"I'm sure it was deliberately done to cow us." Now you're catching on.
"Bomb kills 3 outside Philippine Congress," by Oliver Teves for Associated Press (thanks to LGF):
MANILA, Philippines - A bomb exploded outside the House of Representatives late Tuesday, killing a former Muslim rebel-turned-congressman who had backed a U.S.-Philippine offensive against Islamic militants. A lawmaker's driver and a legislative staffer also died.The remotely detonated bomb collapsed the ceiling at the building's entrance, damaged cars and injured seven people, including two congresswomen. Their injuries were not life threatening.
"I felt the blast although I was on the other side of the building," Rep. Teodoro Casino told The Associated Press.
Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said the target appeared to be Rep. Wahab Akbar, a former rebel who as governor of southern Basilan province gave his support to military operations against al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf guerrillas. Akbar died of wounds in a hospital, police said.
Puno sought to play down the possible involvement of Muslim extremists, however, saying the investigation was "pointing away from terrorist attack and more of a directed assault on a certain individual."
"There were threats on the life of Akbar," Puno told reporters. "The indications are that that was the case both in terms of location of the bomb and the manner it was set off."
While he turned on the Muslim rebels, Akbar also had many political foes, including those who ran against one of his wives who succeeded him as Basilan governor. Political rivalries in the southern Philippines are often accompanied by bloodshed, and assassinations of politicians are common.
Akbar, 47, was a member of the Moro National Liberation Front, a Muslim rebel group that dropped its secessionist goal and signed a peace accord with the government in September 1996.
Some security officials suspected Akbar knew the leaders of Abu Sayyaf, a radical Muslim group that has its roots on Basilan island. But they said he later had a falling out with Abu Sayyaf commanders and started fighting them....
House Speaker Jose de Venecia told reporters that whoever was responsible, "I'm sure it was deliberately done to cow us,"...
" Political rivalries in the southern Philippines are often accompanied by bloodshed, and assassinations of politicians are common."
...Chairman Mao once stated: "Power flows from the barrel of a gun"....Islam is all about power and control.....The gun and bomb are the just two of the tools they use to get it.....
Akbar is not muslim enough, or the wrong kind of muslim. Therefore he must die at the hands of the real, pure genuine muslims (otherwise known as "extremists").
Obviously, these people are a few more misunderstanders of what islam really means.
I wonder if our congressional representatives are seeing their own future in these events. Sooner or later appeasment stops working and the muslims begin employing "holy" violence for Allah.
Where do your representatives stand on jihad?
Vote "No" to Jihad.
open fire diplomacy in action again. heading leaders off at the pass. boils down to resistence to change. just how some get their rocks off. kills for thrills without the frills followed by escape to the hills. time is coming where the bills must be paid by those who have slayed. let the season of reason prevail. let us begin by removing the veil. open the mind not the behind. human crap has a place. in the pig sty. as the killers ham it up the good guys shall stem their hems followed by skirting their hurts. say byebye to booboos. you lose. hope that makes the news.