Peaceful Muslims gather Labor Day gifts in Manila

Can you imagine? How peaceful. I believe that all Muslim-apologists should
send the appropriate amounts to Manila to secure the freedom of these
peaceful flying-carpet afficionado's. I am sure that their defense will be
that they belong to the "Religion of Peace". I'll have to wait until next
month to get the complete story, after hubby gets back from the
Philippines - his fourth trip this year, and the 10th trip in the past 12
months.

MANILA -- Police raided an apparent hideout of al-Qaeda-linked militants in
Manila Thursday and found six grenades and a suspected bomb they believed
was to be used to disrupt the planned Labor Day protests, officials said.

Police officers, backed by bomb experts, raided the one-story rented house
in Marikina City, but failed to arrest any Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, who have
been monitored coming in and out of the area for months, said Asher Dolina,
chief of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group for Metro Manila.

One of the guerrillas recently seen in the house was Jojo Janjalani, a
cousin of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani and a suspect in the 2001
kidnapping of 20 people, including three Americans, from the Dos Palmas
resort in southwestern Palawan province, said Dolina, who led the raid.

"We've been monitoring them for months, but when we sensed that they were
already storing grenades, we moved in because they could use that for an
immediate attack," Dolina said.

"These bombs are ready for detonation. The grenades could easily be thrown
at the crowds on May 1. That is our analysis. We really have to run after
these bandits so we can foil their plan," Dolina said.

"These are not intended for buildings. These are intended for the crowds,"
he added of the explosives that are now under the custody of the CIDG for
safekeeping. Also seized from the safe house were documents, which are
undergoing "intelligence processing".


.