Eco-terror group linked to arson of green homes

San Francisco/Seattle - Three luxury houses built using the latest green building techniques were burnt to the ground Monday in an arson attack linked to the radical eco-terror group Earth Liberation Front. A sign bearing the initials of the group mocked builders' claims that the 400-plus-square-meter homes were environmentally friendly. The site is called a rural cluster development, or RCD. One said 'Built Green? Nope, black!' Another sign referred to the RCD's proximity to a local creek that is home to the endangered Chinook salmon. 'McMansions in RCDs r not green,' said the sign. Four houses were targeted in the pre-dawn arson attack on the street of model homes in the new development just outside Seattle, the Seattle Times daily newspaper reported online. One home was spared when the firebomb placed inside it did not go off. Total damage in the attack was estimated at 7 million dollars, the Times reported. The homes used 'green' techniques such as water-pervious sidewalks, super-insulated walls and windows and products made with recycled materials, such as carpet pads. 'It's very disappointing to take a situation where we're tying to promote good building practices ... and that it's destroyed,' said Doug Barnes, the Northwest division president of Centex Homes, one of the builders affected by the attack.

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SP4: and there you are.Mar 4th, 2008 - 00:23:03

Libnazis...never happy. They don't like your house...so they burn it down. It's too big, the wrong color...

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No Name CallerMar 4th, 2008 - 07:53:45

Do not give up on good building practices. A majority of good environmentalists do not condone these types of extremist actions. The country is troubled enough to not have to deal with these criminals.

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tonny from belgiumMar 4th, 2008 - 08:16:09

Typical SP4 coment,completeley irrelevant and biased.Now why don't I just say ;typical neocon arson,they blame whatever....and hence add my own ridiculous statement based on thin air logics.He probably wishes the cukprits of this arson to be some kind of liberals .Did you forget to take your anti paranoia pills today,sp4 ?

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NoharnessMar 4th, 2008 - 13:10:38

This looks like an insurance fire to me. I am not yet convinced that the ELF was behind it. The sign was spray painted. The incendiary devices were found intact even though the houses were burned down. This one stinks of an attempted frame up.

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