A link between Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network and Iraq found in the Philippines

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Manila expels Iraqi diplomat

The Philippine Government has ordered an Iraqi diplomat to leave the country over his alleged contacts with a Muslim rebel group.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Blas Ople accused Husham Hussein of having links with Abu Sayyaf, which the United States classes as a terrorist organisation.

Both Washington and Manila have linked the group to Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, although it is best known for ransom kidnappings.

The case against him centres on a bomb attack in October 2002 in the southern city of Zamboanga.

The police blame Abu Sayyaf for the bombing, which killed an American serviceman

This is the second time an Iraqi diplomat has been expelled from Manila. In 1991, Jasim Al-Ani was ordered to leave the country over alleged links to terrorists accused of setting off a bomb in a US-run library.

The day after the attack, Philippine spies monitored a telephone call to Mr Hussein by a suspected member of Abu Sayyaf.

"I have a very detailed report from our intelligence community and that is sufficient for me to take the necessary action," Mr Ople said on Wednesday.

I am not surprised one bit...

 

[p_p_man]

This constant seeking of a link between...

Iraq and al Qaida is becoming tedious.

It just makes Bush's America look even more idiotic than it is already...

ppman

 

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