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Woodinville, Wash.

‘Eco-terror’ in suburbia? Three multimillion-dollar mansions in the Seattle suburb of Woodinville burned to the ground this week, and police suspect that the unoccupied houses may have been torched by radical environmentalists. A sign bearing the initials “ELF” was found near the scene of the fires. The initials could stand for Earth Liberation Front, a band of “eco-terrorists” that has claimed responsibility for several acts of vandalism. The sign mocked the claims of the mansions’ developer that the homes were “built green,” or constructed with environmentally friendly materials. “Built Green? Nope BLACK!” it read. Neighbors pointed out the irony of environmentalists destroying such buildings. “What did the eco-terrorists do, drive up in their Priuses?” said Esta Crepps, who lives nearby. “This is just a huge, pointless waste.”

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