[callisto]

"Radical environmentalists are considered possible suspects, a county official said."

I hope they are not the ONLY possible suspects being considered. If memory serves correct, weren't there some post-911 connections to Michigan?

[chemicalman]

The university had received e-mail threats from Earth Liberation Front

ELF = Terrorist

And you know what the US thinks about terrorism. Eradicate them!

[I_Publius]

It really would not surprise me if we discovered that it was a group, such as this one mentioned, who was flooding the country with Anthrax. Maybe we should declare war on our universities.

[Semper Paratus]

This will get a lot of network play tonight- NOT.

[lavaroise]

Federal and state law enforcement officials remained on the Michigan Tech University campus late Monday after bombs found at two university buildings were disarmed. Radical environmentalists are considered possible suspects, a county official said.

The Bader-Meinhof terror group justified their attacks on the US because of the Vietnam war violating international law. What they are doing is replicating this now, justifying terrorism.

[Illbay]

"War on Terror" means a war on ALL terrorists, I think. If these people are found, skrag 'em.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for this post!

Since the left wing extremist mediots tried to blame evil white male conservatives for the Anthrax, I have been posting, the real suspects should be ALF, ELF, PETA and the radical members of Earth First!

The protected home grown terrorists have had a free rein since Jake Reno took its oath to screw and destroy America in 1993. They hate 99.9% of Americans and would love to see us disappear to make their druid world cleaner for their worship of trees, critters, water and the air!

[mlocher]

when i was in college we used to say that the only things to do at MTU was to play hockey and kiss polar bears. i guess i had better add bomb making to that list.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

I have been proposing the possibility of these left-wing, anarchist types being involved in the anthrax scares. As pointed out by their ilk on this this very site, they abhor the media as a manifestation of the EvilBigBusinessCorporateConglomerationMilitaryIndustrialComplex.

On the other hand, they seem to be in favor of public education, oddly enough...

[randog]

Radical environmentalists are considered possible suspects...

Impossible. As the media has joyfully pointed out during the recent anthrax 'scare', "if it ain't foreign terrorists, it's gotta be them domestic right-wing militia extremists".

[Stefan Stackhouse]

Radical Islam and Radical Environmentalism: Amazing coincidences

1. Colors considered holy:

Radical Islam = GREEN
Radical environmentalism = GREEN

2. Political/economic/social ideology:

Radical Islam = Fascist regulation of society
Radical environmentalism = Fascist regulation of society

3. Relationship between religion & state:

Radical Islam = state subservient to a false, man-made religion (Moon-god worship)
Radical environmentalism = state subservient to a false, man-made religion (Earth-goddess worship)

4. Physical appearance of followers:

Radical Islam = scruffy people dressed in wierd looking rags
Radical environmentalism = scruffy people dressed in wierd looking rags

5. Methods used to advance agenda:

Radical Islam = Spout lies, break things, kill people
Radical environmentalism = Spout lies, break things, kill people (directly via abortion, indirectly as collateral damage)

6. Consequences:

Radical Islam = Wrecked, impoverished, backward, opressive societies
Radical environmentalism = ditto

[Hank Rearden]

We need to cut down the trees those ELF bastards live in. If they happen to be present at the time - extra points.

[Yossarian]

MTU alumni checking in (BSEE '92).

I have to say, da 'Tech is one of the most conservative public campuses in the country. In the 60's, protests actually broke out in favor of the Vietnam War. Rumor has it that MTU was the birthplace of Agent Orange...rumor backed up by the excellent Forestry & Chemistry departments, plus warm warm ties with Dow Chemical...

Wadsworth Hall even has a students' weapon locker! So believe me, the @$$#0L3$ that messed with my alma mater have messed with the wrong school!

(BTW, there is more than ice and snow to the Keewenaw Penninsula - like incredible pristine beauty....)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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Call the FBI Toll Free at 1-866-483-5137
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The Secretary of State designates Foreign Terrorist Organizations

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Innocent lives have been saved and terrorists put behind bars.

[rwfromkansas]

doubt Danny boy will report this one.

[Osage Orange]

The Oklahoman had this to say:

Oklahoman Editorial:

Domestic Terrorists Must be Stopped

2001-11-05

Catherine Ives was a researcher at Michigan State University in 1999, working on developing disease-resistant crops that could help alleviate starvation in Third World countries. Then, the facility in which she worked was torched, destroying Ives' work.

A group called the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the fire. Upset with the research because of its association with genetically engineered crops, ELF members shut down Ives' operation through an act of terrorism.

While the resolve of Americans to combat terrorism is currently at a peak, the focus remains on Islamic extremists. Domestic terrorists such as the ELF and the Animal Liberation Front continue to operate with little public notice of their acts of terror.

Richard Berman, executive director of an organization representing restaurant and tavern owners, wrote last week in a USA Today opinion piece that homegrown terrorism has not let up since the awful events of Sept. 11. Rather than admit that their form of terrorism is every bit as odious as that of the Mideast radicals, the environmental and animal rights groups self- righteously cling to the "correctness" of their cause.

"In this age of insanity, you may be branded a terrorist," says an Animal Liberation Front Web page, "but you will one day be remembered as a selfless warrior who dared to fight for what is right." The words are directed at ALF associates who bomb or burn down research labs, sometimes killing animals in order to "save" them.

If those same words were distributed by Osama bin Laden, righteous indignation would be the reaction. Yet these domestic terrorists carry on with little scrutiny.

"The growing wave of domestic terrorism by animal-rights, anti-corporate and anti-biotech extremists has gone beyond vandalism," Berman wrote. "Property has been destroyed and lives have been put at risk. And Americans are the perpetrators."

The FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies have their hands full now, giving the domestic terrorists a virtual field day for their lunatic fringe activities. ALF claims to have set fire to a primate research facility just nine days after planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Periodic torchings or bombings of research facilities have been commonplace. The ALF or ELF has claimed responsibility for firebombings at meat companies and a feed mill. The fire at Michigan State University caused about $1 million in damages, Berman wrote.

Because these domestic terrorists have so far managed to avoid killing people, their activities have been largely ignored by the general public. But terrorism is terrorism, and any war on terrorism must include these twisted and unjustifiable attacks.

While not directly engaged in terrorism, groups such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are nevertheless linked to terrorist attacks. For example, in 1992 ALF member Rodney Coronado firebombed a Michigan research facility, a crime he later admitted committing. PETA contributed $42,500 to Coronado's legal defense in 1995 while spending less than $5,000 for animal shelters that year.

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh was outspoken in his contempt for domestic terrorism, but most Americans remain unaware that animal-rights and environmentalist radicals are loose in this society. Similarities between the homegrown terrorists and the men who hijacked four planes on Sept. 11 can be found in their rhetoric and their unfailing belief that no act is too extreme if the cause is "right."

Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are "acceptable crimes" in the pursuit of a cause, PETA co-founder Alex Pacheco once said. With such an endorsement of terrorism, it's not out of line to suggest that PETA itself encourages acts of violence.

In an opinion piece that appeared in The Oklahoman on Oct. 24, Nick Nichols, chairman of a crisis management firm in Washington, D.C., said Americans too often tolerate violence committed by environmental and animal rights terrorists as "stunts" or "pranks."

"This invites acts of greater violence," Nichols wrote. "Instead, we need to crack down with aggressive prosecution of domestic terrorism against property to protect us from more serious domestic terrorism against our people."

To paraphrase President Bush after the Sept. 11 attacks, you are either in the battle against terrorism or you are abetting it. Extremist animal and environmental activists have made it clear which side they're on.

[rockfish59]

whoa dude! like that's really RAD ya' know?

Environmentalcaseus
Liberalus
Freakus

send them to afghanistan to 'pick daisy's'!!!

[freekitty]

Some of the radical enviornmentalists seem to be terrorists. Why don't they arrest them?

[boycott]

These brats are smart. Blowing the place up will really save the environment.

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