Philippines: January 18, 2002

Archives

Police broke up an explosives supply operation that was providing bomb making materials to Islamic radicals throughout the region. Police seized over a ton of explosives, 300 detonators and 17 M-16 rifles in the southern Philippines. Several people are in custody, including an Indonesian man. Interrogations are continuing. MILF rebels agreed not to attack American troops arriving to provide training. The ceasefire has been broken several times by MILF units.

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close