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| Tribal banditti abduct school kiddies in south Philippines |
| 2009-12-11 |
| [Dawn] Armed mountain tribesmen abducted about 75 people, most of them schoolchildren, after a raid on a remote elementary school in the southern Philippines on Thursday, a senior army general said. Police later said 18 were freed, including 17 children. Last month, 57 people, including 30 journalists, were killed after they were stopped at a checkpoint in Maguindanao province, also in the southern Philippines. The mass killings has led to a crackdown on warlords in the south and the imposition of martial law in Maguindanao last week, Reuters reported. On Thursday, a group of teachers and students was preparing for the start of their classes in Prosperidad town when armed Manobo tribesmen took them away to a forested area in Agusan del Sur province, Lieutenant-General Raymundo Ferrer said. 'We've sent troops to help rescue the hostages,' Ferrer told Reuters, describing the armed men as a group of 'bandits' blamed for several robberies and killings in the area. 'We are not aware of any political demands but negotiations are now ongoing to free the hostages that include two forest rangers and some of the parents who were in the school at that time. We're only playing a support role there.' |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 WORLD NEWS/TOPIX > PHILIPPINE KIDNAPPERS THREATEN TO KILL [remaining]HOSTAGES, MORE MASSACRES [iff armed attempts made to recue same]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 09:13 |
| #3 I'm not sure this has anything to do with Islam. The Manobo have been a thorn in the side of the people of the lower Mindanao Island forever. They have a legitimate gripe - much of their hunting lands have been taken over by either the Filipinos or the Moros, and they've been driven into more and more isolated pockets. IIRC, the muslims hate them as much as they hate Christians. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-12-11 15:12 |
| #2 Aisha was six years old when the prophet married her, Karl, nine when he consummated the marriage. Thirteen is when Jewish children have their bar mitzvahs and become responsible for their own sins. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-11 12:47 |
| #1 Since Al Qaeda and their brethren seem to like to blow up schools and kidnap kiddies, do you suppose there is some tendencies toward pedophilia amoung the faithful? I mean when your founder marries a 13 year old, does that mean that little kids are as much at risk as the neighbor's goat? |
| Posted by: Karl Rove 2009-12-11 11:07 |