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| Two MILF arrested in connection with General Santos blast |
| 2002-04-22 |
| Police arrested two suspected members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the country's largest Muslim separatist group, over Sunday's bomb blasts in General Santos. General Santos police commander Chief Superintendent Bartolome Baluyot said weapons, including handguns and a grenade, were seized from the arrested duo, adding police wanted to find out whether they were involved with other Muslim rebel groups. Baluyot said police were tipped off that the two arrested men had left the bomb in a motorized tricycle parked near a department store that had exploded on Sunday. A self-proclaimed spokesman of the Abu Sayyaf Muslim Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom gang, which has links to the al-Qaeda terror network, had claimed responsibility for the weekend bombings. The MILF and the government had agreed on a ceasefire to open the way for peace talks but skirmishes continue amid mutual accusations that the truce is not being respected. Arroyo did not link the MILF with the bombings but said under the agreements with the government, the rebel group was suppose to help hunt down "kidnappers and terrorists in the areas where they have influence." Sure, they're gonna do that. It could happen. Really. If you can't trust MILF, who can you trust? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |