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1、BurningRageThisstoryoriginallyairedonNov.13,2005.Whentheyfirstemergedinthemid-1990s,theenvironmentalextremistscallingthemselvesthe"EarthLiberationFront"announcedtheywere"theburningrageofadyingplanet." Eversince,theELF,alongwithitssistergroup,theAnimalLi
2、berationFront,hasbeenburningeverythingfromSUVdealershipstoresearchlabstohousingdevelopments.Inthelastdecade,theseso-called"Eco-terrorists"havebeenresponsibleformorethan$100millionindamages.Andtheirtacticsarebeginningtoescalate.Somesplintergroupshaveseto
3、ffhomemadebombsandthreatenedtokillpeople.As correspondentEdBradley firstreportedlastNovember,thingshavegottensobad,theFBInowconsidersthemthecountry'sbiggestdomesticterroristthreat.Thebiggestactofeco-terrorisminU.S.historywasafire,deliberatelysetonthenig
4、htofAugust1,2003,thatdestroyedanearly-completed$23millionapartmentcomplexjustoutsideSanDiego.Thefirewassettoprotesturbansprawl."ItwasthebiggestfireIhaveeverrespondedtoasafirefighter,"remembersJeffCarle,adivisionchieffortheSanDiegoFireDepartment."Thatfir
5、ewasnotstoppable.Atthestagethatthefirewasinwhenwearrived,therewereproblemsintheadjacentoccupiedapartmentcomplexes.Pinetreeswerestartingtocatchfire.Itemsonpatioswerestartingtolightupandcatchfire.Andwehadtodirectouractivitytowardssavinglifebeforewecoulddo
6、anythingabouttheproperty."Hundredswererousedfromtheirbedsandevacuated.Luckily,nobody–includingfirefighters–wasinjured.Bythetimethefireburneditselfoutthenextmorning,allthatremainedwasa12-foot-longbannerthatread:"Ifyoubuildit,wewillburnit."Alsoonthebanner
7、wastheacronym:E-L-F. WhenCarlesawthebanner,hesaysheknewhehadaproblem.Aproblem,becauseheknewwhatELFstoodfor:theEarthLiberationFront,themostradicalfringeoftheenvironmentalmovement.It'sthesamegroupthatsetninesimultaneousfiresacrosstheVailMountainskiresorti
8、n1998toprotestitsexpansion,causing$12millionindamage. AnditisthesamegroupthathasleftSUVdealershipsacrossAmericalookinglikescenesfromIraq'sSunnitriangle,theirwayofprotestingthegas-guzzlinghabitsofAmericancarbuyers.TheELFisaspin-of
