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Not to be TOO paranoid but does anyone else get the sense that all these big fires MAY be the work of those who desire America's destruction. Several categories logically come to mind: Radical islamists (native born or illegals ala the Fort Dix crew!), illegal hispanics angry that we MAY be finally waking up to the need to staunch the flow north. Add in the nutso arsonists, careless campers/smokers, general home-grown malcontents, etc. and you can see that the list of prospects is quite large. Look, it IS very dry in all these locations but if they ARE being set...

BARRE – In an e-mailed press release to media outlets, a group has claimed responsibility for defacing the huge American flag that hung over Main Street with oil and “fake blood.” Vandals damaged the flag before Barre’s Memorial Day service on May 30. The Times Argus, The Associated Press and Seven Days received copies of the e-mail from a group identifying itself as the “Iconoclast Front of Vermont” on Thursday at 4:20 p.m. The e-mailed press release claimed the guerilla action was in protest to the Bush administration’s policies on Iraq. The press release headline read: “Flag Defacement was meant...