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Article: Tanks to Tackle Mohawk Barricades;Crowd Clashes With Indians as Canada Moves to End Standoff
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 29, 1990
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Canadian army officials said today that they will use tank forces
to dismantle barricades erected by Mohawk Indians at Oka and
Kahnawake, and violence broke out between Indians and residents of
the area surrounding one barrier.
Lt. Gen. Kent Foster said plans have been made to evacuate people
from the military zones if necessary and that residents in
surrounding areas will be told to stay in their basements. He would
not say when troops will begin dismantling the barricades. Quebec
Premier Robert Bourassa issued the order for their dismantling on
Monday.
The Indians put up the barricades in Oka, 18 miles west of
Montreal, nine weeks ago to protest extension of a golf course onto
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