Posts Tagged ‘terrorism’

Links for 2007-08-03

Friday, August 3rd, 2007
  • Black Muslim bakery raided News this time from the north of me, in Oakland. Name of bakery: Your Black Muslim Bakery. Someone pointed out: calling a bakery Your White Christian Bakery just won’t fly anywhere.
  • Terror charges for man - brother at large in Philippines Malaysian man from San Jose is indicted along with his brother on charges of taking part in bombings that have killed hundreds in the Philippines.

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Links for 2007-07-22

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

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Datsalottapesos

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Do you know of a get-rich-quick scheme in the Philippines that actually works? Well, one is to turn in local terrorists to the authorities. The U.S. State Department, through the Rewards for Justice program, will pay informants handsomely for their efforts. Witness the pictures of tipsters being handed their reward on two separate occasions: Set 1, Set 2. Like the nifty suitcases filled with cash? It’s just like in the movies, no?

(foreignpolicy.com link via linkfilter)

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Software Piracy and Bombs

Tuesday, January 28th, 2003

A post over at brownpau reminded me of an article I read a couple of weeks ago on Philippine software piracy. Now if the bomb incident coincided with the U.S. trade official’s visit to Virra Mall, we would have had an international incident in our hands.

An attempt to defuse a bomb in another part of the Philippines went awry.

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