American Among 21 Killed in Airport Bombing in Philippines

(Washington Post) A bomb ripped through an airport in the southern Philippines Tuesday, killing at least 21 people, including an American missionary, and wounding more than 100. Some security officials said that members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a separatist group, had carried out the attack in cooperation with Abu Sayyaf, a smaller separatist organization linked by the U.S. to al Qaeda.


2003-03-05 00:00:00

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