EUGENE, Ore. - A woman charged with damaging a transmission tower also is suspected in half a dozen other ecoterror crimes, including a firebombing at a Colorado ski resort, one of the costliest such crimes in the U.S.
Chelsea Gerlach was ordered held without bail after Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Engdahl made the allegations against her.
Federal public defender Craig Weinerman argued that the evidence against Gerlach was meager.
Gerlach, 28, was among six people arrested in five states last week on indictments alleging they set fires and damaged property between 1998 and 2001 in Oregon and Washington. The Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front took responsibility for most of the crimes.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051214/ap_on_re_us/ecoterrorism_arrests;_ylt=AguelupMxI365UxNp1T1VNes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-The word "terrorist" should be reserved for people who threaten human life and NOT used for people who merely threaten property. Bush is a terrorist. Ms Gerlach is not.
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