Steve Swanson, president of Superior Lumber Co. in Glendale, Ore., assesses the damage Jan. 5, 2001, from a Jan. 2 fire that destroyed the company's offices. The Earth Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for the fire. (Jim Craven/AP Photo)
ELF Making Good on Threat Officials Fear Increased Ecotage by Elusive Activists
By Dean Schabner
Jan. 30 The Earth Liberation Front has carried out more than 100 acts of destruction in the last five years, wreaking $37 million worth of damage. To date, police have one suspect, and the group, leading a rising wave of environmental extremism, is promising to escalate its attacks.
Has anyone investigated whether these people could have mailed Anthrax?
Yet Law Enforcement's got Fife and apparently Ray Charles on the case. Period.
No wonder theses nuts are so emboldened. And with minds not much different than the Taliban, anarchists like ELF and ALF could be behind Anthrax, OR even any other unexplained murders -- reason enough for theFBI to get serious about this.
If it is someone in the US who is responsible for the anthrax deaths, it is highly likely that a left-wing radical extremist group is behind it.
The ELF, ALF, and Earth First! all have a large number of college graduates among their membership, including a number with advanced degrees, who may have the knowledge to carry out lethal biological attacks. Ted Kaczinski bearded Unabomber types.
Suspected members of these groups should be hauled in for questioning and detained indefinitely until they talk.
Julia Butterfly Hill and Luna should also be interrogated.