FBI warns 10 cities about demonstrations

[UpInArms]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Eco%20Terrorism

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The FBI has told law enforcement agencies across the country that radical environmentalists may stage protests, possibly violent ones, this weekend in support of a jailed arsonist.

The FBI bulletin said the Earth Liberation Front reportedly was planning a "day of action and solidarity" that could include acts of eco-terrorism, according to Tor Bjornstad, a police commander in Olympia, one of 10 cities named as possible targets.

The others were Eugene; Ore.; San Francisco; Modesto, Calif.; Morgantown, W. Va.; Portland, Maine; Worcester, Mass.; Lake Worth, Fla.; and Lawrence, Kan., Bjornstad said.

The general warning was part of a weekly intelligence bulletin the FBI distributed to some 18,000 law enforcement agencies on Wednesday, said Bill Carter, a spokesman in the FBI's Washington, D.C., headquarters.

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[Deja Q]

1. So environmentalists are going to blow up over someone who

was harming the environment by lighing eveything he could on fire?

I may be a progressive radical commie pinko liberal, but I'm not associating myself with those loonies.

[PinkTiger]

7. I'm sorry, but

Lawrence, Kan.?????

That's funny,.

[LiberalTexan]

12. Yeah, Lawrence......

the haven for liberals and the environmentalists are going to cause terror there...... ? Orange alert Lawrence! Better all go hang out at the Bottleneck and kiss your asses goodbye! Ha ha...

[SoCalDem]

27. Lawrence has had "difficulties" before with protests

In the early 70's, they did have some pretty rambunctious protests there, over the war.. I remember my mother sending me clippings.. (I went to KU)..

I don't think this time would be even close, but I think they are just reacting to "liberal college" types of places, and Lawrence sort of fits the bill too.:)

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[ConsAreLiars]

11. Yup. Believe AssCrapt. Be Afraid!

Your government would never lie to you. Big Brother will protect you from these devil-worshipping maniacs.

[kysrsoze]

19. So now the enemy is within - that'll teach people to be environmental

What a bunch of crap. I think they ought to be worrying about all the people we have pissed off in the Middle East. Environmentals aren't going to start taking people's lives. Utter B.S.

[nodehopper]

16. Yeah...I agree. I'm sorry, but the ELF people are just effin' crazy.

[Sugarbleus]

44. Yes, I am with you... this is where me and the left part ways

I hold the elf and peta in contempt. Their type of actions are an embarrassment to the liberal party. It's way over the top and smacks of fundie religiosity. I can't hang with that crap.

Loonie toons to the max.

[Shadder]

2. Morgantown, W. Va

No doubt a virtual hotbead of radical environmentalists.....

[punpirate]

3. Same with Modesto and Worcester.... n/t

[NMDemDist2]

15. Morgantown is actually a pretty cool place

and Summersville even cooler :)

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Worcester!?!

Oh now that's funny....:crazy:

[Forkboy]

22. Anything they do there would only be for the better

:D

[CharlesGroce]

5. yep...

in today's United States of America, protestors are suspected 'terrorists', a group of individuals who are against everybody!

[Just Me]

6. Oh, well, then. "THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING!"

:bounce:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

8. Yeah, and they have Saddam's WMDs, too!!! And look for a real tall guy...

...in Middle Eastern garb gragging along a dialysis machine!!

[oblivious]

25. ...and a one-legged dead guy just in from Bagdad

[gratuitous]

9. Merely more alarmism

People are so much easier to oppress when they're good and scared. This will provide the pretext for the fascisti to bust a few heads this weekend.

[Just Me]

33. "Alarmism" with a purpose: "environmentalists" are BAD!!!

:crazy:

[hatrack]

10. The following individuals should be stopped and questioned:

All males or females between the ages of 18 and 35 who:

1. Are wearing Birkenstocks, Chacos or Tevas

2. Are wearing t-shirts, jeans, shorts, slacks, long-sleeve shirts, tie-dyed garments, clothing bearing university logos, names of bands or sports teams. Be especially careful with individuals whose clothing bears images of wildlife or nature scenes

3. Are carrying backpacks containing "Walden", "Desert Solitaire" or anything written by John Muir, Charles Darwin or David Brower

4. If male, sport goatees or flavor saver beards and who, if female, tend to wear their hair in ponytails, pigtails, in a bun, or short

5. Are carrying cameras, calendars, cigarette lighters, cigarette papers, cigarettes, cigars, bongs, hash pipes, hookahs/water pipes, digital phones, walkie-talkies, Farmers' Almanacs, semaphore flags, tin cans connected with wires, compasses, Aldis lamps, telegraph keys, signalling mirrors, GPS receivers, sextants and/or astrolabes, alarm clocks, batteries and/or digital timers. blasting caps, Semtex, firearms, pocket knives, electrical tape, duct tape, dictation tape, Scotch tape, cassette tapes, CDs, certificates of deposit, credit cards, cash, checks, postal money orders, international postal money orders, International Flavors instant coffees, change, bus tokens, laundry tokens, house keys, apartment keys, car keys, church keys, Swiss army knives, Swiss army sedans, Swiss army houses, and who are trailing lengths of electrical wires.

[kysrsoze]

20. Time to throw my Tevas out. They're so comfortable. Back to boat shoes

and polos.

[Arcturus]

13. Hey, I live in Olympia!

Maybe I should watch the festivities.

[NMDemDist2]

14. Lawrence KS???? whoda think it? n/t

[struggle4progress]

17. Yep. Today, "environmentalists are terrorists." Yesterday, ...

"unionists are terrorists." Tomorrow, "Democrats are terrorists."

[Disturbed]

18. Oh man, I am so afraid now.

This warning comng from a Right Wing Fundy creep that endorses torture.


When is Congress going to do their freakin' job and indicte Asscrack?

[Piperay]

21. What bullshit!

This is nothing but a RWingers wet dream to combine environmentalists and terrorists. :mad:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

24. Well, it would be more difficult for them do do that...

...if the ELF didn't burn things to the ground every so often. Speaking as someone who has actually got his hands dirty doing real environmental work (habitat restoration, etc) these people piss me off to no end. Ashcroft may be exaggerating the threat (likely) but that doesn't change the fact that ELF are a bunch of assholes.

[stickdog]

35. Speaking as a rational human being, ELF should be about 9999th on

the list of any other rational person's concerns.

[huellewig]

23. My 15 minutes of fame.

Eugene is on the list. And I hang out with the people who camp in trees.

http://www.cascadiarising.org/

Time to start using a proxy server.

[ropi]

26. does not make sense...

environmentalists being dangerous..causing an attack? what are they going to use... some 'd*r*y bomb? i can see it now... flinging mud pies or something...

what's next... ashcan putting out a terrorist warning on calico cat lovers? maybe we need a radical group of calico cat fanciers to go protest.

[Mari333]

28. NPR did a little blurb on this yesterday

as I was driving to my class. Seems that ELF, whatever it is, is now a terra ist organization.
The Pharmaceutical companies, and Oil companies, the monopolies like Wal Mart, the Timber industry, amd corporate malfeseance..they are NOT terra-ists, you know. They are who pays the Asscrack crowd and the Bush administration all the monies to destroy our water, air, and environment. Ergo, they are the good guys, right?
I do not condone violence in the name of environmentalism. But I do condone non violent legal demonstrations.
Let us hope that SOME people on the Right have actually READ the Constitution and KNOW the difference.
In the meantime, contribute heartily, if you can, to the ACLU.
The ACLU is busier then a one legged man at an ass kicking contest right now.

[Sabriel]

29. I'm a triple-terrorist!

I guess I hit the trifecta: I'm a teacher! I'm pro-choice! I support legislation that's environment-friendly! Someone lock me up for the good of the country.

Sabriel

[bobthedrummer]

30. They are terrorist stooges of that master terror organization the NEA

:crazy:

[GeronimoSkull]

31. Free Jeff Luers

http://www.freefreenow.org/

[GeronimoSkull]

32. Oops... they didn't warn Moscow

Russian Anarchists tag 'Free Jeff Luers' on US Embassy in Moscow

Yesterday evening a group of anarchists in Moscow wrote "FREE JEFF LUERS!" with huge letters on the wall of the US Embassy in Moscow. Protesting this way against imperial "justice", radical activists gave moral support to their comrade Jeffrey Luers. All participators of the action successfully escaped, so security of one of the tightest guarded buildings in Moscow was put in shame.

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/06/290548.shtml

[FlemingsGhost]

34. LOL ... nobody knows a damned thing about E.L.F.

The gubmint is chasing shadows again, I see.

(on edit: typo)

[itsnoteasybeingreen]

36. 2 things that really get me angry

1. The word "eco-terrorist" sounds kinda similar to "bio-terrorist", are they using the environment as a weapon?

2. Using anti-terror laws to lock up some kid for 22 years and 8 month for burning 3 SUVs. I'm not condoning his actions by any means, but doesn't that seem a little excessive?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

38. Deleted

Deleted due to incorrect reading of parent.

[GeronimoSkull]

40. It is extremely excessive

It's the state saying 3 cars are worth more than the a human life or the well-being of a child.

"In a society where murderers and rapists with prior convictions get out of jail in 4 years, a 22.5 year sentence for a property crime seems out of wack."

http://www.freefreenow.org/

[Piperay]

43. Thats very excessive especially

when it is the Enron crooks who should be doing hard time 'busting rocks'. :argh:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

37. Link...

Here's ELF's web page.
http://www.earthliberationfront.com/main.shtml

They're not terrorists. More like saboteurs.

[Lithos]

39. This is perfect material for the Top 10 Conservative Idiots

How transparently political can they get?

L-

[crossroads]

41. Oh God! Shades of the 60's... here we go again...

:eyes:

[nolabels]

42. Does this mean I can't listen to my collection of Joni Mitchell ?

Joni Mitchell and Neil Young in United Artists' The Last Waltz - 1978
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DEEP FORBIDDEN LAKE Lyrics

On the lake, the deep forbidden lake,
The old boats go gliding by,
And the leaves are falling from the trees
And landing on the logs and I
See the turtles heading for the bog
And falling off the log.
They make the water splash,
And feeling no backlash,
They climb the happy banks.

On the boats, the old and creaky boats,
The shoreline goes gliding by,
And the wind, there was a dying breeze,
Is making the banners fly.
See the colors, floating in the sky,
The pride of the captain's eye,
As he glides
His slender craft inside
And opens up the door.

On the coast, the long and tempting coast,
The cards on the table lie,
And a speech, so eloquent in reach,
Was made by a passerby,
Passing by the way between
Here and left behind.
And it ripples through the crowds
Who run and cast their doubts
In the deep forbidden lake.

Yes, it echoes through the crowds
Who run and cast their doubts
In the deep forbidden lake.

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/singerSongList?openform&ParentUNID=28356E01C51AB5EF4825690D000D3168

[neverborn]

45. Well uh.. the ELFs are terrorists.

[JM]

46. This is a cover for something else

I am sure of it. It has nothing to do with Eco-terror, other than the simple fact the Bush Admin does not want to publicize what it is really about, both for political and intel reasons.

JM