Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 09:26:23 +0100
Subject: [Fwd: [CSL]: Frontline: ELF Strikes University of Idaho Biotechnology 


Interesting note from CSL -

steve.devos

John Armitage wrote:

> From: frontline-AT-rocketmail.com [mailto:frontline-AT-rocketmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 3:56 AM
> To: frontline-news-AT-waste.org
> Subject: Frontline: ELF Strikes University of Idaho Biotechnology
> Building (ID, USA)
>
> Frontline Information Service   -   News 6/18/01
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> EARTH LIBERATION FRONT CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTION AGAINST GENETIC
> ENGINEERING AT UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
> __________________________________
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> June 18, 2001
>
> MOSCOW, ID - The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) has officially claimed
> responsibility for sabotaging the University of Idaho biotechnology building
>
> in opposition to genetic engineering on June 10, 2001.  This is the second
> strike by the ELF at the new biotech building.  (*See attached communique)
>
> A communique released by the ELF stated, "Survey stakes were removed and the
>
> exterior of the new building painted with such sentiments as 'NO GE' and 'Go
>
> Organic'".
>
> The Earth Liberation Front is an international underground organization that
>
> uses direct action in the form of economic sabotage to stop the destruction
> of
> the natural environment.  In North America alone since 1997, the ELF has
> caused over $40 million in damages to entities who profit from the
> destruction
> of life.
>
> The communique continued, "Biotechnological research may be intended for
> good
> ends by the scientist, as was nuclear research, but in our free enterprise
> police state society it will be used almost solely for greed and control.
> With Genetic Engineering we are creating another bomb."
>
> Among other genetic engineering research projects, the University of Idaho,
> in
> partnership with Monsanto's Naturemark, genetically modifies potatoes to be
> resistant to various viruses and pests.  UI with Naturemark and Idaho 4-H
> also
> are in collaboration in a "educational" program called "Biotechnology and
> Potatoes".  This joint effort is aimed at "teaching" students of all ages
> about plant biotechnology and includes hands-on genetic engineering.  The
> Young Enterprise Program is another outcome of this partnership which places
>
> the marketing of genetically engineered potatoes into the hands of students.
>
> Naturemark supplies their genetically modified NewLeaf potatoes to students
> who then market them to local communities.  These projects aimed at
> propagandizing students with industry myths no doubt refuse to discuss the
> serious threat genetic engineering poses to the natural environment and life
>
> on this planet.
>
> Contact:   NORTH AMERICAN EARTH LIBERATION FRONT PRESS OFFICE
>                 503.478.0902            http://www.earthliberationfront.com
>
> *A copy of the communique sent by the ELF appears below.
>
> COMMUNIQUE RELEASED BY THE ELF
>
>  "Biotech Out of Our Community!
>  ELF claims attack on University of Idaho Biotech Building
>
> The University of Idaho Biotechnology building, currently under
> construction,
> was targeted in the early hours of the morning on June 10th by a cell of the
>
> Earth Liberation Front calling themselves the Night Action Kids.  Survey
> stakes were removed and the exterior of the new building painted with such
> sentiments as 'NO GE!' and 'Go Organic'.
>
> This is the second action against the Biotechnology building.  The first of
> which individuals entered the building and caused an unknown amount of
> damage.
>
> An anonymous ELF Night Action Kid compares research in Genetic Engineering
> and
> Biotechnology to the scientific studies which lead to the creation of the
> nuclear bomb.  'Biotechnological research may be intended for good ends by
> the
> scientist, as was nuclear research, but in our free enterprise police state
> society it will be used almost solely for greed and control.  With Genetic
> Engineering we are creating another bomb.'
>
> Monsanto and other large corporations are patenting seeds and forcing
> farmers
> to sign contracts that they will continue buying these GE, and many times
> pesticide resistant, seeds from the same corporation year after year,
> effectively taking control over our food sources.  Genetically Engineered
> food
> on our grocery store shelves is not labeled as such, so the individual does
> not know what he or shi is eating.  Genetically Engineered fish are escaping
>
> into the wild populations with the chance of killing off the entire species.
>
> Genetic testing for predisposition to certain diseases, such as cancer, may
> soon keep you and your children from getting insurance or a job.
>
> 'GE corporations and their supporters have claimed that we [anti-GE
> activists]
> are using scare tactics to further our viewpoint.  The fact is that
> Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering are scary prospects when placed in the
>
> hands of large corporations who care only about profits and not about the
> health and safety of the people, or the effects they are having on the
> environment.  Through the University of Idaho Biotechnology Program we are
> teaching our children to work in a field which is developing faster than its
>
> effects, both physically and ethically, can be monitored and has the
> potential
> for causing catastrophic harm to all humans and the planet,' claims another
> Night Action Kid, who continues, 'Get Biotech out of Moscow!  It is not
> wanted
> in our community.'"
>
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