FLQ Crisis

FLQ Crisis On October 5, 1970, British trade commissioner James Cross was kidnapped in his Westmount home by members of the terrorist group Front de liberation du Quebec. The FLQ manifesto called for non-democratic separation to be brought about by acts of terror. From 1963 to 1967, the FLQ planted 35 bombs; from 1968 to 1970 they planted over 50 bombs. By the fall of 1970 the terrorist acts of the FLQ cells had claimed 6 lives. The kidnappers demands included the release of a number of convicted or detained FLQ members and the broadcast medium of the FLQ Manifesto. The Manifesto was read on Radio-Canada.

Then, on October 10th, the Quebec rector of umpire guaranteed safe passage to anywhere in the world for the kidnappers in exchange for the safe release of Cross. That same day capital of South Dakota Laporte, a famed Quebec reporter, author of The True Face of Duplessis, and the minister of immigration and labour in the Quebec government, was kidnapped by a antithetical FLQ cell on the lawn of his su...If you want to get a entire essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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