Ecoterrorism probe nets 4 with ties to Lane County (Oregon)

[central scrutinizer]

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/12/09/a1.ecoterrorarrests.1209.p1.php?section=cityregion

Six people, four of them with connections to Lane County, have been indicted on federal ecoterrorism charges after a nine-year nationwide investigation into arsons claimed by the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front.

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The arrests happened Wednesday in five states, including one in Springfield, according to a news release from federal officials.

Former Eugene resident Stanislas Gregory Meyerhoff, 28, was arrested in Charlottesville, Va., where he attends Piedmont Community College. He and Daniel Gerard McGowan, 31, face up to life in prison if convicted for two arsons in Oregon in 2001.

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The radical environmental groups Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the arsons.

end excerpt. There have been several other arson fires at Forest Service offices in Oregon and the MSM immediately blames "ecoterrorists" when it is just as likely that it was radical right wingers from the "wise-use" movement who have a history of attacking federal officers in many Western states.

[K-W]

1. Terrorism? Where? EOM

[davidinalameda]

2. life in prison for two arsons?

is there more to this story than meets the eye?

[OKthatsIT]

3. this could be totally fabricated...GOP grasping at straws

[NoAmericanTaliban]

4. Exxon & other oil companies are the real EcoTerrorist...