-Caveat Lector- 6 arrested before start of summit <http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/summ19.html> April 19, 2001 BY PHIL COUVRETTE QUEBEC - Police arrested six Canadians they said were planning violence at this weekend's Summit of the Americas, officials said Wednesday, displaying seized weapons that included small explosives and smoke grenades. Inspector Robert Poeti of the Quebec Provincial Police said increased security for the Friday-Sunday summit, where President Bush and 33 other leaders of the Western Hemisphere will gather, led to the arrests of two 21-year-old men driving into Quebec City and four men in the Montreal area. The arrests occurred Tuesday and Wednesday. Police recovered the explosives and grenades along with flammable liquid, baseball bats, gas masks and pointed sticks, Poeti said. Poeti said a Canadian military reservist and a former member of the military were among the six arrested, and that some of the explosives were military-issue. Police would not identify the arrested men, who face charges including possession of explosives, stealing military supplies and conspiring to endanger public safety. Huge protests are planned around the summit by activists traveling from around the world. Shopkeepers have boarded up stores, and Canadian authorities have erected a 2 ½-mile concrete-and-wire fence to prevent access to the summit site. On Wednesday, a Quebec judge ruled that although the fence infringes on civil liberties, it is justified given the fears of unrest. The groups that filed the lawsuit said they would appeal, but the appeal will not be heard until after the summit. Probably the most high-profile of the activists, French farmer Jose Bove, said Wednesday that he would participate in the demonstrations but didn't want to make trouble. Bove, 47, is appealing a three-month prison sentence for the 1999 ransacking of a McDonald's restaurant in France. "I have not come here to impose any mode of action but will participate in whatever actions are being prepared by local groups," he said. The Canadian government intervened to allow Bove to attend the Summit of the Americas, where the leaders will discuss expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement to Central and South America and the Caribbean. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
