 THE ALLEGED PLOT to sow violence during today's celebration of the feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo was hatched by suspected members of the militant Hukbong Khalid Trinidad (HKT), the officer in charge of the Philippine National Police's Criminal Investigation and Detection Agency said yesterday.
| That's a new one to me... |
According to Supt. Rodolfo Mendoza, the HKT-supposedly named after a fallen Muslim militant-is a cell of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM), an organization of Islamic converts with alleged links to the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Jemaah Islamiyah.
"The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone,
And the hip bone's connected to the back bone,
And the back bone's connected to the head bone..." |
"The HKT/RSM should be taken very seriously as it could be even more dangerous than the Abu Sayyaf group or the MILF," Mendoza said. He said the HKT/RSM was being funded by foreign countries that he did not identify.
| Lemme guess: Are they famous for producing camels? And dates? And oil? |
Mendoza said the 16 people arrested in a raid Friday at the Islamic Information Center in Malate, Manila, were members of the HKT. The raiders had said they confiscated improvised firearms and explosive devices, which were purportedly intended to be detonated during the Black Nazarene procession.
| Sounds like typical Islamic religious paraphernalia. Though the tonnage sounds light... |
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