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Afuwa Kasule,
My own daughter was a victim of this barbaric attack by Islamic
terrorists in 2008. When I rushed to see her in hospital, where she
was being treated for broken limbs as she had to jump out of third
floor window to escape the inferno that broke out, This is how our
conversation went:
Daughter: Why do you hate me so much daddy?
Me: But I don't hate you, I love you.
Daughter: Then why did you leave me here?
Me: Okay, I am sorry, I will take you back with me to London
Daughter: But why did you even leave me here? Why do the muslims want
to kill me? I have done nothing to harm them!!!!
Afuwa Kasule, this was a girl just 13 years of age, and imagine the
trauma she had to go through.
I dont think you have been a victim of terrorism yourself, otherwise
you would not take such a laid-back and dismissive attitude to the
great harm and suffering that Islamic terrorists are inflicting on
thousands of innocent people around the world.
Bobby
3 killed, 47 hurt in Iligan blasts
Lino De La Cruz and Roel Pareño - December 19, 2008 - 12:00am
ILIGAN CITY – Three people were killed and 47 others were wounded when
two cellphone-activated mortars exploded one after the other in two
department stores 30 meters apart on the same street in Iligan City
yesterday.
In Manila, Malacañang said President Arroyo would push through with
her scheduled visit to Iligan City today for the inauguration of the
suka pinakurat vinegar processing plant of Green Gold Gourmet Food
Products in Barangay Pugaan.
Mrs. Arroyo condemned the terrorist attacks as "ruthless, violent acts
of terrorism against our communities."
Last week, Mrs. Arroyo canceled her visit to Shariff Kabunsuan after
an explosion and the recovery of improvised explosive devices in the
province.
The wounded – among them children – were rushed to the government-run
Don Gregorio T. Lluch Memorial Hospital, Mindanao Sanitarium and
Hospital, and Dr. Uy's Hospital.
A baggage counter clerk, identified as Junly Gomonod, 18, was
critically wounded in the attack on Jerry's Bargain Center.
She was unconscious when admitted at Dr. Uy's Hospital in Iligan City.
Military and police investigators identified one of the fatalities as
Erwin Suico, an employee of one of the department stores.
The two killed were store employees assigned at the baggage counter,
while the wounded were shoppers and people on the street, police said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks, but police
suspect that rogue bands of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have
made true their threat to bomb the city.
Col. Nicanor Dolongan, 403rd Army Brigade commander, said shortly
before the first explosion, a close circuit television at the UniCity
caught two people wearing a Muslim scarf depositing a baggage at a
counter outside the department store.
"Our suspects here are members of the lawless MILF group because of
the type of (improvised explosive device) that were used," he said.
Police investigation showed the two mortars wrapped as Christmas gifts
were left at the baggage counters of the two department stores.
The two mortars exploded at about 1:35 and 1:40 p.m. after being
triggered from a safe place by remote control with the use of a cell
phone, according to investigators.
Iligan City police director Senior Superintendent Virgilio Ranes told
The STAR the terrorists were able to slip in the mortars without being
detected because the baggage counters were located outside the
department stores.
Policemen were standing guard at the entrances of the two department
stores, where they frisked shoppers and monitored pickpockets and
shoplifters, he added.
The first mortar blew up at the UniCity, followed five minutes later
by a second explosion at the Jerry's Bargain Center.
Both department stores are located on Aguinaldo Street in Iligan
City's commercial district.
After the two explosions, pandemonium broke out on Aguinaldo street as
shoppers and pedestrians scampered for safety.
Police immediately evacuated shoppers and workers from neighboring
department stores amid the screams of sirens of emergency rescue
vehicles rushing to the scene.
Banks in the commercial center also closed shop, along with the big
shopping centers like the newly opened Gaisano Mall Atrium.
Lt. Col. Adane Adriatico, Army 1st Infantry Division spokesman, said
authorities could not yet identify the type of bombs used in the two
attacks.
However, military investigators believe improvised explosive devices
were used, according to Lt. Steffani Cacho, Armed Forces Western
Mindanao Command spokeswoman.
The attacks were the second and third to occur in Iligan City in four
months after a bomb exploded last Aug. 18, she added.
Fashioned out of empty mortar shells and rigged with high explosives,
the improvised explosive device is the signature of the MILF,
according to Dolongan.
Col. Benito de Leon, Army 104th Infantry Brigade commander, has sent
bomb-sniffing dogs and explosives experts to help Iligan City police
in the investigations.
"We have sent K9 units and bomb experts in the area to help in the
investigations," he said.
Col. Nicanor Dolojan, Army 403rd Brigade commander, said the attacks
might have been perpetrated by rogue MILF bands.
"Our suspect here are the lawless MILF group because of the type of
the (improvised explosive device) that were used," he said.
"That IED manifest their signature, using mortar rounds. That is our
initial findings,"
Last month, at least three people were wounded when two budget hotels
in Iligan City were bombed. - With Jaime Laude, Marvin Sy
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My own daughter was a victim of this barbaric attack by Islamic
terrorists in 2008. When I rushed to see her in hospital, where she
was being treated for broken limbs as she had to jump out of third
floor window to escape the inferno that broke out, This is how our
conversation went:
Daughter: Why do you hate me so much daddy?
Me: But I don't hate you, I love you.
Daughter: Then why did you leave me here?
Me: Okay, I am sorry, I will take you back with me to London
Daughter: But why did you even leave me here? Why do the muslims want
to kill me? I have done nothing to harm them!!!!
Afuwa Kasule, this was a girl just 13 years of age, and imagine the
trauma she had to go through.
I dont think you have been a victim of terrorism yourself, otherwise
you would not take such a laid-back and dismissive attitude to the
great harm and suffering that Islamic terrorists are inflicting on
thousands of innocent people around the world.
Bobby
3 killed, 47 hurt in Iligan blasts
Lino De La Cruz and Roel Pareño - December 19, 2008 - 12:00am
ILIGAN CITY – Three people were killed and 47 others were wounded when
two cellphone-activated mortars exploded one after the other in two
department stores 30 meters apart on the same street in Iligan City
yesterday.
In Manila, Malacañang said President Arroyo would push through with
her scheduled visit to Iligan City today for the inauguration of the
suka pinakurat vinegar processing plant of Green Gold Gourmet Food
Products in Barangay Pugaan.
Mrs. Arroyo condemned the terrorist attacks as "ruthless, violent acts
of terrorism against our communities."
Last week, Mrs. Arroyo canceled her visit to Shariff Kabunsuan after
an explosion and the recovery of improvised explosive devices in the
province.
The wounded – among them children – were rushed to the government-run
Don Gregorio T. Lluch Memorial Hospital, Mindanao Sanitarium and
Hospital, and Dr. Uy's Hospital.
A baggage counter clerk, identified as Junly Gomonod, 18, was
critically wounded in the attack on Jerry's Bargain Center.
She was unconscious when admitted at Dr. Uy's Hospital in Iligan City.
Military and police investigators identified one of the fatalities as
Erwin Suico, an employee of one of the department stores.
The two killed were store employees assigned at the baggage counter,
while the wounded were shoppers and people on the street, police said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks, but police
suspect that rogue bands of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have
made true their threat to bomb the city.
Col. Nicanor Dolongan, 403rd Army Brigade commander, said shortly
before the first explosion, a close circuit television at the UniCity
caught two people wearing a Muslim scarf depositing a baggage at a
counter outside the department store.
"Our suspects here are members of the lawless MILF group because of
the type of (improvised explosive device) that were used," he said.
Police investigation showed the two mortars wrapped as Christmas gifts
were left at the baggage counters of the two department stores.
The two mortars exploded at about 1:35 and 1:40 p.m. after being
triggered from a safe place by remote control with the use of a cell
phone, according to investigators.
Iligan City police director Senior Superintendent Virgilio Ranes told
The STAR the terrorists were able to slip in the mortars without being
detected because the baggage counters were located outside the
department stores.
Policemen were standing guard at the entrances of the two department
stores, where they frisked shoppers and monitored pickpockets and
shoplifters, he added.
The first mortar blew up at the UniCity, followed five minutes later
by a second explosion at the Jerry's Bargain Center.
Both department stores are located on Aguinaldo Street in Iligan
City's commercial district.
After the two explosions, pandemonium broke out on Aguinaldo street as
shoppers and pedestrians scampered for safety.
Police immediately evacuated shoppers and workers from neighboring
department stores amid the screams of sirens of emergency rescue
vehicles rushing to the scene.
Banks in the commercial center also closed shop, along with the big
shopping centers like the newly opened Gaisano Mall Atrium.
Lt. Col. Adane Adriatico, Army 1st Infantry Division spokesman, said
authorities could not yet identify the type of bombs used in the two
attacks.
However, military investigators believe improvised explosive devices
were used, according to Lt. Steffani Cacho, Armed Forces Western
Mindanao Command spokeswoman.
The attacks were the second and third to occur in Iligan City in four
months after a bomb exploded last Aug. 18, she added.
Fashioned out of empty mortar shells and rigged with high explosives,
the improvised explosive device is the signature of the MILF,
according to Dolongan.
Col. Benito de Leon, Army 104th Infantry Brigade commander, has sent
bomb-sniffing dogs and explosives experts to help Iligan City police
in the investigations.
"We have sent K9 units and bomb experts in the area to help in the
investigations," he said.
Col. Nicanor Dolojan, Army 403rd Brigade commander, said the attacks
might have been perpetrated by rogue MILF bands.
"Our suspect here are the lawless MILF group because of the type of
the (improvised explosive device) that were used," he said.
"That IED manifest their signature, using mortar rounds. That is our
initial findings,"
Last month, at least three people were wounded when two budget hotels
in Iligan City were bombed. - With Jaime Laude, Marvin Sy
--
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