AR-News: (US WA) It's about the trees, foe of logging says

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Activist charged in firebombings denies FBI's 'terrorist' label 
By ANDREW KRAMER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VICTORIA, B.C. -- For 19 months, Tre Arrow was one of the most wanted 
fugitives in North America -- he was 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 the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, facing charges 
of trying to shoplift bolt cutters. He has 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.
The 30-year-old Arrow was born Michael Scarpitti. He first gained notoriety 
by scaling the offices of the U.S. Forest Service in Portland in 2000 and 
perching on a narrow ledge for 11 days to protest logging on nearby Mount Hood.
Arrow says he is not a terrorist.
FBI officials "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 that he 
wouldn't get a fair trial because of the FBI's assertion that the crimes he 
is accused of are acts of terrorism.




full story:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/167729_radical05.html 
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