UPDATE:
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http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=425183
“3 killed, 47 hurt in Iligan blasts”
By Lino De La Cruz and Roel Pareño Updated December 19, 2008 12:00 AM
ILIGAN CITY – T
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “No group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks, but police suspect that rogue bands of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have made true their threat to bomb the city.
Col. Nicanor Dolongan, 403rd Army Brigade commander, said shortly before the first explosion, a close circuit television at the UniCity caught two people wearing a Muslim scarf depositing a baggage at a counter outside the department store.
“Our suspects here are members of the lawless MILF group because of the type of (improvised explosive device) that were used,” he said.
Police investigation showed the two mortars wrapped as Christmas gifts were left at the baggage counters of the two department stores.
The two mortars exploded at about 1:35 and 1:40 p.m. after being triggered from a safe place by remote control with the use of a cell phone, according to investigators.
Iligan City police director Senior Superintendent Virgilio Ranes told The STAR the terrorists were able to slip in the mortars without being detected because the baggage counters were located outside the department stores.”
Just the usual, "rebels" and "seperatists."
Interesting.
“rebels fighting for self rule” = “Jihadis fighting to establish a Muslim state”