 Philippine authorities said on Friday they were investigating what a Palestinian, linked to local Muslim extremists, may have been planning when he entered the country without a visa recently. | Just the usual...drinking, wenching, cockfights, re-establishing the Caliphate. |
Intelligence officials said they are looking into the local contacts of Fawaz Zi Ajjur, 39, who was detained on March 26 after arriving in the southern city of Zamboanga after travelling a circuitous route across the globe.| Doubling up on his frequent jihadi miles... |
Fawaz was originally due to be deported but was detained after two former militants of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, identified him as allegedly being one of six "Arab-looking foreigners" who trained guerrillas in their camp.| "Abu al-Hebroni...yah we'd know his ugly mug anywhere." |
The two Abu Sayyaf members, who have turned state witness, said the Palestinian worked with the group in 2000 and instigated the Abu Sayyaf to stage kidnapping attacks to gain international media attention and embarrass the government. A smiling Fawaz, wearing an orange T-shirt of detained suspects, was presented to the media in Zamboanga Friday by regional military chief Lieutenant General Alberto Braganza and immigration chief Alipio Fernandez.| "Ya got me, infidels. Bring on the pliers!" |
Fawaz made no remarks in his brief appearance before he was taken away by the intelligence agents. Fernandez said "our interrogation will continue and we will file a case against him," although he did not give specifics.| Note: it involves ladies' finery. |
"This is a big fish," Fernandez remarked.| Note: Aqua-colored finery. |
The military said Fawaz had a commerce degree from the University of Kuwait and has been married three times, to a Filipina, a Kuwaiti and a Ukrainian.| Needs one more to be Just Like Mo... |
His passport showed that he left Kiev, Ukraine on March 11, landed in Bangkok where he stayed for a week, then took a train to Kuala Lumpur, flew to Sandakan and from there, flew to Zamboanga City. He had only 2,000 pesos (36.50 dollars) with him when he arrived in Zamboanga, raising suspicions, Fernandez said. Intelligence sources said Fawaz had been receiving money via Western Union but did not say who was sending it to him. | Is he a message courier maybe? |
The government has been on the look-out for foreigners who may be involved with the Abu Sayyaf which has been linked by both Washington and Manila to the Al Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden. |