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FBIが「エコテロリスト」指定した「地球解放戦線」の活動家たちが放火犯として米国で起訴された
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http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1161612220080311?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
Four indicted in 1999 U.S. eco-terrorism arson
Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:23pm EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Four people have been indicted on arson charges in a fire that damaged a Michigan State University building, a 1999 blaze for which environmental activists claimed responsibility, officials said on Tuesday.
"This was a significant act of domestic terrorism which caused more than a million dollars in damage to facilities and loss of research records," the university's police chief, James Dunlap, said in a report issued by the school.
The 1999 fire at Agriculture Hall damaged the office of the Agriculture Biotechnology Support Project, which the school said works to promote agricultural biotechnology in developing countries.
"Shortly after the fire a loosely organized environmental movement called the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility," the announcement said.
The shadowy band of radical environmental activists has been blamed for several arsons in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in recent years and designated by the FBI as "eco-terrorists."
Indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of arson, aggravated arson, and conspiracy to commit arson were Marie Mason, 46, of Cincinnati; Frank Ambrose, 33, Aren Burthwick, 27, and Stephanie Fultz, 27, all of Detroit, the FBI said.
Earlier this month, a hand-painted sign with the group's initials was posted near a fire that destroyed three luxury homes in a Seattle suburb, which the sign denounced as "McMansions," a derisive term for large homes often in rural developments.
(Editing by Andrew Stern and Philip Barbara)
© Reuters 2007.
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http://www.zakzak.co.jp/top/2008_03/t2008030442_all.html
「環境」モデル住宅に放火…米過激派が犯行声明
米シアトル郊外で3日早朝、環境に優しい建築をうたったモデルハウス3棟が全焼する放火事件があり、焼け跡から「エコ・テロリズム」と呼ばれる過激な環境活動を行っている地下組織「地球解放戦線(ELF)」の犯行声明が見つかった。けが人はなかった。
AP通信によると、モデルハウスはリサイクル材を使うなど環境に配慮した建築。一方で絶滅の危機にひんしたサケの一種が生息する川の源流近くの開発地区にあり、川の汚染につながるとの批判も出ていた。
声明にはELFの頭文字のほかに「グリーン(環境に優しい)建築だって? いや真っ黒だ!」などと書かれていた。ELFは1990年代から米国各地でリゾートホテルの放火などを続けている。(共同)
ZAKZAK 2008/03/04
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