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To: Machaon who wrote (20172)	11/29/2002 10:43:45 AM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 27666

And yet, it is said, over and over again, that the "War against Terrorism" is not a war between Christians and Muslims. As I have said before, take the news with a pinch of salt. BTW, Bush was obliged by his advisers to mouth similar sentiments in order not to offend 'friendly' Moslem countries. Bush is not wrong because the war is really a war against the extremist Moslems. But lots of folks just don't buy that and to them a good Moslem is a dead Moslem regardless of whether he/she is linked with Al-Qaeda and associated organizations or not.

To: Machaon who wrote (20172)	11/29/2002 10:51:19 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 27666

Srinagar, India, Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Indian troops found bomb-making equipment at a school in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Associated Press said, citing police. The soldiers, acting on a tip, raided the Muslim Girls Public School in Srinagar and found four bombs and sacks full of landmines, AP cited police as saying. The bomb-making laboratory wasn't being used at the time, they said. School officials are being questioned about the discovery. ``Bombs were being manufactured in the school and nobody knew,'' AP cited Superintendent R.J. Swain of the Srinagar police, as saying. ``The explosive material we have found is of very high grade and devices were being smartly concealed inside fire extinguishers.'' More than a dozen groups have been fighting since 1989 for Jammu and Kashmir's independence from India or its incorporation into neighboring Pakistan. Pakistan denies Indian allegations it supports the rebels and allows them to cross into the state from Pakistan-controlled territory. Jammu and Kashmir is India's only Muslim-dominated state. quote.bloomberg.com

To: Machaon who wrote (20172)	11/29/2002 10:57:54 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 27666

Muslim guerrillas kidnap nine, kill one in southern Philippines 11/28/2002 Muslim separatist guerrillas killed one and kidnapped nine people during a raid in a remote southern Philippine community last week, police and military sources said Thursday. Sources said members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked a village near the town of Magsaysay in Lanao del Norte town on November 16. They burned a house owned by a convert to Islam, and gunned him down when he tried to stop them. Nine other members of the man's household were taken as hostages, the sources said. The captives were believed taken to a rebel stronghold in a nearby province and the MILF members demanded some 50,000 pesos (about 1,000 dollars) in ransom. The incident was kept secret from the local press as authorities negotiated for the captives' release. Provincial governor Imelda Dimaporo and police officials later secured their freedom without any ransom changing hands, the sources said. The MILF is the country's largest Muslim separatist group. It signed a ceasefire pact with Manila last year paving the way for negotiations. Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen also kidnapped a Filipino-Chinese couple in Lanao del Norte early this week, the military said. Sonny Chua and his wife Emily were aboard a truck when the suspects waylaid their vehicle and forcibly took them hostages. "We received the report and police and soldiers were immediately sent to search and rescue the victims," regional Army spokesman Major Johnny Macanas told reporters. He said soldiers had recovered the abandoned truck of the couple, but the fate of the hostages was unknown. "We still don't know what happened to them. Authorities are closely coordinating with the victims' family," Macanas said. Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebels are also holding hostage three Indonesian sailors and four Filipina Christian preachers elswhere in the southern Philippines. The fresh spate of kidnappings came a day after the national police reported that kidnapping cases in the Philippines dropped 32 percent in the 10 months to October from the previous year to just 62 reported cases. news.yehey.com