"ELF, no sprawl"

[glowpop]

Another ELF job(s)

http://www.insidebaltimore.com/news/...ires0623.shtml

Some more of ELF's handiwork?

[GeorgeWendtCFI]

Perhaps those of you who believe that this is some organized group like the Auto Club, check this link and find out how they operate and why they are so hard to identify. You will particularly note why it is ludicrous to state they are "based in Pennsylvania". Pay close attention to the words explaining what happens if someone is injured during an "action".

http://www.earthliberationfront.com/library/elf_faq.pdf

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

I read the link Geoprge provided....all I can say is...
Wow..these people are definetley Foxtrot Union Charlie Kilo Echo Delta!!!

[Bones42]

Wow! Left me speechless.

[NJFFSA16]

8/18

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Earth Liberation Front suggested that a $50
million fire that destroyed an apartment complex under construction
in San Diego two weeks ago was targeting "rampant urban
development."
The Aug. 3 arson on San Diego's fast-growing northern edge was
said to be the costliest action ever by the ELF, an underground
group that since 1996 has claimed responsibility for arson attacks
against commercial entities that members say threaten or damage the
environment.
The group's North American press office addressed the fire for
the first time in an e-mail sent in response to queries by The
Associated Press and other news organizations. However, the ELF,
which communicates with the news media by e-mail, said it had not
received a communique from the persons responsible and their
motives remained uncertain.
"From best analysis, this action was meant to target rampant
urban development, and make a statement against future area
development," the e-mail stated, "but beyond that we can not
speculate why this building in particular was chosen, or why San
Diego as a city was chosen."
No one was injured in the three-alarm blaze.
The ELF's press office said a banner left at the scene was a
legitimate claim of responsibility. The 12-foot banner read, "If
you build it, we will burn it" with the initials E.L.F. A
statement issued shortly after the fire had made the same claim.
San Diego Fire Capt. Jeffrey A. Carle declined to say whether
the department's investigation had determined whether the ELF was
responsible for the fire. He added that the banner found at the
scene remained an excellent piece of evidence.
Carle did say, however, that the ELF was a publicity-minded
group.
"They're willing to claim things they may not even be
responsible for," Carle said.
An article about the San Diego arson was recently posted to the
ELF's Web site, which also includes detailed instructions on
setting fires.
The site is registered to an animal rights activist in
Vancouver, British Columbia, who spent more than a year in jail for
stealing 29 cats from a laboratory at the University of Alberta in
1992. The e-mail received Monday was sent from a Vancouver activist
site.
"We have no idea where the ELF will strike next, or where there
are persons currently operating as ELF activists," the e-mail
stated.

(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[ThNozzleman]

Usually, guys like these can only be stopped by infiltration of their groups by law enforcement or informers and the passage and enforcement of special laws that can really put the hurt on them, such as was done in the past to curtail the KKK and the mob.

[GeorgeWendtCFI]

I have failed with my words to get people to understand that this type of group is NOT LIKE THE KKK! Here are the words dirctly from the ELF.
The ELF is organized into autonomous cells which operate
independently and anonymously from one another and the
general public. The group does not contain a hierarchy or any
sort of leadership.


There is no organization, so there is no one to target. Their members don't march down the street. They operate in a cowardice manner in the dead and darkness of night. They don't have the guts to state their views publicly and exercise their God-given right to peacefully assemble. They use clandestine, guerilla tactics to achieve their objective. The end justifies the means.

These people are losers. They are the same losers you see promoting violence in every other anarchist appeasement movement, such as the protects against the World Bank and the WMF. They are also closely aligned with people from the Animal Liberation Front.

Unfortunately, law enforcement is not able to target these people on a large scale basis becuase of their lack of a hierarchy and meeting place. The group can only be targetted on a local level, for the most part. Their have been a few federal prosecutions of some of the more visible sympathizers. But by and large, this is a group of cowardly street thugs.

[ThNozzleman]

I never stated that the "E.L.F." was exactly like the KKK. However, they also had small groups of violent, murderous thugs at the core of their organization. These guys handled the dirty work of lynching, bombings, and burnings, as well as other acts of stupidity, all the while protected by the main body of the KKK. They originally operated within a cloak of secrecy, wearing masks anytime they were in public. This continued until laws were passed forbidding the concealment of one's face in public. It took a federal effort on the behalf of President Johnson to get the FBI inside the KKK and weed out the murderers and charge them with federal offenses, because the state and local judicial system was a joke. The utilizaton of informers was also very instrumental in apprehending the worst of this lot. I do agree, however, that it would be a tough job to infiltrate the E.L.F., due to their small numbers and their scattered acts of violence. If infiltrated and convictions result, the book ought to be thrown hard at these jokers. I was especially infuriated when I read their statement that if anyone was ever hurt by their acts of stupidity, it was automatically considered NOT an E.L.F. act by the E.L.F. "press", even if it had started out that way. How convenient. If these people are worried about "urban sprawl", someone should drop them out in the middle of Siberia and let them walk home. I'll wager they'd be damn glad to see that ol' urban sprawl.

[NJFFSA16]

Has ELF struck again?

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (AP) - Arson is suspected in a fire that
destroyed four homes under construction and caused an estimated $1
million in damage, investigators said Tuesday.
All possible accidental causes have been ruled out in the Oct.
13 fire that was reported shortly before midnight in this Twin
Cities suburb, authorities said.
One firefighter suffered a minor injury battling the blaze.
The State Fire Marshal's Office, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms and local authorities are investigating the
fire.

[NJFFSA16]

ELF again.....

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A radical environmental group that
opposes urban sprawl has claimed responsibility for damage done to
heavy equipment at a Wal-Mart construction site.
The Earth Liberation Front issued a statement Tuesday claiming
that its members had sabotaged more than a dozen pieces of
machinery by pouring sand in fuel tanks, slashing tires, and
cutting engine hoses.
The statement was e-mailed to The Associated Press by the ELF
Press Office, which forwards updates on the group's activities to
the media.
Police in Martinsville, about 20 miles south of Indianapolis,
said vandals Friday also spray-painted graffiti on some of the
vehicles, including the phrase "Stop Development."
The ELF has done more than $100 million damage since it split
off from the radical environmental group Earth First! and surfaced
in the United States five years ago.
Recently, the group has claimed responsibility for a string of
suburban arsons and fire-bombings of Hummer sport-utility vehicles
at car dealerships in California.
ELF was suspected in arsons of homes under construction in the
Bloomington area in 2000 and 2002.

(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[GeorgeWendtCFI]

Ecoterrorist Group Claims Responsibility for Indiana Walmart Vandalism (10/29/2003)

An ecoterrorism group with a history of costly vandalism nationwide is claiming responsibility for damage at the construction site of a Super Wal-Mart store at Martinsville.

Police Chief Frans Hollanders said today that the incident is still under investigation and that he will compare notes with the FBI, which has investigated the group's activities across the country.

"I'd have to say that at this point, we have more questions than we have answers," the Hollanders said.

The Earth Liberation Front issued a statement on Tuesday claiming its members caused the sabotage last week. The site is along Ind. 37, the main road to Bloomington -- a center of ELF activities.

Hollanders confirmed ELF's claims that more than a dozen pieces of machinery were damaged by slashing tires, smashing windows, cutting engine and hydraulic hoses and pouring sand into fuel tanks.

He estimated the damage will cost "tens of thousands of dollars to repair."

"This could be the work of environmental terrorists, but if it is a protest, it is a childish and dangerous way," the chief said.

The police chief said the extent of the damage at the Wal-Mart site could raise the potential changes to a felony, if anyone is arrested.

Mike Sorensen, project manager for the RH Marlin construction company, said nearly every window was smashed on about 30 vehicles on the site.

"It appears they came organized" to have caused so much damage without being detected, Sorensen said.

Police said many vehicles were marked with spray paint with sayings such as "Stop the Wal-Mart empire."

Hollanders said the damage was done after dark Thursday night and it was discovered Friday morning.

Sorensen said the construction work was only delayed about two days. The Wal-Mart is due to open in the spring.

The claim of responsibility for the damage was emailed to the Associated Press by the ELF Press Office, which anonymously distributes updates on the loosely organized group's activities.

ELF has claimed more than $100 million in property damage in the country in the past five years.

Among its stated purposes for the sabotage and vandalism is to oppose development, particularly suburban sprawl. The ELF's web site says one of its guidelines is "to inflict economic damage on those profiting from the destruction and exploitation of the natural environment."

In Indiana, ELF claimed responsibility for a 2000 arson fire that destroyed a $500,000 house near Bloomington. ELF slogans were spray painted at the site.

Another luxury home under construction near Bloomington was set on fire and destroyed last year.

There have been incidents of tree-spiking in the Morgan-Monroe Forest, where environmental protesters are suspected of driving nails into trees slated for harvest in an attempt to damage loggers' equipment.

Logger Perry Cruse of Martinsville suffered about $50,000 in losses in 2000 when some of his machinery was vandalized with cut hoses, sand in the fuel tanks and smashed windows while it was parked at an authorized work site in the Morgan-Monroe forest.

He was slightly surprised today to hear of further acts of sabotage in the area.

"They've laid kind of low since they damaged my equipment because there is new legislation that classifies them as domestic terrorists," he said.

This month, U.S. Rep. Chris Chocola, R-Ind., introduced a bill that would provide strict, federal penalties for ecoterrorism. It would make environmental terrorism punishable by up to life in prison if someone is killed, up to 10 years if someone is injured and up to 5 years in prison for property damage.

[NJFFSA16]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Three men have pleaded guilty to
vandalizing more than 25 sport utility vehicles, construction
equipment and building sites on behalf of a radical environmental
group, a federal prosecutor said Monday.
Aaron Linas, Adam Blackwell and John Wade admitted in plea deals
to conspiring to damage and destroy property in Richmond's western
suburbs between July and October 2002, U.S. Attorney Paul McNulty
said.
Blackwell, 20, Linas and Wade, both 18, were students at Henrico
County's Freeman High School at the time of the crimes. They
belonged to the school's Friends of Earth Club, but became
dissatisfied with mainstream environmental action. They adopted
tactics advocated by the Earth Liberation Front, which calls for
illegal activities such as vandalism or arson to inflict economic
damage, McNulty said.
"This behavior is dangerous to human life," McNulty said at a
news conference. "It is putting people at risk through the
destruction of property."
The three are accused of vandalizing construction equipment
being used to build the Short Pump Town Center mall by lighting
kerosene-soaked wicks stuffed into fuel-tank openings. They also
defaced 25 SUVs at a car dealership and several more at private
homes with glass-etching solution and similarly vandalized three
fast-food restaurants.
They scrawled ELF-related graffiti at most of the vandalized
property, and left notes on SUVs and at construction sites that
excoriated the victims for degrading the environment and
contributing to suburban sprawl.
Prosecutors and FBI officials declined to disclose how the three
were caught.
Each defendant faces up to five years in prison when sentenced
in April. Under the agreement, the men also owe more than $200,000
in restitution.
The students "never gave thought to the repercussions of their
acts," said Wade's lawyer, Murray J. Janus. "They were
idealistically involved in the cause for the environment."
"I certainly don't like the trend of federalizing such
crimes," added Matthew P. Geary, a lawyer for Linas. And equating
his client's actions to a form of terrorism," he said, is
"inappropriate when you're talking about three kids who have never
been in trouble before."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Hood said that ELF didn't direct
the students to commit the vandalism, but the group's Web sites
claim credit for the acts.
ELF is responsible for hundreds of cases of ecoterrorism around
the country, ranging from spray-painting and breaking windows to
firebombing and burning buildings according to the FBI.
One especially destructive attack was a $12 million blaze at a
Vail, Colo., ski resort in 1998.
"It's a slippery slope from minor acts of civil disobedience"
to putting people in harm's way, said Don Thompson, agent in charge
of the FBI's Richmond office.

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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[DeputyChiefGonzo]

The students "never gave thought to the repercussions of their
acts," said Wade's lawyer, Murray J. Janus. "They were
idealistically involved in the cause for the environment."
"I certainly don't like the trend of federalizing such
crimes," added Matthew P. Geary, a lawyer for Linas. And equating
his client's actions to a form of terrorism," he said, is
"inappropriate when you're talking about three kids who have never
been in trouble before."

Typical laywerspeak, typical bullscat!

Enjoy your time in the big house, boys... and enjoy flipping burgers for life to pay your restitution!

[EFD840]

equating his client's actions to a form of terrorism is inappropriate

Walks like a duck, talks like a duck...

I agree with the Captain completely!

Hope they don't drop the soap.

[NJFFSA16]

ELF claims responsibility

SANTA FE (AP) - The radical environmental group Earth Liberation
Front claims its members caused thousands of dollars in damage at a
Santa Fe Land Rover dealership and to U.S. Forest Service equipment
in the Jemez Mountains.
The environmental group released a list this week claiming
responsibility for 75 illegal acts. Among them are the Sept. 5
vandalism of 12 sport-utility vehicles in Santa Fe and an Oct. 8
incident in which U.S. Forest Service construction equipment was
vandalized in the Jemez Mountains.
In Maine, the group claims responsibility for puncturing the
tires of eight Boise Cascade delivery trucks and two trailers,
gluing their doors shut, and spray-painting a building in Portland
in October.
Employees at Land Rover Santa Fe arrived at work in September to
find one third of the company's inventory of SUVs had been
spray-painted with many words, including each of the seven deadly
sins and ELF.
Santa Fe police haven't identified a suspect in the vandalism,
according to deputy police chief Eric Johnson.
The FBI, which has identified Earth Liberation Front as its No.
1 domestic-terrorism priority, is offering up to $20,000 for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of those
responsible for the vandalism at the Land Rover dealership. The ELF
report, titled Underground Direct Action Totals for 2003, posted on
the group's Web site, claims responsibility for acts across the
nation.
"The Earth Liberation Front alone caused upward of $55 million
dollars in damages in a series of anti-development and
SUV-dealership attacks that captured headlines across North
America," according to the report.
The group focused on logging operations in the Pacific Northwest
for many years but has expanded it efforts.
"All I can tell you is that they are moving out around the
country," said Paul Bresson, an FBI spokesman in Washington, D.C.
The front's actions last year, some of them joint actions with
the Animal Liberation Front, ranged from freeing four chickens from
an egg farm in California to spray-painting cars on a circus train.
More frequent acts, however, included arson, graffiti and various
forms of vandalism to SUVs.
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On the Net: www.earthliberationfront.com

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)