Jihad in the Philippines: 3 dead in bombing

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 13, 2007 12:44 PM

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The war on jihad is global. Someone tell John Edwards:

A Philippine congressman who had been targeted by Muslim militants was among three people killed Tuesday night when a bomb exploded at an entrance of the Philippine House of Representatives, police said.

Rep. Wahab Akbar, a former member of a Muslim rebel group that signed a peace accord with the government in 1996, died at the hospital, his chief of staff said.

Metropolitan Manila Police Chief Geary Barias said a lawmaker’s driver and a congressional staff member also were killed. Seven other people were wounded, including two congresswomen.

Police and soldiers in the capital went on high alert, but Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno sought to play down the possible involvement of Muslim extremists, saying the investigation was pointing away from a terrorist attack and “more of a directed assault on certain individual.”

“There were threats on life of Akbar,” Puno said. “The indications are that that was the case both in terms of location of the bomb and the manner it was set off.”

It appears the killings were retribution by the Abu Sayyaf for Akbar’s decision to turn on them:

Akbar was once a member of the Moro National Liberation Front, a Muslim rebel group that dropped its secessionist goal and signed a peace accord with the government in September 1996.

Some security officials have suspected that Akbar knew the leaders of Abu Sayyaf, which has its roots on Basilan island. But they said he later had a falling out with Abu Sayyaf commanders and started fighting them.

See-Dubya blogged here about the Manila mall bombing last month, which killed 11 people and injured more than 100.

Think jihad in the Philippines has no connection to our own homeland security?

Think again.

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  1. #170614
    On November 13th, 2007 at 12:51 pm, swj719AWG said:

    3? last I saw it was just a driver…

  2. #170617
    On November 13th, 2007 at 12:53 pm, WORK949 said:

    Must be more folks who misunderstand their peaceful religion.

    And the beat goes on.

  3. #170618
    On November 13th, 2007 at 12:53 pm, Michelle Malkin said:

    Read the article.

  4. #170624
    On November 13th, 2007 at 12:55 pm, swj719AWG said:

    My iGoogle feeder for CNN just gave me a story about the one.

    Damn.

    The attackers seem to have long, long memories…

  5. #170629
    On November 13th, 2007 at 12:57 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Obama was heard to say:

    If the Philippine congressman had just talked to them…

  6. #170630
    On November 13th, 2007 at 12:57 pm, zorro said:

    Sad on the one hand, angry on the other. This Long War must be won, we have no choice but to fight to win.

  7. #170632
    On November 13th, 2007 at 12:58 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    The time is near (or has past as far as I am concerned) for everyone; Christians, Atheists, Buddhists, etc., to unite against a sworn enemy of democracy everywhere. Anywhere there is a democracy they will attack. They will not stop. They cannot be coddled. The time for negotiations and discussions has past. We must speak back to them in the only language they understand.

  8. #170641
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:02 pm, Schweggie said:

    My Uncle is a Catholic priest in Mindanao. He’s said dealing with jihad has become a way of life; he’s prepared for the worst as a bit of a high level target. Ugh. G’damned jihad.

  9. #170644
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:05 pm, daddee02004 said:


    someone tell the crapweasels ..eg..
    D E M O C R A T S there is a GWOT
    ask the grieving phillipino survivors

  10. #170648
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:07 pm, twiggman said:

    #7 It’s not the democracy they are attcking, It’s anyone that is a non-muslum.

  11. #170661
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:14 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    twiggman,

    It is argued by Spencer that Islam and democracy may not be able to coexist. Muslim scholars find that where democracy allows man to establish the laws, Islam dictates that only Allah can create the laws, and man must follow them. Hence, a theocracy under Islamic rule (”God’s laws, not man’s, should govern the society”) would be imposed. Turkey may be a current exception to this premise: the effort to create and maintain a democratic state, with constitutional protections for non-Muslim citizens, has so far been successful. But religious uprisings “have been a feature of the Turkish secular state since its inception,” and the pressure brought by Muslims to eradicate all traces of secularism and other Western “influences” continues, due to an “abiding interest in guarding and maintaining the purity of the House of Islam”.

    Besides, they attack other Muslims.

    Everything we hold dear to us is at stake, trust me on that.

  12. #170666
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:19 pm, twiggman said:

    #11 I hear you,and I do trust what you are saying….

  13. #170670
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:24 pm, maurelius said:

    I agree this one is walking like a duck, but let us wait till it quacks.

    Glorietta II (the Mall bombing) appears to have been an accident. DJB Rizalist and MLQIII have posted a number of blogs stating authorities and all evidence point to a dumb accident.

    As Michelle says, there is a connection here (provided the investigation does point at Abu Sayyaf which despite the caution noted above I strongly suspect) between such activities and global jihadism.

    Operation Bojinka which eventually became the plan executed on 9/11 was hatched in Manila, Khalid Sheikh Mohd plotted the assassination of Pope JPII while in Manila (and coming up with Bojinka) and ran a test run of Bojinka killing some people on a JAL flight out of Manila.

  14. #170683
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:34 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Glorietta II (the Mall bombing) appears to have been an accident. DJB Rizalist and MLQIII have posted a number of blogs stating authorities and all evidence point to a dumb accident.

    Please excuse my naïveté, but how is a sophisticated bomb and accident?

  15. #170688
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:37 pm, feebiebabe said:

    an not and – (above)

  16. #170715
    On November 13th, 2007 at 1:52 pm, See-Dubya said:

    Well, the jury’s still out on Glorietta II. May be a bomb, may not. Final report comes out soon.

  17. #170736
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:05 pm, maurelius said:

    feebiebabe,

    Read Philippine Commentary and Manuel Quezon III’s blogs. They have posts where the authorities are not so certain of it being a bomb. DJB Rizalist at Philippine Commentary does an extensive review of technical documentation on explosions. With an eye towards a rather unsophisticated explosion or device.

    In addition there were reports swabbings of the scene did not turn up any of the usual suspects in such explosions.

    Manuel Quezon III also reports of a small fire in a restaurant at the scene a week or two earlier and speculated that may have damaged the restaurant’s natural gas supply.

    As See-Dubya states the final report on Glorietta II is not out yet, we’ll see.

  18. #170739
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:06 pm, southernboy said:

    I think we should be outraged about this incident and the incident where several U.S. troops forced a young Iraqi patriot off a bridge, killing him.

    Let us condemn all terrorism where it exists.

    In Jesus’ name.

  19. #170752
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:18 pm, feebiebabe said:

    On behalf of SOAP.

    PLEASE

    IGNORE

    HIM.

  20. #170753
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:19 pm, swj719AWG said:

    I’m pretty sure there’s a bunch of Muslims in the US who work with democracy just fine…

    It’s the ones who want to kill us all for being infidels that seem to have a problem with it…

  21. #170760
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:24 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Manuel Quezon III also reports of a small fire in a restaurant at the scene a week or two earlier and speculated that may have damaged the restaurant’s natural gas supply

    I understand. I will refrain until a copy of the report is finalized, however, if i was a betting gal……

  22. #170762
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:24 pm, southernboy said:

    I think we should condemn all terrorism. We as Christians ignore terrorism at our moral peril. We must also condemn the U.S.-led bombing of Japanese cities because I feel this is terrorism too.

  23. #170764
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:25 pm, feebiebabe said:

    IGNORE HIM

  24. #170766
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:26 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Where are you soap?

    I need a pinch hitter over here….

  25. #170771
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:28 pm, southernboy said:

    I feel we should not ignore terrorism when it is committed in the name of good. We must never use good as an excuse to justify terrorism.

  26. #170775
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:30 pm, southernboy said:

    I think you misunderstand me when I say we must condemn terrorism committed everywhere. I condemn this incident forcefully.

    As well as incidents committed by Christians.

    However, I feel that one ceases to be a Christian or a Muslim when one begins to plan for the taking of innocent life.

  27. #170777
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:32 pm, feebiebabe said:

    IGNORE HIM.

  28. #170784
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:42 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    swj, my motto is if it doesn’t apply, let it fly. I didn’t mean all Muslims. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

  29. #170786
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:44 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Not sure where Soap is but I’ve got your back Feebs.

    P.I.M.P.S. – flapdoodle.

  30. #170793
    On November 13th, 2007 at 2:56 pm, southernboy said:

    Christ opposed intolerance, terrorism and abortion.

  31. #170799
    On November 13th, 2007 at 3:02 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Feebs,

    Great job. I bow in your direction. Thanks for taking up the slack.

    I G N O R E

    H I M

  32. #170816
    On November 13th, 2007 at 3:31 pm, arclight said:

    Hope for the future, trolls may soon take their place along side the dinosaurs. Check out this article.
    BTW, first post. Howdy ya’ll from Houston, Texas.
    http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/11/12/100954554/index.htm

  33. #170834
    On November 13th, 2007 at 3:58 pm, DesertLover said:

    feebiebabe and On-my-soap-box,

    My new term for that you are wanting everyone to do is P.I.M.P.S.

    Please check out my post #88 last night in the Vet Day Obnoxiousness thread for the meaning of P.I.M.P.S.

    Also, I have an abbreviation for your new friend … So.B

    Just trying to help … :lol:

  34. #170839
    On November 13th, 2007 at 4:01 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Thanks DL.

    I didn’t want to call him that.

    Man, did he kill this thread or what?

  35. #170860
    On November 13th, 2007 at 4:18 pm, DesertLover said:

    30 pcs of silver in #29

    I see you passed on my new term while I was typing it … LOL … thanks …

  36. #170869
    On November 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pm, WarTip said:

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

    That may not even be a viable policy here. When you have a sect of people who actively target even members of their own sect for not believing exactly the same, it does not exactly inspire confidence. Terrorism only works if people are terrified. I have enough faith in the American people to believe that we would resist but we should choose our friends wisely. As for me personally, all comment spam will be ignored until our gracious hostess grows tired of the constant interruption and he will be forced to go back to his leftist base and cry to people who care about how they were not allowed to spam threads here and those mean old righties banned him. (Even though he will be directly responsible yet still blame others)

  37. #170905
    On November 13th, 2007 at 4:41 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    WarTip. Agreed. However, my point was that I didn’t believe that all Muslims are aligned with the radicals/extremists, etc…

    Your point is taken. Proceed with caution. I got it.

  38. #170910
    On November 13th, 2007 at 4:46 pm, hadsil said:

    Haven’t the Philippine Army left Iraq yet?

  39. #170938
    On November 13th, 2007 at 5:06 pm, Schweggie said:

    On November 13th, 2007 at 4:46 pm, hadsil said:

    Haven’t the Philippine Army left Iraq yet?

    Outstanding point. I believe they have left. I guess these bastards didn’t get the memo.

    By the way, there is a picture I’m looking for, was the front cover of VOM (Voice of Martyrs) magazine that showed this 5 or 6 year old girl holding up a sign that said “STOP KILLING CHRISTIANS”. Think she was Filipino or Indonesian, not for sure. But the picture stops you dead in your tracks. I’ll link to it here one way or the other. I’ll scan it if I have to. It’s just one of the most stunning pictures I’ve ever seen.

  40. #170951
    On November 13th, 2007 at 5:16 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    No prob DL.!

  41. #171042
    On November 13th, 2007 at 7:20 pm, Grey Fox said:

    Oh SouthernBoy,
    This is the third time I have asked this – what is the denomination of your Church? You are starting to sound like a fake…

  42. #171051
    On November 13th, 2007 at 7:28 pm, garyt said:

    SouthernBoy, If you read the verses, Jesus said there would be Wars and rumors of wars, He didn’t say there would ever be world peace until He comes back. I don’t think the Methodists, Baptists, Lutherans, or any other Christian denomination blew up the House of Representatives there in Manila. I wonder who was responsible? And Dear boy tell me when your world peace is coming? I want to hear the date of that. Don’t forget SouthernBoy next time it could be the U.S. Senate or House of Represenatives that gets bombed or one of your local shopping centers.

  43. #171100
    On November 13th, 2007 at 8:38 pm, Schweggie said:

    Grey Fox said:
    Oh SouthernBoy,
    You are starting to sound like a fake…

    Except for the “starting to sound like” part…

  44. #171137
    On November 13th, 2007 at 9:45 pm, Mooseman said:

    I hope some of the liberal politicians in the PI learn from this and take a harder line with the islamofacists.

  45. #171223
    On November 14th, 2007 at 12:41 am, BrianNY said:

    Two close friends of mine have married Manila-born goddesses over the past two years. I had the pleasure of meeting scores of their relatives at the respective wedding celebrations. These new Filipino friends of ours are some of the most genuine, good hearted and loyal souls I have met outside of the good ol’ US of A.

    This war on Islamic Terror is not the first time good Americans and good Filipinos have stood together, fought together and spilled blood together. The stories of American military (including Filipino-Americans) and Filipino special forces vs. the Imperial Japanese war machine (from Melbourne to Bataan to Cabanatuan) are both extremely sorrowful and inspiring.

    One of my favorite stories regards the Filipino special forces who demanded to be dropped in behind Japanese lines to gather the intel critical for a Luzon invasion. The average height and weight of a US infantryman back then was, something like 5′5″, 150 lbs. The average specs for a Filipino fighter was considerably less. So, in order to parachute the Filipino special ops accurately, they had to be weighted down with an extra 50 lbs on their persons, otherwise, “they would be blown back to Australia!”

    The story continues, that after they landed back on their soil, you did NOT want to be Japanese.

  46. #171231
    On November 14th, 2007 at 12:57 am, BrianNY said:

    Anyway, retracing the military history of Filipinos and Americans has helped amplify the shared values and the reasons why I assimilated so well with our Filipino guests at these recent weddings.

  47. #171548
    On November 14th, 2007 at 11:26 am, ttevolla said:

    It has been about seven days since I came back from the Philippines and I hear of this. About a week before I went over was the Glorietta 2 explosion.

  48. #171633
    On November 14th, 2007 at 12:42 pm, Fed Up said:

    Most of the Muslim problems in the Philippines come from the Southern Island areas (Mindanao and Basilan) where the major issues have been going on since the guerilla warfare began in 1969.

    In reality, however, the Muslims have been evading Spanish and American colonialism for 300 years. It was the the policies of the post-1946, Christian-dominated Philippine state that led to the antagonism because of the wave of Christians coming from the Northern Islands to settle the majority Muslim southern Islands.

    It is only the appearance of the militant group the Abu Sayyaf in 1995 that has caused more problems because of their well publicized kidnappings and beheadings of Christians. Both the MNLF and the MILF have condemned the activities of the Abu Sayyaf.

    The Abu Sayyaf are by far the smallest of the three Muslim groups and the ones the U.S. armed forces have been invited to help the Philippine Army eradicate.

  49. #174646
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:27 pm, southernboy said:

    On November 13th, 2007 at 7:20 pm, Grey Fox said:

    Oh SouthernBoy,
    This is the third time I have asked this – what is the denomination of your Church? You are starting to sound like a fake…

    It’s unitarian universalist; all religions are welcome at my church. We are all One in His eyes.

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