Forward: In short the answer is YES! We have reported this for several years now. (The Plain Truth: Colorado Fires set by terrorist!)
Joe Kovacs
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As the 2013 season of devastating wildfires continues to rage across
the American West, the question of arson as a form of major terrorism is
again being raised.
Already this year, 35,440 reported fires have burned a total of 3.9
million acres, with a quarter-million acres scorched the iconic Yosemite
National Park.
Large blazes continue to burn in several states, with six alive in
Idaho, five each in California and Montana, and one each in Alaska,
Louisiana, Oregon, Texas and Washington.
The National Interagency Fire Center
in Boise, Idaho, says at this time last year, 45,278 fires had burned
7.9 million acres, and in 2011, there were 55,619 fires devastating 7.2
million acres.
In July 2012, William Scott, a former National Security Agency
official and Aviation Week editor, told the American Center for
Democracy that terrorists are using fire as a tactical weapon of war.
“Perhaps the most simple form of economic warfare is wild land
arson,” Scott said in his “Fire Wars” presentation. “That’s just setting
fires in U.S. forests [and] grasslands.” More>>>>>>>>
