China.I may be needing a new liver in the next three years!


6 posted on 11/28/2009 11:34:07 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Stultis

I’m sure Hillary will intervene on his behalf.


7 posted on 11/28/2009 11:34:49 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Stultis

China can have him. Probably get justice faster with the commies doing it.


8 posted on 11/28/2009 12:01:48 PM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system. I am Jim Thompson.)
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

” Paul Solondz, a construction executive whose home in West Orange, N.J.,”

Hmmm, I’m surprised that his father even remembers having a (trophy) son. He was, obviously, a very busy man.


9 posted on 11/28/2009 12:04:55 PM PST by BobL (Real Men don't use Tag Lines)
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With the way construction is going he probably has a lot of time to sit and reflect now...


10 posted on 11/28/2009 12:10:18 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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I was thinking that too. That’s probably why he spoke out now. Prior to now, he was thinking that was some other person’s kid.


11 posted on 11/28/2009 12:11:13 PM PST by BobL (Real Men don't use Tag Lines)
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To: Stultis

That picture of him reminds me of charlie Manson !!!!

Deserves to spend the rest of his miserable life in the compny of the Chi-Comms


12 posted on 11/28/2009 12:14:01 PM PST by blastdad51 (Typical middle-aged white patriot.)
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Just what a filthy Maoist terrorist deserves.No,not three years in a cushy US prison but three years in a CHINESE prison.Boy,his fellow inmates will sure take a liking to *him*!

As will the rats.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

13 posted on 11/28/2009 12:34:50 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: blastdad51

14 posted on 11/28/2009 12:35:58 PM PST by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein))
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To: SunkenCiv

I was going to say, looks like he got off easy in China.


15 posted on 11/28/2009 12:37:45 PM PST by mrsixpack36
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Dang, I was hoping he'd get the usual punishment meted out by the Red regime.

In that part of the world drug traffickers (particularly Western ones) often are hanged.I've read many stories about Aussies (and others) being hanged in Malayasia and Indonesia.I visited Singapore for the first time last year and was a bit stunned to see written,in big bold letters,on the Singapore Immigration Dept landing card "Singapore law allows the death penalty for drug traffickers".I almost soiled my pants...and all I had on me was my blood pressure meds!

16 posted on 11/28/2009 12:45:21 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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I was going to say, looks like he got off easy in China.

Have you ever visited that part of the world? I have.And if it's as bad outside the prisons as it is,I can only *imagine* what it's like *inside* of the prisons.

17 posted on 11/28/2009 12:49:36 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: Stultis

Three years in a Chinese prison, wonder what that “environment” is like?


18 posted on 11/28/2009 12:51:13 PM PST by AUH2O Repub ( SPalin/Hunter 2012)
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To: Stultis

they should execute him liek they did the milk poisoners just recently that sickened children.


19 posted on 11/28/2009 1:14:34 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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"During a daylong trial last month, Mr. Solondz pleaded guilty to drug charges and asked to be deported to the United States."

So he does not get shot the next time he gets into trouble there, because they won't tolerate crap in China.

20 posted on 11/28/2009 1:17:57 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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