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2005-09-14 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-14 00:18|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why were they able to slink away? Sounds like smugglers not Terrorists.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-14 00:23|| 2005-09-14 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Sock, they didn't slink, they scampered.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-09-14 09:51|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-09-14 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 A previous RB post had NK funding their nuclear post in part by cigarettes. Is this a NK tie to Abu Sayaf?

Posted by Danielle 2005-09-14 10:58|| 2005-09-14 10:58|| Front Page Top

#4 I suspect the the name "Abu Sayyaf" is being used generically - like "bandits." Don't think there is a functioning organization by that name anymore. Just add up the reported casualties over the last 3 years -- there are far more killed or captured than Abu Sayyaf's total membership.

Just my $.02.

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2005-09-14 11:15|| 2005-09-14 11:15|| Front Page Top

#5 China holds the cards on smuggling cigs. The ASG probably lifted them from a ship they pirated in the straights. ASG numbers are as varied as people trying to count. They have large numbers of supporters but only a limited number of key leaders. So mostly the pack mules are killed and counted as ASG. This event sounds like more of that.

Posted by 49 pan 2005-09-14 14:13|| 2005-09-14 14:13|| Front Page Top

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