19 Jul 2001
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Frontline: ELF Claims Credit for a Series of Actions (MI, USA)

Frontline Information Service - News 7/19/01

EARTH LIBERATION FRONT CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SERIES OF ECONOMIC SABOTAGE ACTIONS IN THE DETROIT, MI AREA; SUV'S & WEYERHAEUSER OFFICE TORCHED
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URGENT NEWS ADVISORY
July 11, 2001

DETROIT, MI - The underground Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.) has officially claimed responsibility for three actions targeting McDonald's, SUV's at Roy O'Brien Ford, and an office of Weyerhaeuser in June and early July, 2001 in the Detroit, Michigan area.

A communique sent by the E.L.F. claimed credit for the following actions,

1)A newly built McDonald's was vandalized approximately four weeks ago. Two plateglass windows, a drive-thru window, and the drive-thru order unit were destroyed.

2)Eight Ford Expeditions were torched at Roy O'Brien Ford in June.

3)An executive office of Weyerhaeuser Co. was torched July 4th.

Referring to the action at the Ford dealership the E.L.F. communique stated, "Four incendiary devices were placed amongst eight Ford Expeditions causing an unknown amount of damage. All that's known is that eight Expeditions had been removed from the lot the following day. This action was a snarl of rage directed towards the planet rapers who constructed these unregulated petroleum guzzlers and the capitalist whores who pander them and profit off the pollution caused by fuel emissions and the needless use of natural resources."

The E.L.F. is an international anonymous organization that uses direct action in the form of economic sabotage to stop the exploitation and destruction of the natural environment. Since 1997 in North America alone, the E.L.F. have caused over $40 million in damages to entities profiting from the destruction of life.

Regarding the fire at Weyerhaeuser the E.L.F. communique stated, " This action was taken in protest of the company's part in funding O.S.U. and the University of Washington's poplar and cottonwood genetic engineering research. TGERC and PMGC are more evidence of negligent corporate executive backing of profit motivated research in agricultural biotechnology. Their complete disregard for the Earth and the humans and nonhumans that inhabit it is not only reprehensible but totally unforgivable. To risk our planet and life upon it in exchange for profit is deserving only of the most extreme measures in stamping genetic modification out."

Other recent actions by the E.L.F. include the May 21, 2001 simultaneous fires which burned an office and trucks at Jefferson Poplar Farm in Oregon and the Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington in Seattle. The group previously struck in Michigan at M.S.U. on 12/31/99 when the offices of Catherine Ives, a GE researcher, were burned causing an estimated $900,000 in damages.

Contact:

North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office 503.478.0902
http://www.earthliberationfront.com

*A copy of the communique sent by the E.L.F. follows on page below.

COMMUNIQUE SENT BY THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

"To whom it may concern,

Greetings from the Great Lakes nation-state of Michigan. Not so long ago we had informed the ALF press office of an action against Butcher Boy Meats where six trucks had been vandalized: windshields and side windows broken and abrasives introduced into the lubricating systems. We'd also reported on some monkeywrenching of heavy machinery utilized in the erection of yet another industrial complex; these two actions were only a humble genesis.

Approximately four weeks ago a newly built McDonald's was vandalized. Two large plateglass windows and a drive-thru window were broken, and the drive-thru order unit was destroyed. This action was in solidarity with the actions of women farmers in Brazil against 'worldwide neoliberal economic policies'; not to mention the clearing of rainforests to raise cattle for fast-food hamburger patties. Considering 'the golden arches' are a nefarious symbol of economic globalization, ecological destruction and worker exploitation, we felt they were an appropriate target (even though a small one), and we left graffiti and flyers stating our motives and vision.

Two days later, eight SUV's were torched at Roy O'Brien Ford dealership. Four incendiary devices were placed amongst eight Ford Expeditions causing an unknown amount of damage. All that's known is that eight Expeditions had been removed from the lot the following day. This action was a snarl of rage directed towards the planet rapers who construct these unregulated petroleum guzzlers and the capitalist whores who pander them and profit off the pollution caused by fuel emissions and the needless use of natural resources. This was our sounding of class war in Macomb CountyÖ we have just begun!

Finally on July 4th, at approximately 2:45 am, an office of Weyerhaeuser Co. was torched. Amount and extent of damage unknown. We believe only one executive office was gutted, but we're uncertain. This action was taken in protest of the company's part in funding O.S.U. and the University of Washington's poplar and cottonwood genetic engineering research. TGERC and PMGC are more evidence of negligent corporate executive backing of profit motivated research in agricultural biotechnology. Their complete disregard for the Earth and the humans and nonhumans that inhabit it is not only reprehensible but totally unforgivable. To risk our planet and life upon it in exchange for profit is deserving only of the most extreme measures in stamping genetic modification out. GE testing must be systematically and strategically eliminated wherever and whenever possible. We are striking the financiers and supporters of GE testing in support of and in solidarity with all nighttime gardeners and eco-warriors everywhere - we cannot be stopped.

In love and struggle,
the Elves
ELF"

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