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2013-09-12 Southeast Asia

Troops surround militants holding 200 hostages in Mindanao

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Posted by ryuge 2013-09-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Latest ...

* BIG NEWS NETWORK > OFFICIALS: FILIPINO REBELS ATTACK SECOND SOUTHERN TOWN WHILE HOLDING HOSTAGES IN NEARBY CITY.

* TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > MNLF DECLARES NUR MISUARI AS BANGSAMORO "PRESIDENT".

Bangsamoro Muslim Republik.

On the 4th day of the siege...

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-09-12 02:03|| 2013-09-12 02:03|| Front Page Top

#2 ION NOT-SPEAKING OF SYRIA, OR IRAN, OR CHINA-VS-INDIA ...

* BIG NEWS NETWORK > CHINA TELLS PHILIPPINES NOT TO STIR UP TROUBLE, wid talk about rmoving Chinese constructin materials = "blocks" from disputed shoal.

* FREEREPUBLIC > CHINA REAFFIRMS SOVEREIGNTY OVER [PHIL-claimed] HUANGYAN ISLAND, + neighboring seas.

* INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > CHINESE BOMBERS [2 ea. H-6G's] SKIRT JAPANESE ISLAND [Miyako], + GET INTERCEPTED BY [JASDF] F-15 FIGHTER JETS.

To which China claims were on mere "training flight" into WESTPAC.

* SAME > [Eight] CHINESE SHIPS NEAR DISPUTED ISLANDS [Senkakus/Diaoyus] BEFORE JAPAN'S PURCHASE [nationaliszation] ANNIVERSARY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-09-12 02:41|| 2013-09-12 02:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Send Obama in to give them what they want.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-09-12 07:52|| 2013-09-12 07:52|| Front Page Top

#4 They take EBT cards over there?

Posted by Raj 2013-09-12 09:20|| 2013-09-12 09:20|| Front Page Top

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