Philippine authorities dug up a cache of explosives and arrested three men with suspected links to al-Qaida network. Authorities were acting on information supplied by Singapore, which is investigating a suspected al-Qaida cell in its midst. Among the stockpile, authorities found cylinders of explosive materials packed in cartons and wrapped in blue plastic. The markings on the cylinders indicated they were manufactured in the Philippines province of Bataan, west of Manila. Police also dug up 17 dismantled M-16 rifles, detonation cords and other bomb-making materials. Officials would not release information on the three men arrested. Workers dug up the arms cache in the yard of a house rented by a man identified as Abu Ali Ramos in the village of Labangal.
Nice, the way all those little pieces of intel fit together. The hard drives in Afghanistan lead to the gunnies in Malaysia and Singapore, and the Singapore lead stretches to Indonesia and the Philippines. |