Wiebo saga continues
Posted Jan 10, 2010 10:18 am.
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Did the upcoming Olympics in Vancouver have something to do with the arrest of Wiebo Ludwig on Friday?
That’s what Paul Joosse an eco-terrorism expert at the University of Alberta is wondering following Ludwig’s arrest and his release by the R-C-MP Saturday.
Joosse tells 660News, the initial announcement that Ludwig would be charged with extortion made no sense indicating the Mounties had no direct link to the bombings of Encana facilities in northeastern B-C.
But he adds the idea of domestic terrorism makes sense with the Olympics now just over a month away.
For his part, Ludwig tells Camrose radio station C-F-C-W, police were looking for a D-N-A link between the notes the bomber sent media outlets.
He also claims while being held by police for 10 hours, the Mounties tried to draw a comparison between him and former South African President Nelson Mandela in his fight against Apartheid.
Ludwig says “Well I thought, I’m hardly a Mandela but anyway then they suggested I cough it all up like Mandela did.”
