Quebec anti-terror squad probes oil exec's car blast

[CHIMO]

Quebec anti-terror squad probes oil exec's car blast
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 | 3:44 PM ET
CBC News

The anti-terrorism unit of the Quebec provincial police is investigating the apparent firebombing of a car owned by a prominent oil-industry executive after an obscure group claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday.

A car owned by Carol Montreuil burst into flames in the middle of the night last Thursday at his home in the town of Lorraine, part of the municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville, northwest of Montreal.

Initially, police thought the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction. But, on Friday, news media around the world started receiving e-mails from a group called the Initiative de résistance internationaliste (IRI), claiming it had firebombed the car.

Montreuil is a well known spokesperson for the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, and the IRI e-mails blame oil companies for holding consumers hostage while making enormous profits, damaging the environment and financing "an imperialist army which is committing barbarous acts" in places such as Iraq.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2006/08/08/car-firebombed.html

[Igel]

1. Apparently formerly best known for a

failed attempt to blow up a power pylon that was important for supplying hydroelectic power to Boston.

Great. Just when I've learned a mess of terror and "resistance" groups in Arabic--with all the different dialectal variations--along come some in French. (And instead of reviewing my French, what did I do last month? Start learning Turkish. Bleah.)

Je n'y suis pas heureux. Pas de tout.

[NorthernSun]

2. Interesting timing

Sounds more like the Pinkerton boys to me. They do dirty work for Exxon.

[Amonester]

3. Well, at least nobody died (or got hurt).

Je pense que c'est un petit groupe de punks qui veulent "passer aux nouvelles" (dans TV)



Methinks it's a small gang of punks who want to "be in the news" (on TV).

[CHIMO]

4. Only Took

Ten days.

Police confirm oil exec's car was firebombed
Last Updated: Friday, August 18, 2006 | 10:41 AM ET
CBC News

Quebec provincial police have confirmed that a bomb destroyed the car owned by the chief spokesman for the oil industry in Quebec two weeks ago.

Carol Montreuil's car exploded in the driveway of his home in the upscale neighbourhood of Lorraine, in the municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville, northwest of Montreal.

At the time, police were not sure if the explosion was caused by an electrical malfunction or a bomb, even though a little-known group called the Initiative de résistance internationaliste (IRI) claimed it had firebombed the car.

The IRI is the same group that claimed responsibility for bombing a Hydro-Québec tower close to the U.S. border on the eve of U.S. President George W. Bush's visit in 2004. No arrests were made after that incident.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2006/08/18/care-firebombed.html

Seems like a perfect set-up for a pre November capture of terrorists.