New dossier details terror plans |
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/07/03 10:56 Shanghai Daily |
Muslim separatist guerrillas plotted to bomb Manila's international airport last year and have organized terrorist training in the Philippines' south, according to a military analysis of captured rebel documents. The documents also strongly indicate the Moro Islamic Liberation Front may be getting weapons and financial support from abroad, said the confidential military report seen by The Associated Press. The MILF, which has been fighting for Muslim self-rule in the southern region of Mindanao for more than 30 years, has been blamed for bombings and other attacks that have killed more than 200 people this year. The military said it seized boxes of MILF documents during a major offensive in February on the rebel strong-hold of Buliok, a marshland straddling the southern provinces of Maguindanao and North Cotabato. The military report said the rebels planned to detonate a car bomb at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport in February last year, but the plot fell through for unexplained reasons. It said there were also plans to bomb other unspecified airports last year, but that no attacks took place. "The MILF had a standing plan to bomb airports using car bombs as early as 2002," the report said. The guerrillas were not immediately available for comment, but rebel spokesman Eid Kabalu had said earlier the military may have fabricated the documents to support accusations of the MILF's links with foreign terrorists and to justify military attacks. Among the recovered items from Buliok were receipts showing a large payment allegedly made by the MILF to a foreigner, identified as Rim Kyu-do, in what appeared to be an arms deal. Found with the receipts was a brochure about a midget submarine, indicating the rebels had planned to acquire one, the military said. An undated photograph showed MILF chairman Salamat Hashim meeting a Libyan ambassador to Manila. |
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