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2019-01-27 Southeast Asia
Bombs kill at least 19 20 outside cathedral in southern Philippines
[IsraelTimes] Attack during Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel occurs on Jolo island, long troubled by Abu Sayyaf
...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder...
terror organization.


Two bombs went kaboom! outside a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Moslem bandidos holy warriors are active, killing at least 19 people and wounding nearly 50 during a Sunday Mass, officials said.

The first bomb went off in or near the Jolo cathedral in the lovely provincial capital, followed by a second blast outside the compound as government forces were responding to the attack, security officials said.

Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde said that at least 19 people died and 48 were maimed. Police and military reports said the casualties included both troops and civilians.

No one has immediately grabbed credit.

The attack came nearly a week after minority Moslems in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation endorsed a new autonomous region in the southern Philippines in hopes of ending nearly five decades of a separatist rebellion that has left 150,000 people dead.

Although most of the Moslem areas approved it, voters in Sulu province, where Jolo is located, rejected it. The province is home to a rival rebel faction that’s opposed to the deal as well as the Abu Sayyaf group, which is not part of any grinding of the peace processor

Courtesy of Besoeker, the BBC is updating as information comes in. As of 4:45 a.m. ET:
The first blast happened as Sunday Mass was being celebrated at the church on Jolo island, where Islamist militants are active.

As soldiers responded, a second device was detonated in the car park.

The local officials say the first blast happened at 08:45 local time (00:45 GMT) inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which has been hit by bombs in the past.

The second explosion was shortly afterwards on the doorstep of the church.

Local police initially put the death toll at 27 but later lowered it to 20, saying there was double counting in earlier official reports.

Most of the victims are civilians.

The referendum was the result of a peace deal between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-27 00:12|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top

#1 Flatten some mosques in response. Execute 20 AS prisoners
Posted by Frank G 2019-01-27 07:39||   2019-01-27 07:39|| Front Page Top

#2 so how's that Philippines vote on Muslim self-governance going?
Posted by Glinens Phease8554 2019-01-27 09:34||   2019-01-27 09:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Have the US's two new snarling muzzist congresscreatures applauded this on twitter yet?
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-27 09:48||   2019-01-27 09:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Have the US's two new snarling muzzist congresscreatures applauded this on twitter yet?

Prediction: when/if this comes up, the theme will be Islamophobia and not dead Christians.
example: "While we condemn violence, we mustn't get swept away with Islamophobia"
Posted by SteveS 2019-01-27 10:12||   2019-01-27 10:12|| Front Page Top

#5 SteveS, and the usual BS about "Islam is a religion of peace. We cannot condemn all Muslims for the acts of a few who misunderstand that"
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-01-27 10:33||   2019-01-27 10:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Victims hit hardest. Dubya unavailable for comment...
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-27 10:42||   2019-01-27 10:42|| Front Page Top

#7 While we condemn violence

Yes, yes, media approved bromides for sure. Meanwhile the violence was not in the abstract for those killed or injured.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-27 10:44||   2019-01-27 10:44|| Front Page Top

#8 "Islam is a religion of peace. We cannot condemn all Muslims for the acts of a few who misunderstand that"

Christians (not to mention you know who), on the other hand ...
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-01-27 11:10||   2019-01-27 11:10|| Front Page Top

#9 "Islam is a religion of peace. We cannot condemn all Muslims for the acts of a few who misunderstand that"

Given the numbers involved with this kind of violence, it seems like the general Muslim population should know who the bad guys are. How often are they reported before they cause problems? How many of these reports are acted on? On the other hand it always comes out after the fact as "I had no idea!" But all his cousins did.
Posted by gorb 2019-01-27 13:28||   2019-01-27 13:28|| Front Page Top

#10 This is happening two or three times a day around the world by those who worship the false prophet but is not noticed.
Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2019-01-27 17:51||   2019-01-27 17:51|| Front Page Top

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