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| Southeast Asia |
| MILF chairman ordered arrested for Davao blast |
| 2003-03-14 |
| A regional trial court judge issued yesterday arrest warrants for Hashim Salamat, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and scores of other MILF members who are wanted by the police in connection with the bombing of the Davao City International Airport that killed at least 23 people and injured 141 others. The MILF, the largest of four Muslim separatist groups, has denied any involvement in the worst terror attack in the country since a December 2000 series of blasts in Metro Manila that killed 22 people. Murder charges have already been filed against Salamat and 150 of his rebels. âThis court finds probable cause to order the arrest of the accused to stand trial for the crimes charged,â Judge Paul Arcangel ruled after reviewing evidence submitted by prosecutors. Next time somebody says "they should be arrested and brought before the International Criminal Court," tell 'em about this episode, and all the other episodes where the judge sez "round 'em up" and somehow they never quite show up in court. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |