SUV's torched in Pennsylvania latest eco-terrorism claimed by radical environmental group

AP | 1/04/03 | TODD SPANGLER

[kattracks]

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- In the latest in a string of vandalism carried out in the name of the Earth Liberation Front, members of the radical environmental group are claiming responsibility for a fire at a Pennsylvania auto dealership.

A posting on the group's Web site said the "attack" targeted SUVs in a fight "to remove the profit motive from the killing of the natural environment."

Jugs of gasoline were set ablaze under three vehicles, engulfing them and a nearby car in flames at a dealership in Girard, about 110 miles north of Pittsburgh, FBI Special Agent Bob Rudge said. Three other vehicles also had jugs of gasoline set under them but failed to ignite.

"I have no reason to doubt that it's an individual who committed the acts on behalf of the Earth Liberation Front," Rudge said.

The FBI considers the Earth Liberation Front one of the nation's most prolific domestic terrorist organizations. It is thought to be responsible for the 1998 torching of a ski resort in Vail, Colo., an arson that caused $12 million in damage and is considered the most destructive act of eco-terrorism in U.S. history.

ELF is loosely organized. Anyone who carries out an action under the group's guidelines and claims responsibility as part of the organization is considered a member. Over the past year, its name has been attached to a string of vandalism in Pennsylvania.

Last month, the group's Web site said ELF members and cells from the Animal Liberation Front set a Nov. 26 fire at a mink farm in Erie. The fire destroyed a barn, but no animals or people were harmed.

The group also claimed responsibility for an Aug. 11 fire at an unoccupied forest research station near Warren and the torching in March of a construction crane at a bridge work site in Erie, Rudge said.

ELF's claims of responsibility typically come through its Web site, where managers say they serve only as a media conduit for the group. A manager who did not provide an identity said in an e-mail that the communique about Wednesday's fire came in anonymously, as do all reports of ELF attacks.

Rudge said that communique, posted on the Web site, appeared to be authentic because it included information that hadn't been made public.

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On The Net:

Earth Liberation Front: http://www.earthliberationfront.com/

FBI in Pittsburgh: http://pittsburgh.fbi.gov/

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[Lancey Howard]

By the way, it is a little odd that this bunch of scumbag Democrat enviro-mice is operating in a concealed carry state like Pennsylvania. One day they will be caught torching a vehicle that belongs to somebody who is not friendly to their "cause".

And what will happen when they torch the vehicle of a mom who left a sleeping 10 year-old locked in the car for a minute while she ran into the 7-11 for a carton of milk? Will the nuts say that they regret the "collateral damage", but hey, this is war?

[uglybiker]

Deer slugs - best of all!

Winchester 8 ga. Industrial
(3 oz. zinc projectile)

An industrial solution to an industrial-sized problem.

[xm177e2]

ELF's claims of responsibility typically come through its Web site, where managers say they serve only as a media conduit for the group. A manager who did not provide an identity said in an e-mail that the communique about Wednesday's fire came in anonymously, as do all reports of ELF attacks.

Rudge said that communique, posted on the Web site, appeared to be authentic because it included information that hadn't been made public.

Anyone posting information and communiques for this groups should be arrested.

[xm177e2]

Not armor piercing sabot slugs?

[Mfkmmof4]

I posted the wrong answer to the wrong topic and caught it too late. Thank God we agree though :)

[S.O.S121.500]

"Deer slugs - best of all!"

Busted glass....invisible to X-ray at the ol' emergency room surgery.

Doc has to probe every wound for every piece.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Those guys didn't do very well.
About three years ago here in Eugene, they torched about 38 SUVs at the local Chevy dealership. A big fire, a big mess.
Right near the bank of the river, the runoff from this was pretty nasty with oil, gas, melted tires, battery cases & plastic body trim, all went into the river.

And these asses are trying to save the earth?

Dave in Eugene