11 Indicted in Cases of Environmental Sabotage

By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: January 21, 2006
NY Times

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - A federal grand jury in Eugene, Ore., has indicted 11 people on charges that they committed acts of domestic terrorism on behalf of two shadowy environmental groups, the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front.

Federal officials said Friday that the defendants were responsible for 17 incidents in five Western states from 1996 to late 2001.

The indictment, which was returned on Thursday and unsealed on Friday, listed 65 charges, including arson, sabotage and conspiracy in attacks against government facilities, research centers and private businesses.

In one of the groups' most damaging acts, the indictment says, an electricity transmission tower near Bend, Ore., was destroyed on Dec. 30, 1999, although power supplies were not interrupted.

Six of those indicted were arrested on other federal charges last month, and five remain in custody; two others were arrested this week. Officials said the authorities were looking for the remaining three defendants, who were believed to be outside the United States.

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Chalk one up for the good guys! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It's good to hear some of those low lifes might be getting what they deserve.

we just set some local alf wannabes to jail here in Richmond