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DinoDoc
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AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
time: 23:30
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Officials Suspect Terror in Calif. Fire
Officials Suspect Environmentalists Set San Diego Apartment Fire That Caused Millions in Damage
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO Aug. 2 —
Officials suspect radical environmentalists set a fire that swept through an unoccupied five-story apartment complex, causing more than $20 million in damage.
A banner reading "If you build it, we will burn it," with the initials "ELF," was found Friday next to the burning building still under construction in the upscale University Town Centre residential neighborhood. No injuries were reported.
The initials may correspond to the Earth Liberation Front, a loose-knit group that describes itself as "an international underground organization that uses direct action in the form of economic sabotage to stop the destruction of the natural environment."
Members of ELF have claimed responsibility for dozens of fires and other acts since 1997, causing $50 million in damages to luxury homes, ski lodges and sport utility vehicles. There was no immediate claim of responsibility posted on the group's Web site.
The group, which only communicates with the press by e-mail, issued a brief and vague statement in response to media inquiries:
"The ELF press office has received no communique for the San Diego fire that took place Aug. 1, 2003, and thus cannot answer any questions as to why this location and city was chosen for the latest ELF action," the statement said. "The banner at the site reading `You build it we burn it ELF' is a legitimate claim of responsibility by the Earth Liberation Front."
San Diego police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and arson experts were investigating.
Capt. Jeff Carle, of the San Diego Fire Department, said three construction workers who were sleeping on the site managed to escape the flames unharmed.
"It could have killed someone," said Carle.
Several hundred residents of a building next to the construction site were evacuated as heat from the blaze broke windows and melted plastic blinds in their homes.
The 206-unit complex was part of a larger project approved by the City Council in late 2000 that included a hotel and offices. University Towne Centre is a rapidly growing area of apartment complexes and office buildings east of San Diego's tony La Jolla section.
Carle said if environmentalists were behind the fire, he didn't understand their motivation: More trees would be cut down to rebuild the structure. |
How exactly is setting fires enviromentally friendly?
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mrmitchell
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Officials suspect radical environmentalists set a fire that swept through an unoccupied five-story apartment complex, causing more than $20 million |
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cinch
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jul 2002
time: 22:30
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Originally posted by DinoDoc
How exactly is setting fires enviromentally friendly? |
Well, certain coniferous trees require forest fires to release their seeds and start a new generation.
I sincerely doubt that the fire in this case was necessary, but it's somewhat of a blanket statement to say that fires aren't environmentally friendly.
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st_swithin
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Nov 2002
time: 05:30
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OH GOD NO!!! IT'S THE PLAGUE OF PINK CHRISTINAGUILERA MONSTERS!!!! AAARRARARHFGHDHG!!!!
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
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03-08-2003 06:57
Whoa, lay off the personal insults!!! 
they think the things are alive 
Their point is to try and stop new construction. They did a Law & Order episode about it.
I'll take environmentalists seriously when they stop using electricity, gasoline, paper, plastics, stop buying anything shipped by road or air, medicine more advanced than aspirin…
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