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Bomb blast in southern Philippines wounds two Fri Jan 5, 3:00 AM ET MANILA (Reuters) - Suspected Islamic militants set off a bomb near a fast-food restaurant in the southern Philippines on Friday wounding two people, police said. Officials said a crude bomb exploded near the restaurant in Cotabato City, one of the larger cities on the southern island of Mindanao, where the government is battling long-running Muslim and communist insurgencies. Three improvised bombs were placed in a box and left on a road outside a store, regional police Chief Superintendent German Doria told reporters. Only one went off. "Before the explosion, we were receiving intelligence reports of a possible attack in the city," Doria said. Police spokesman Samson Obatay said they suspected members of local Muslim terrorist group Abu Sayyaf and regional network Jemaah Islamiah could be behind the attack. "We have intercepted a report that they will carry out attacks in major cities in Mindanao, including our city," Obatay told reporters, adding the make and type of explosive devices were similar to previous bombs assembled by the militants. Last October, an improvised bomb near a shopping mall in downtown Cotabato City damaged property but there were no wounded. The bomb attack came as President <http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Gloria+Macapagal+Arroyo> Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was meeting with top defense and military officials in Manila's main military camp, ordering them to defeat all security threats facing the archipelago before she steps down in 2010. The Philippines has been on alert against possible militant attacks ahead of a gathering of 16 leaders from East Asia next week on the central island of Cebu, a month after the meetings were postponed, ostensibly due to a typhoon. The British and Australian governments had warned militants were planning to attack the summit in December but the Philippine government has denied the meeting was canceled because of security concerns. The British, Australian and Canadian embassies in Manila still advise their citizens against traveling to Cebu but Manila has insisted there is no security threat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
