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...after the Davao blast, a spokesman for the Abu Sayyaf group called a radio station in Zamboanga to claim responsibility for the attack. Philippine authorities immediately shot his claim down. The home turf of Abu Sayyaf, which specialized in kidnapping-for-ransom before dedicating itself to jihad last year, is far away on the islands of Jolo and Basilan, southwest of Mindanao. Some suspect that the Abu Sayyaf wanted to take the blame to sound more fearsome than it currently is?or to shield the MILF, which is in peace talks with Manila. Those talks are now stalled, intensifying...
...Intelligence sources tell Time that Salamat had, in fact, ratcheted up his jihad campaign even before that broadcast, directing the MILF's Special Operations Group (SOG) to launch retaliatory strikes in urban areas of Mindanao. The SOG attacked military targets and power transmission towers, plunging 90% of Mindanao into darkness with one explosion in late February. Cotabato City airport was bombed, too, killing one person and injuring six. Then came the attack in Davao, which the authorities are also attributing to the MILF. They claim Sudang, the suspected suicide bomber, was an MILF member, and Mayor Duterte says Sudang...
...farewell to arms, arguing that terrorism has done little to advance the Palestinian goal of ending Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Others see armed struggle as the best way to pursue that goal - and they find themselves fighting alongside the militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who seek not only a return to the 1967 borders but the elimination of the State of Israel. Still, there is no Palestinian leader of any inclination willing to accept anything less than a settlement based on the 1967 borders (or a modified version of those). And Israeli prime minister...
INDICTED. SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN, 45, University of South Florida professor, along with seven other men, for running an operation that supported, financed and relayed messages for the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, designated a terrorist group by the U.S. and blamed for the deaths of more than 100 Israelis. He faces up to life in prison...
...heated battle in the high jump, freshman Cliff Emmanuel narrowly lost to Jihad Beauchman of Yale based on the number of jumps each took to clear 2.01 meters...