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| Filippino military loses track of Islamist |
| 2005-11-03 |
| The Philippine military has lost track of a suspected Islamic extremist. The suspect, Tyrone Dawud Santos, was arrested in Cubao, Quezon City, in March on a charge of gun possession and was implicated in a plot to bomb a club in Malate, Manila, during Holy Week. He was freed on bail a month later, the Manila Times reported Tuesday. A military intelligence officer said the Philippine Armed Forces (AFP) had been keeping Santos under constant surveillance since his release but "that he dropped from the screen" sometime last week. That was about the time when Santos's older brother, Hilarion del Rosario, alias Ahmad Santos, the leader of the radical Rajah Solaiman Movement, was arrested in Zamboanga City. "Right now we do not know where he [Dawud Santos] is. He's nowhere to be seen," said Rear Adm. Tirso Danga, Philippine Armed Forces deputy chief of staff for Intelligence (J-2). A day after Santos's arrest, military and police agents recovered 1,320 pounds of ammonium nitrate, an ingredient in making explosives, in another Rajah Solaiman safe house in Fairview, also in Quezon City. Intelligence sources pointed to Dawud Santos as the designated mastermind of the plan to bomb the Malate club, which is reportedly frequented by foreigners, the Manila Times said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 Interesting blog, Rizalist. But please, where your personal expertise finds error in a Rantburg post, please provide the correct facts (preferably with links!). Rantburg is a collaborative effort from all who read here, not just the blogger whose name is is at the top. Thank you, and welcome! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-11-03 12:49 |
| #5 It's what happened before the first wtc too. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-03 09:12 |
| #4 A military intelligence officer said the Philippine Armed Forces (AFP) had been keeping Santos under constant surveillance since his release but "that he dropped from the screen" sometime last week. Isn't this what happened in Britain before 7/7? They were following some people, then lost track? Keep your heads up and your eyes open, Filipinos. I think you're in for something. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-11-03 08:19 |
| #3 Are you new to the Burg,Riz?If so give us a little background,so we know where your comming from. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-11-03 08:03 |
| #2 fill us in Rizalist. welcome |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-11-03 05:19 |
| #1 Good someone's paying attention to what's going on in the Archipelago, but please check some of your facts...things are even worse than they seem... |
| Posted by: Rizalist 2005-11-03 04:53 |