Meanwhile, the Iraqi general leading a force that controls Falluja said he had no plans to disarm insurgents, defying demands by U.S. commanders who appointed him and raising tension with Marines encircling the restive city.
ASG leader Khadaffy Janjalani reportedly said a certain Arnulfo Alvarado alias Abu Muadz blew up a bomb inside the ship, triggering fire that gutted the ferry. He was passenger 51 on the list of passengers, Janjalani claimed.
Vice Admiral Arthur Gosingan, PCG commandant, said the passengers' manifest does not list an Arnulfo Alvarado.
"Passenger 51 based on the manifest was a woman named Julia Bucao. She was bound for Bacolod. Another woman named Elsa Badan who is bound for Cagayan de Oro was also passenger number 51.
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The Al-Jazeerah you link to is based in... you got it, Dalton, GA.
CNN showing pictures of the bus. Suicide bomber on the middle of the bus. Bus looks torn to shreds, windows out, roof blown partially off. 10s of wounded, dead are apparently still on the scene.