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| JI masterminded Filippino Valentine's Day Massacre, subsequent festivities |
| 2005-02-16 |
| The government is eyeing the possibility that several groups have formed a new terrorist alliance that could have been responsible for the Valentine's Day bombings. The name of al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) has come up anew in the wake of the bombings. Sources in the intelligence community said yesterday JI-trained militants may have linked up with renegade supporters of Muslim rebel leader Nur Misuari to carry out last Monday's bombings in Makati City and Mindanao. In Manila, police officials did not rule out the possibility that the group has also linked up with the Abu Sayyaf and some elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. "It was one cell of the Jemaah Islamiyah that coordinated with Misuari's MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) and launched the bombings," a highly reliable source told The STAR. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |