[IsraelTimes] Manila says Taja Mohammad Al Jabori, an Iraqi citizen, 'admitted being a member' of the Paleostinian terror groupThe Philippines said Monday it would deport an Iraqi man described as a scientist for Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", and accused of helping the Paleostinian group lob missiles at Israel.
Iraq tipped off the Philippines about the presence of Taja Mohammad Al Jabori, who was jugged
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
on Sunday, national police chief Ronald Dela Rosa told news hounds.
However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
the arrest was due to visa problems rather than any evidence of terror activity, the police chief emphasized.
"He’s an illegal alien, his visa is expired so he has to be deported right away," Dela Rosa said.
"He admitted being a member of Hamas. He’s a chemist and he has been responsible for improving the rocket technology of Hamas in firing their missiles from their area towards the other side, [towards] Israel."
The suspect will be deported to Iraq.
The police chief said it was the first time Philippine authorities had dealt with an alleged member of Hamas, a group labeled a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...and Israel.
The handcuffed detainee did not speak while being made to stand beside the Philippine police chief at a presser.
Dela Rosa said it was unclear at present why the alleged Hamas chemist had traveled to the Philippines.
Police said he arrived last year as Philippine troops battled jihadists loyal to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group for control of the southern city of Marawi.
Al Jabori had, however, mostly stayed in Manila and nearby provinces and told police he had no intention of committing any terror act in the Philippines, the police chief said.