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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Guelph, Ontario, Canada - An anonymous individual sent an email to a local media outlet claiming the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) was responsible for the Tuesday morning fire that destroyed a partially constructed home at 75 Summit Ridge. The email contained anti-development slogans. The structure was already completely destroyed by the time the fire department arrived to extinguish the blaze. The cost of damages was estimated to be at $200,000.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

White Shield, North Dakota, U.S. - Last week a retired Catholic priest and two veterans in clown costumes used bolt-cutters, a sledgehammer and household hammers to gain access to the E-9 Minuteman II nuclear missile facility where they sabotaged a Minuteman III missile silo. The Luck, Wisconsin group Nukewatch, whom the three are affiliated with, said in a statement that "they disabled the lock on the personnel entry hatch that provides access to the warhead and they hammered on the silo lid that covers the 300 kiloton nuclear warhead. The activists painted 'It's a sin to build a nuclear weapon' on the face of the 110-ton hardened silo cover and the peace activists poured their blood on the missile lid."

The trio were apprehended by a military security team who brought them to the McLean County Jail. They were charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief, both Class A misdemeanors, and released after they each posted a $500 bond. The FBI is involved in the case and federal charges are pending.

Bainbridge Island, Washington, U.S. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and local fire investigators have begun sifting through the smoldering remains of a $2.9 million house that many believed was burned deliberately by environmentalists. The luxury home, which was only 60% complete, was being constructed on a sensitive old-growth wetland. The development, which began this past winter, had already elicited a significant amount of opposition on behalf of concerned residents and local environmentalists.

Numerous fires of partially completed luxury homes in the area have been claimed on behalf of the radical Earth Liberation Front (ELF) in recent years. The ELF is a pro-environment movement which uses arson, sabotage and property destruction "to stop the exploitation and destruction of the natural environment." Responsibility for fires set by the ELF in the area have often been claimed by way of large banners left behind that include a simple slogan or demand and the letters ELF.

A similar fire set by the ELF razed another $3 million trophy house on another Puget Sound island, Camano Island in January. Investigators found a pink sheet with an anti-development message on it near that fire but have not found any similar messages at the scene of the latest fire.