Posted on 01/19/2007 5:16:35 PM PST by blam
Canada Investigating Terrorist Threat
Saturday January 20, 2007 1:01 AM
By PHIL COUVRETTE
Associated Press Writer
MONTREAL (AP) - Canadian authorities said Friday they were investigating terrorist threats against Montreal's English-speaking community by a group claiming links to militant Quebec separatists who kidnapped and murdered a provincial minister in the 1970s.
In a statement dated Jan. 15, a group claiming to be a cell of the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ) warns that attacks between Feb. 15 and March 15 would use booby-trapped parcels and remote-control devices with the intention of causing ``maximum impact.''
``It's possible there will be injuries and deaths,'' warns the document obtained by The Associated Press. The group said it would target shopping malls, bridges, rail lines, airport facilities, water supplies, municipal buildings and service stations.
``Is it a hoax, is it someone who wants to pass as an FLQ cell? This remains to be determined, but we are taking this very seriously,'' said Luc Bessette, spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The same group issued a warning of attack last November, referring to the same date.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
I thought this was going to be about the DUmp.
This one is from 2000:
The Demands of the FLQ
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=781307
Wow. Back To The Future.
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