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Bbc News: 1970: Canadian Minister Seized by Gunmen

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From England comes this website containing the 1970 BBC report on the FLQ kidnapping of James Cross, a British diplomat, and Pierre Laporte. Two videos are available, one includes a BBC interview with Roger Tetrault, ex-FLQ activist, and Jerome Choquette, Quebec Justice Minister. Students wondering how the October Crisis was viewed from outside the Canadian media can use this resource.

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terrorist kidnapping, bbc news: 1970: canadian minister seized by gunmen, flq, front de liberation du quebec, james cross, jerome choquette, october crisis, pierre laporte, quebec nationalist, roger tetrault
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information