Australia wants Brendan Sokaluk dead. As a result, he's being held at a secret location in protective custody. Sokaluk was the lug who set the fires at a timber pantation in Churchill. They've burned through Australia, destroying homes and killing many (the current death toll is 189).
I'm waiting to hear one break in this story - why he started the fires in the first place. Sure, the fires have devestated property and killed people, but what about cute koalas such as the little trooper pictured above? Habitats for many animals have surely been obliterated, not to mention the mass marsupial roasting which has undoubtedly occurred. What's worse is Sokaluk was not simply charged with arson causing death and deliberately lighting a forest fire. According to today's New York Times article, he was also charged with possession of child pornography.
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