Sprawl Backlash: Profile Of Eco-Terrorists

Time Magazine profiles the eco-terrorist green guerrillas of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF).

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July 12, 2001, 6:00 AM PDT

ELF has "carried out a campaign of vandalism against targets that include logging companies, Forest Service stations, highways, suburban sprawl, a Nike outlet and even gas-guzzling SUVs. Ecowarriors' 'direct actions' have escalated from pouring sand in bulldozer gas tanks to pouring gas on structuresand lighting it. ELF boasts of causing $40 million in damages in a dozen states, including the 1998 Vail, Colo., fire that destroyed a mountaintop development. ELF's website offers an arson manual with 'how-tos about devices, fuel requirements, timers, security and more.'" The disturbing ELF website can be found at: .

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