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Security
Philippines: Islamic militants blamed for fatal bombing

Manila, 22 Oct. (AKI) – A militant group of former Christians who have converted to Islam could be behind the bombing that killed 11 people in Manila on Friday.

According to local media reports, text messages and a telephone call supposedly from Sheik Omar of the Rajah Solaiman Revolutionary Movement (RSM) claimed responsibility for the attack.

The organisation has apparently called on the government to release the group leader, Hilarion del Rosario Santos, alias Ahmed Santos, or face more bombs.

Santos was arrested in 2005 in conjunction with an alleged plot to bomb a nightclub strip frequented by foreigners in Manila.

The powerful bomb detonated on Friday, shattered windows and sent concrete and other debris flying through the air. More than 100 people were injured in the attack.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not indicated who they believe is behind the attack, but Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro, AFP public information chief, has been quoted as saying that the Rajah Solaiman Movement has the capability to launch such attacks in Manila.

The US state department lists the RSM as a Islamic extremist group comprising Christian converts to Islam, many of whom embraced extremist Islamic ideology while working in the Middle East. It promotes the use of violence and terrorism against Philippino Christians and Westerners, with the aim of turning the Philippines into an Islamic state.

In a September 2005 report , leading expert on regional terrorism, Zacharia Abuza, said that the Philippines’ main Islamic terror group, Abu Sayyaf, and the Asian region's main terror organisation, Jemaah Islamiyah, had taken advantage of the ‘Balik Islam’ (Christian converts to Islam) networks.

Meanwhile, President Gloria Arroyo said the city's emergency services were on high alert, and 2,000 extra personnel had been drafted in "to prevent a similar occurrence".

"We assure everyone that a full-blown investigation is now under way," she said on local TV.

The president's security adviser Norberto Gonzales said the Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf has been trying to raise international support over the Internet.

"What is more ominous here is they may be planning a bigger attack," he said on Philippines radio.

In 2004, more than 100 people died when militants from Abu Sayyaf - who are battling the military in the south of the country - blew up a passenger ferry in the capital.

And in February 2005, four people died in a bomb attack on a Manila bus.