Monday, September 01, 2008

Philippines news below the fold

Canada donates NBC protection equipement to the Philippines....Strategypage notes that so far the terror groups haven't tried to use such things, but the equipement can also be used for chemical industrial accidents....

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Ferry bomber (2004) caught in Bahrain...he also was behind setting up bombs in Manila...

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They underplayed that Quantas flight that had to make an emergency landing in Manila...
As it punched through the floor, it damaged electrical wiring and fractured cables used by the first officer to operate wing panels needed to turn the plane.The cylinder took out all three instrument landing systems, the left VHF omni-directional radio range navigation instrument, the left flight management computer and the aircraft's anti-skid braking system.

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Good news: Malaysian peacekeepers will stay in Mindanao..
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Lecture by one of the Magsaysay Award winners who promotes tolorant Islam in Indonesia...

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