AR-News: (CA-bc/US)From his jail cell, Tre Arrow says he's no terrorist

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VICTORIA, British Columbia, - For 19 months, Tre Arrow was one of the most
wanted fugitives in North America - accused of firebombing logging and
cement trucks in Oregon and having links to a group of radical
environmentalists viewed as terrorists by the FBI.

Now he's in a jail cell here, facing charges of trying to shoplift bolt
cutters. He's begun a hunger strike to protest what he calls injustices in
the U.S. legal system and is eager to talk about the evils of corporate
culture - although not the FBI's case against him.

"As an activist, I stand tall. I hold my head high," the 30-year-old said
in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at the Vancouver
Island Regional Correctional Centre.
...
"They (the FBI) want to label me the 'T' word," said Arrow, a veteran of
anti-logging protests in Oregon who likes to go barefoot to protect the
Earth and is seen as something of a folk hero among environmental militants.

Arrow said he will fight deportation to the United States, contending he
wouldn't get a fair trial because of the FBI's assertion the crimes he is
accused of are acts of terrorism.

full story:
http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2004/04/04/news/oregon/state02.txt

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