Tuesday, March 04, 2008

"Street of Dreams" Ablaze: Eco-Terrorists Suspected

Firebombs turned the luxury houses of Woodinville, Washington's "Street of Dreams" into a blazing inferno early yesterday. Three homes were completely destroyed and two more sustained damage. The price tag? $7 million. The suspects? An eco-terrorist group with a history of these kinds of violent actions, the Earth Liberation Front.

..."While ELF used to spike trees and sabotage logging equipment, they're now burning down homes," said BIAW president Brad Spears, adding it was only a matter of time before someone is hurt or killed by ELF terrorists...

The houses are in a development near the headwaters of Bear Creek, which is home to endangered Chinook salmon. Opponents of the development had questioned whether the luxury homes could pollute the creek and an aquifer that is a drinking water source, and whether enough was done to protect nearby wetlands.


The sign found at the scene bore the initials "ELF" — those of the radical environmental group — and mocked claims that the luxury homes were environmentally friendly, according to video images of the sign aired by KING-TV.
"Built Green? Nope black!" the sign said. The sign, a sheet with red scraggly letters, said "McMansions in RCDs r not green," a reference to rural cluster developments...

Here's the rest of this Fox News story.