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Islamist militants involved in Arroyo assassination plot
Authorities have uncovered alleged plots by Al Qaida-linked militants to assassinate the Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies, officials said Thursday.
- Agencies
- Published: 16:03 February 14, 2008
Manila: Authorities have uncovered alleged plots by Al Qaida-linked militants to assassinate the Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies, officials said Thursday.
Military chief of staff General Hermogenes Esperon said the assassination plot allegedly was hatched by the extremist Abu Sayyaf group and its Indonesia-based ally, Jemaah Islamiyah.
General Romeo Prestoza, head of the Presidential Security Group, said police uncovered the plot last week. "It's not only the president who is the target, but also other people and embassies," he said without offering specifics.
The officials did not specify when the attacks were expected to occur. But Prestoza said Arroyo's attendance at an alumni homecoming of the Philippine Military Academy on Saturday in northern Baguio city has been cancelled and the rest of her schedule was "under assessment."
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