From the Mindanao Examiner (Oct 16): Philippine authorities hold 2 Sayyaf men in terror
plot
Philippine authorities detained 2 people, including an alleged policeman, who
were both linked to a terror plot in Zamboanga City. Officials said the
two were captured during an operation in Zamboanga over the weekend and that the
men are members of the local Abu Sayyaf group tied by authorities to the
al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya. Local police chief James Mejia confirmed
the arrest of the duo, but did not give details about the operations that led to
the capture of the men, who are natives if Basilan province, a known stronghold
of Abu Sayyaf rebels. Other reports said the duo was plotting to bomb
civilian targets in Zamboanga which recently celebrated the Catholic feast of
the Virgin Mary. It was not immediately known whether explosives had
been recovered from the men, but one of them was also linked to the series of
kidnappings and attacks in Basilan, one of five provinces under the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao....
http://mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20121016005040
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