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Eco-Terror Expert Calls For Inquiry of Green Anarchists
CNSNEWS.com ^ | 7/18/02 | Marc Morano

Posted on 07/18/2002 4:25:05 AM PDT by kattracks

(CNSNews.com) - An expert on eco-terrorism is calling on the FBI to investigate an organization that is touting a nationwide tour to "destroy civilization" and raise money for convicted eco-terrorists, but a spokesman for the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Program said the agency is taking a hands-off approach for the time being.

The Green Anarchy Tour 2002, currently traveling from Ashland, Ore., to Washington, D.C., advertises its participants as "anarchists," refers to police as "the fascist force we are up against" and calls convicted eco-terrorists "prisoners of war."

Such rhetoric has Ron Arnold concerned. Arnold, vice president of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, said the tour "presents probable cause for investigation."

"You do have people here recommending violence, murder, property damage, everything you can think of," he said.

Arnold is author of several books on the environmental movement including "Ecoterror: The Violent Agenda to Save Nature: The World of the Unabomber."

He believes that with the increasing number of domestic environmental and animal rights terrorist acts in the United States, the FBI should be more proactive in investigating possible threats like the Green Anarchy Tour.

"I would say that law enforcement has an obligation, probable cause to at least look into it," Arnold said. "If they say they are going to destroy civilization, I think we should take them at their word," he added.

FBI Lukewarm to Investigation

The FBI is less concerned than Arnold, at least publicly, saying it won't do anything until and unless the law is broken.

"The FBI is only concerned when there is a violation of the law," said Steven Berry, spokesman for the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Program. "We fully support the rights of any and all groups, no matter what their message or their purpose, to lawfully assemble, protest and march."

When asked about the risks of terrorism from domestic sources, Berry said, "The FBI is only concerned when there is a violation of federal law," adding that eco-terrorism is "the number one investigative priority of the domestic terrorism section."

But Arnold thinks the matter deserves greater attention, noting that the Green Anarchy Tour's support of convicted members of the radical environmental group Earth Liberation Front makes an investigation more necessary.

The group's Internet website says that proceeds from the tour will help convicted arsonists such as Jeffrey "Free" Luers and Craig "Critter" Marshall.

"[Earth Liberation Front] is an FBI declared terrorist organization that they want to be the beneficiary of their proceeds," Arnold said.

Eco-Terrorism on The Rise

According to Arnold, the threat of domestic terrorists cannot be underestimated. "I think it is as much a threat as foreign terrorism. These people are going to damage property and kill people," Arnold said.

Domestic terrorism and violence by environmental and animal 'rights' activists is on the rise, according to Arnold. "We've had 'animal rights' activists beat people with baseball bats causing serious injury. We see that kind of violence growing," Arnold said.

According to the FBI, there have been more than 600 cases of eco-terrorism causing $43 million dollars in property damage over the past decade, prompting him to call the federal response to eco-terrorism "a day late and a dollar short."

Arnold cited the failure of federal law enforcement for the escalating violence. "We probably have got [sic] literally thousands of [eco-terrorists] who ought to be in jail," he said, placing the blame squarely on the FBI for "failing to investigate exactly the kind of things you see on the (Green Anarchy) web site."

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1 posted on 07/18/2002 4:25:05 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Why bother the FBI with this? They aren't doing anything about the Mexican border smugglers that Whorealdo hung out with that bring Iraqis and Iranians into the country. Why bother them with another threat? I think we should let the TSA personnel handle this, as there is nothing that would hurt these green fruits more than having their fingernail clippers taken away.
2 posted on 07/18/2002 4:30:01 AM PDT by Nuke'm Glowing
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To: Nuke'm Glowing
I wonder if they would express such indifference if the Michigan Militia went on such a fund raising tour?
3 posted on 07/18/2002 4:37:06 AM PDT by Movemout
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To: Nuke'm Glowing
The perception has existed for more than a decace that the FBI is an incredibly inept organization. It seems past due to tear the thing down and start all over again, but, wait, that would require it to return to the nineteen twenties when it had a mandate to investigate indigenous anarchist and terrorist organizations operating in America. We wouldn't want that now, would we?
4 posted on 07/18/2002 4:52:45 AM PDT by gaspar
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To: gaspar
I love it. We all have our sarcasm hats on this morning. It's a shame. We have openly active terrorists on a fund raising tour and because they are "green" they aren't in jail immediately. We have Slappy Slammin Sammy at USF here in Tampa raising money for Hamas, but no, he's a professor, we can't arrest him. But boy, if you buy one gun too many, they'll be there to raid your house in one minute flat.
5 posted on 07/18/2002 5:05:00 AM PDT by Nuke'm Glowing
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To: Movemout
No, they would mobilize a National Guard battalion to stop that. That's a real threat. </sarcasm off
6 posted on 07/18/2002 5:05:45 AM PDT by Nuke'm Glowing
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To: kattracks
And yet the FBI wants the institute neighborhood watch snitches.

The TIPS snoops will be recruited by the Department of Justice from among citizens whose work provides access to homes, businesses and transport systems – such as letter carriers, utility employees, truck drivers and train conductors.

The informants' reports will enter databases for future reference and possible action within the Justice Department, related agencies and local police forces. Of course, the targets of such spying will have no knowledge of the dossiers being maintained on them.

Wake up America.

7 posted on 07/18/2002 5:15:07 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Nuke'm Glowing
"You do have people here recommending violence, murder, property damage, everything you can think of," he said.

Let just one normal everyday kind of citizen stand outside any county courthouse and make these statement about elected, and unelected representatives of the people and see how long he could get away with it. My bet is that it could be measured in minutes.

8 posted on 07/18/2002 5:18:28 AM PDT by Movemout
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To: *Enviralists; madfly
Index Bump
9 posted on 07/18/2002 10:47:56 AM PDT by Free the USA
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To: Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Stand Watch Listen; freefly; expose; ...
ping
10 posted on 07/18/2002 12:03:08 PM PDT by madfly
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To: kattracks
I still think anarchists are responsible for the anthrax attacks.
11 posted on 07/18/2002 12:15:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Nuke'm Glowing
Hmm. . . . isn't "green" also the "color" of Islam ? Isn't Al-Qaeda an Islamist group. . .makes you wonder if the dots AREN'T connected. . . .
12 posted on 07/18/2002 12:16:36 PM PDT by Salgak
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To: kattracks
One of the things they claim to "need before July":
--Transportation (RVs, tour buses, vans)
Damned despoilers of Mother Earth. >:)

-Eric

13 posted on 07/18/2002 12:20:20 PM PDT by E Rocc
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To: kattracks; All
This is a link to a current thread about wildfires througout Oregon. Did these eco terrorists start these fires before they left for California? (Thread about current Wildfires in Oregon)
14 posted on 07/18/2002 12:28:33 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: kattracks
"The FBI is only concerned when there is a violation of the law," said Steven Berry
No concern about prevention? So then it really wasn't any of their fault on 911 either?
Steve had better hope they have some people already inside these organizations and he is just bluffing,he has been quoted now.....
15 posted on 07/18/2002 12:30:08 PM PDT by Minnesoootan
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Here is the link to the promises of arson in order to destroy our civilization by the eco terrorists. (Green Anarchists Promise to Burn Up Civilization)
16 posted on 07/18/2002 12:31:44 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: All
Here is the link to the Green Anarchists website, promising to burn down civilization: (Link to Greens's Promise to burn down our Society)
17 posted on 07/18/2002 12:34:39 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave; madfly
anti-ecothugs bump!
18 posted on 07/18/2002 12:39:05 PM PDT by dixiechick2000
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To: kattracks
The joke is that people actually believe that it's about the environment, the animals, the trees - the ecology. What a laugh. Nothing could be further from the truth. This movement - international in scope - is about the end of capitalism and the implementation of marxist utopian ideology. This movement will go to bed with any terrorist group incliding Al Quaeda to promote itself. Just where do they get their funding? Not from the the dollars that their naive followers contribute that's for sure...
19 posted on 07/18/2002 12:47:38 PM PDT by eleni121
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To: madfly
Thanks for the heads up!
20 posted on 07/18/2002 12:47:43 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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