OPINION/COMMENTARY

Eco-Terrorists Firebomb Washington Homes

Eco-terrorists affiliated with the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) torched one suburban Seattle home and attempted to firebomb another in an April 13 night of terror, say federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigators. Nobody was hurt in the attacks, although police narrowly escaped harm when a firebomb planted in one of the homes failed to ignite. In the pre-dawn hours in Sammamish, a town of 33,000 people just east of Seattle, neighbors called police when they noticed a home on fire. On their way to the blaze, police noticed a second home that appeared to have signs of vandalism. While Eastside Fire & Rescue units arrived at the first blaze, police entered the second home. Inside, police found the gas had been turned on and an incendiary device had been planted and was poised to explode. Police officers deactivated the incendiary device before it could detonate. Outside, the arsonists had left a large white banner reading, “Where are all the trees? Burn, rapists, burn.” The banner was signed by ELF....

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