That “flypaper” strategy’s working real well, isn’t it?
THIRTY Philippine ferry passengers, including several children, were injured when a home-made bomb left on a pile of liquefied petroleum gas tanks exploded.
The explosion ripped through the back section of the Dona Ramona ferry as it was about to depart from the port of Lamitan in the southern island of Basilan, a hotbed of Muslim militancy.
“This was a concealed explosive device that was left on piles of LPG tanks,” said Basilan military chief Brigadier General Raymundo Ferrer. “This was purely to sow terror.” [...]
Ferrer would not say if the Muslim Abu Sayyaf group was behind the attack, although other security officials say the attack had the trademark of the al-Qaeda linked group.
The blast at Lamitan port - built using US aid money and opened by the American charge d’affaires Daryl Johnson just days ago - came after Muslim militants injured 26 people in a bomb attack on a parked vehicle and inn on Friday.
