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To: Sam Citron who wrote (251)	2/9/2009 10:52:17 AM
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a website calling on Muslims in Australia, the US, Europe and Russia to "start forest fires", claiming "scholars have justified chopping down and burning the infidels' forests when they do the same to our lands". The website, posted by a group called the Al-Ikhlas Islamic Network, argues in Arabic that lighting fires is an effective form of terrorism justified in Islamic law under the "eye for an eye" doctrine. RE:That is just one lunatic's opinion Your opinion and the fact's don't seem to jibe on this.

To: Sam Citron who wrote (251)	2/10/2009 1:15:46 AM
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Oz PM Vows To Tackle Arson 'Evil' Tuesday February 10, 2009 news.sky.com Australia's prime minister has vowed to tackle the "evil" of arson as charred homes are searched following deadly wildfires that have killed at least 173 people. "We are left speechless at the thought and the possibility that some of these fires may have been deliberately lit," Kevin Rudd told the Australian parliament. "Something which the nation must now attend to as a matter of grave urgency is the problem of arson. "This is simply murder on a grand scale. "Let us attend to this unfinished business of the nation and come to grips with this evil thing." Survivor: 'I've Lost Everything' A special taskforce of 100 police officers has been formed to investigate the wildfires and track down the arsonists believed responsible for starting some of them. Police are convinced that at least one of the major fires, which killed 20 people in Gippsland east of the state capital Melbourne, was deliberately lit. In total, at least 173 people died in the fires at the weekend and the death toll is expected to rise further as the remains of blackened settlements are combed by emergency crews. "Road by road, house by house, we are working our way through," Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said. "We believe the toll will rise. It's a very sad thing for all of us in our community... we hope towards the end of the weekend that the toll will start to settle in terms of numbers." In devastated Kinglake, Ross Buchanan risked his life to save his home, only to find his 15-year-old son McKenzie and daughter Neeve, nine, had been killed as fire ripped through the rest of the town. "I've lost two kids, nothing can bring them back," he told Sky News Australia.

To: Sam Citron who wrote (251)	2/10/2009 1:18:40 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 442

Inferno victim Janice Michelsson's message to killer firebug Herald-Sun [Australia] by Jane Metlikovec February 11, 2009 news.com.au A SHATTERED resident has written an emotion-charged open letter to the arsonist responsible for for killing 21 members of her community. Janice Michelsson, 42, raced from her home just minutes before it burnt to the ground on Saturday. Ms Michelsson says she has one word for the Gippsland arsonist: Murderer. In her emotional letter, Ms Michelsson labelled the arsonist a fire terrorist and said she would like to "get that can of petrol, pour it on you and light a match". She said she had never wished harm on anyone before. But before she did that, Ms Michelsson told the arsonist she wanted the person to witness the devastation they had caused. The extreme, unimaginable suffering that was now being experienced by victims clinging to life. "I would like to drive you to the Alfred hospital in Melbourne, march you to the burns unit, and have you explain to every single person there why you did what you did," Ms Michelsson said. An exhausted CFA captain has also delivered an open letter to the arsonist. In his letter, Churchill CFA captain Steve Barling told the arsonist how his actions had nearly cost the lives of two teams of firefighters. "Two crews were in the line of fire when the wind changed and they were not able to get out", Capt Barling wrote. "One crew was inside their truck. They put the water reserves on the truck and blocked themselves inside, away from the radiant heat." "The other crew was inside a house. Again they used their training to protect themselves from the radiant heat." Ms Michelsson, 42, lost her house when fire ripped through the district on Saturday, claiming at least 21 lives and 80 homes. She has told of her devastation in the open letter. "The damage you have caused is so great, I can't even bear to think of the horror my neighbours who sadly didn't make it were going through on Saturday," Ms Michelsson wrote. "They would have thought, `Oh my God, I'm trapped'. Then, `Oh my God, I'm going to die'. In the end they were probably praying for death." She wrote of the extreme anguish she experienced while thinking of the people she knew who were killed: "As their neighbour, I am so incredibly sad. I will never see them and stop and say hi down at the supermarket. I will never wave to them when they drive past in their cars." Ms Michelsson wants the arsonist to know she was lucky to survive. She escaped her home with just her cat and a photo album, with only minutes to spare. She will now dedicate herself to beginning the clean up, and salvaging what she can from her gutted home. She is determined to get through this. "Today I will go back with a crowbar and a sifter," she wrote to the arsonist. "My mum died not long ago, and I kept many of her possessions. "Today I will sift through the rubble and dust to look for her wedding ring." In another open letter to the arsonist, Churchill CFA captain Steve Barling said "the devastation you have caused is unimaginable". He likened the disaster to terrorism, and wanted the arsonist to know he had never witnessed such horror. "This is like a terrorist act," he wrote. "It is just so unbelievable. I have been in the CFA for 20 years, and I have never seen a fire as rapid."

To: Sam Citron who wrote (251)	2/12/2009 9:54:14 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 442

Victoria fires: Man arrested over Gippsland fire which killed 21 NEWS.com.au February 13, 2009 news.com.au A man has been arrested in relation to a blaze in Gippsland which killed at least 21 people in the Victoria fires. It is reported that a 39-year-old man is being questioned by police. No charges have yet been laid, the Herald Sun reported. snip Arson threat Police have released a photo of a man they want to speak with in relation to a suspicious fire in Ivanhoe, in Melbourne's northeastern fringes, yesterday. Police said he was aged in his 20s, has a dark complexion and was seen wearing black clothes and yellow sunglasses. Police are also hunting an arsonist whose actions threatened the Mornington Peninsula town of Baxter last night, as the Nine Network aired its bushfire relief telethon. The fire was deliberately lit and "had the potential of becoming a major fire in the area, which is tinder dry'', a police spokesman said. Sergeant Michael Lamb of Hastings police said he was shocked by the arson as the nations digs deep for bushfire victims. "There was a telethon for victims of bushfires and somebody goes out and does this.'' he said. Victoria Police Commissioner Christine Nixon has said a suspect is being spoken to. "Last night, we did, in fact, have two fires that were lit and in one case we have a suspect that we're talking to,'' she said. "The other one we're very clear about who the person is.'' Police have also arrested two people for allegedly stealing money donated to the victims. A 36-year-old man allegedly broke into a Ferny Creek school to steal cash and cheques, while a 16-year-old was held over thefts in Thomastown. Deputy commissioner Simon Overland has said police are looking for a "serial arsonist" operating in Gippsland, in the southeast of the state, in relation to the fires there. Twenty-one people were killed in that area. snip

To: Sam Citron who wrote (251)	2/12/2009 10:19:15 PM
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Computer Image of Man sought over 'deliberately-lit fire' at East Ivanhoe Suspect ... police have realised this image of a man sought for questioning over a scrub fire / [click on url directly below] news.com.au Man sought over 'deliberately-lit fire' at East Ivanhoe February 12, 2009 news.com.au POLICE have released an image of a man sought for questioning over a scrub fire that threatened houses at East Ivanhoe, in Melbourne's northeast. Up to 50 Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) officers fought the three hectare blaze blaze in scrub that began in the Yarra Flats at East Ivanhoe about 3pm (AEDT), police said. It's believed the fire was deliberately lit and police are investigating. The fire disrupted traffic on nearby Banksia Street and sent a plume of smoke across several suburbs. "Investigators would like to hear from anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the area at the time," police said. The man they seek has a dark complexion, and is in his early-to-mid 20s. He is about 180cm tall and was seen wearing black pants, a polo shirt and yellow-rimmed sunglasses and carrying a black back pack.