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| Southeast Asia |
| Abu Sayyaf weapons cache seized |
| 2005-09-28 |
| Philippine commandos seized sacks of bomb-making materials in a raid on a suspected hideout of Muslim rebels on a remote southwestern island yesterday, a senior navy official said. âIt was very fortunate we seized a cache of explosives and weapons,â said Vice Admiral Ernesto de Leon, the navy chief. âMore or less, we have prevented the possibility of a large-scale bombing in the southâ. He said a navy counter-terrorist team, acting on a tip-off from local residents, stormed the suspected Abu Sayyaf hideout on a remote island near Basilan island yesterday morning. âThere was practically no resistance from a group of armed men guarding the warehouse. They fled even before our boys could reach the shorelines,â de Leon added. Troops found hundreds of blasting caps, rolls of detonating cord, five small guns and 42 sacks of ammonium nitrate, an active ingredient in bomb-making, he said. The navy said there were markings on the sacks indicating the ammonium nitrate may have been smuggled in from neighbouring countries, such as Indonesia or Malaysia. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 RE: "Malaysia's part of the problem". Don't forget Indonesia. They're far more likely to support Abu Sayyaf than Malaysia. They're also closer. They're also the source of the original Muslim "settlers". Of course, the real problem is that a small group of Muslims are trying to "expand the Caliphate" by causing problems along the periphery wherever Muslims live. The solution is to whack 'em so hard they cease and desist - if there are any troublemakers left alive after the whacking. That brings us to whether the nations along the periphery of Islamic states have the power - both military and will, to do the whacking, or if they need (and can get) help. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-09-28 15:26 |
| #1 Like I said about Malaysia, their part of the problem! |
| Posted by: Wheque Chavise7647 2005-09-28 00:21 |