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Ecoterror Group Warns of More Firebombings NewsMax.com WiresAUBURN, Calif. -- A letter purportedly from a radical environmental group said the organization claimed responsibility for firebombs planted at two Northern California construction sites and warned of more attacks to come. The letter, said to be from the Earth Liberation Front, was sent to the Auburn Journal, which quoted from it in a story published Wednesday and turned it over to a joint task force investigating the bombs. Story Continues Below The letter claimed members of ELF left the five firebombs discovered last week at a newly constructed building in Auburn and planted similar devices discovered at three homes under construction in Lincoln in December. ``We are setting a new precedent, where there will be at least one or more actions every few weeks,'' the letter said. Auburn Police Sgt. Chris Reams said Wednesday that experts concluded the letter was uncharacteristic of ELF, ``but as it is an anarchist-type group, it's still being investigated.'' The FBI says ELF has caused more than $100 million in damage since 1996, including an arson at a five-story condominium under construction in San Diego in 2003. The firebomb-type devices were found by a construction crew working in the office building Jan. 12. The devices were disarmed, but investigators said they were capable of causing extensive fire damage. FBI investigators confirmed that the devices were similar to those found Dec. 27 in Lincoln. The letter said the group's goal was to cause economic damage to the Lincoln developer. The Auburn office building was targeted, the misspelled note said, as ``a statement against work and the horror of the cubical.'' © 2005 The Associated Press
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