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Southeast Asia
Officials Dismayed as Philippine Court Frees Terror Suspects
2005-08-21
Three arrested members of the Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group who arrested by the police in last week’s twin bombings in this southern Philippine port city were freed on bail late Friday, to the dismay of local officials. A court gave the three suspects temporary liberty here after their families posted a 320,000-peso (over $5,700) bail for each of them.

All three suspects — Adzmar Abduraop, 33; Angon Asmari, 32; and Ibnoyatim Salangin, 31 — have been charged with frustrated murder for the bombing, which injured 26 people. The suspects all come from the island of Basilan, a hotbed of insurgency and stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf. “We cannot do anything, but to free them because the court orders so,” said Supt. Edwardson Tagaoc of the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center.

Police arrested the three men hours after a bomb explosion ripped through a parked mini-van in Campaner Street in downtown Zamboanga during rush hour on Aug. 10. A second blast tore through the second floor of a three-story building that houses a restaurant, motel and several shops, just 30 meters away from the main police headquarters. The families of the three men condemned the arrest and accused authorities of torturing them into admitting the attacks. They said the trio were picked up by the police hours after the blasts and then tortured them.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Zamboanga has nearly as many moonbats as Portland. The new mayor was rumored to has young boys at his side, a habit he had to stop after election. He is a strange fellow. His aid is so liberal she makes Susan Sarandon look Republican. She once said if we should have negotiated with UBL and we are at fault for the WTC. Phil politics are great theater.
Posted by: 49 pan   2005-08-21 21:22  

#2  It will never happen, .com. Investigations like that will probably be ruled a violation of their constitutional right to stick their heads up their asses as far as they can.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2005-08-21 06:12  

#1  "frustrated murder"

Newspeak? Failure to kill, when that was the clear intent, I presume? Pesky victims. All of them survived the blasts, eh? How bloody inconvenient of them.

I wonder, is there a common genetic defect in the judiciary world-wide? Anybody contact the Human Genome Project to get them to run a check? You've had that map in hand for 2 years, now, folks. I'm thinking we should provide them with DNA samples of, say, the SCOTUS (Souter or Ginsburg, for starters) and the loons on the 9th Circuit for their investigation into this phenomenon. Assign CSI: DC to help with the lab work. Perhaps they aren't actually human. Or sane. Got that self-hate nucleotide sequence identified, yet? How about the Tranzi and MultiCulti sequences? Surely there is a chemical reason for Moonbattery. Something amiss or broken. "Bad chemicals." as Vonnegut wrote in Breakfast of Champions to describe insane behavior. I'm thinking we need to speed this up. Throw some grant money on the table. That'll do the trick.
Posted by: .com   2005-08-21 02:26  

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