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Muslim Radicals Suspected: Bombing Wounds 11 at Christmas Mass in Philippines

Muslim Radicals Suspected: Bombing Wounds 11 at Christmas Mass in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A bomb exploded during Christmas Day Mass at a chapel inside a police camp in the volatile southern Philippines, wounding a priest and 10 churchgoers.

The device was hidden in a ventilation window near the ceiling of the chapel, which is on the compound where the provincial police office is located in Jolo town on Jolo Island, Sulu provincial police said.

The island is a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants, but it wasn’t clear who was responsible for the bombing. Investigators recovered parts of a cell phone they believe detonated the device.

All of the wounded were civilians. One woman remained at a hospital for observation later Saturday, but police said one did not need hospital treatment and the others have been treated and sent home.

The Rev. Romeo Villanueva, 72, said a newly ordained priest, the Rev. Ricky Bacoldol, who was assisting him, was thrown off his feet by the blast impact and suffered a slight leg injury.

“I was reading the Gospel. I was not yet finished when there was a loud explosion,” Villanueva told The Associated Press by telephone.

The roof over the front of the church collapsed and wooden beams and other debris flew in all directions. A portion of the ceiling shielded the organist from the blast, Villanueva said.

About 50 people were inside the church but many more were arriving at the time, he said.

President Benigno Aquino III’s spokesman, Edwin Lacierda, said the bombing “violates the basic tenets of respect and peace of all who hold their faith dear.” He said there could be no religious or political justification for the attack.

The Philippines is predominantly Catholic, but Christians are a minority on Jolo and nearby island provinces that are majority Muslim.

A bombing at the main Jolo cathedral last year killed two churchgoers, and the cathedral has been attacked in the past with grenades. The Abu Sayyaf, notorious for high-profile kidnappings and beheadings, has been blamed for those attacks.

The military estimates that battle setbacks, arrests and surrenders have reduced the group’s strength to more than 300 from more than 1,000 guerrillas during its heyday in 2000.

The Abu Sayyaf is on a U.S. list of terrorist organizations and is suspected of having received funds and training from al-Qaida.

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  • dave101sport
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:12pm

    ok,may god forgive me but, this has gone WAY too far. We as Christians are called to love each other and to love God. Even Mohammed gave Christians and Jews some respect as we were from “the book”. So why the heck do these murderers, killers and radicals get away with saying this is done in the name of Mohammed? More to the point (even though I hate to say it) why isnt the world doing more to neutralize this activity? it is well within most developed nations power to enact some very volitile and efficient means of sanctions and punishment because it seems to me that this is the only thing that these people understand. And yes I said “these” as a broad brush for a minority to all you PC freaks out there who have ruined almost every belief system in the civilized world. To be extremely frank it p*&S(ES me off the a comparitivly few people (radicals) can disrupt such a large population of the world.

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    • Truth4Peace
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:19pm

      People, do not look for peaceful resolution. For the world of man knows nothing of peace. Peace is with your lord and savior Jesus Christ. Fret not about this world for it is a fleeting moment in the respect of eternity. Your time in this world of man is better served by sharing the word if Jesus…Than responding to hate and evil.

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    • Devil Dog 7175
      Posted on December 26, 2010 at 11:23am

      Truth… We’ve tried peaceful resolve… Time for EXTREME violence. All these people understand is superior firepower. You don’t really think that they would try to “peacefully” convert you to their way of thinking , do you? And sorry for the “peaceful” *******… by your silence, you’ve chossen sides.

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  • Mick
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:12pm

    With all these claims that the world is at war with Islam it sure seems Islam is at war with the world. God, Allah, whichever name or title you would give the One Above, you evil men will not be forgiven for the evil that you do. You will never see paradise. Your’s is damnation. The Lord doth rebuke you.

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  • ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:48pm

    We need to take these people out NOW.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:36pm

    Prayers to everyone for a quick recovery. Stay strong.

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  • missionarydad
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:48pm

    This really has my blood boiling. This is outrageous! What kind of satanic monsters are these? To do this in a worship service on Christmas is way beyond pathetic. Obama needs to get up off his vacationing sorry ass and do something about this. It is time to stop pussyfooting around and irradiate these scum from the Earth.

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    • dave101sport
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:18pm

      the muslim religion new year begins on the day of the alleged night that Mohammed went to Jerusalem and ascended to heaven to recieve instruction from God, or even worse during the month of ramadan to show how bad what they have done is when some sort of retaliation should be done. Its not right or Christian but they push the limit with every attack,

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:36pm

    Did not know there was Tea Party Down There….

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  • 5410amh
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:23pm

    if the christians want to have peace in iraq their going to have to create militias to defend themselves. being a christian my self I now the bible says to turn a cheek but there does come a time when you have to defend yourself.

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:09pm

    He said there could be no religious or political justification for the attack.

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  • walker1812
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:04pm

    Let me guess. The Tea Party took credit.

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  • CaptainSpaulding
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:49pm

    Did you know Islam is a religion of peace?

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  • the_ancient
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:45pm

    WOW the PC Police have Hit the Blaze as well, I thought this was going to be a place to stand in the Truth, but instead of “Islamic Terrorists” we get “Muslim Radicals”??? I guess that is only slightly better than “Man Caused Disaster Criminals” but…..

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  • Con Armistead
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:38pm

    Islam is a totalitarian socio-political system that has intended to destroy everything that is not Islam for 1388 years.

    Read the very bad literature called the Quran and at least the relevant parts of the Sunna and you should be able to deduce that Allah is space debris and Muhammad was (or at least became) a murderously insane rapist whose crimes were covered by ‘revelations’ whether real or imagined. Islam has caused more human suffering than Marxism; and that is an impressive accomplishment of evil.

    I suppose many will now invoke Timothy McVey, who never mentioned any religiosity, or violence in the Bible which is irrelevent to the historical mayhem of Islam and does not contain a standing order to commit rape, torture, enslavement and every imaginable sort of violence against the rest of the world.

    It is the most noble part of man that desires freedom of conscience and rebels against compulsion of belief. Whatever convinces any man that he has the authority to force ideas, even good ones, on another can only be from an evil source.

    Con

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  • DHD
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:35pm

    We shall be tolerant of this peaceful religion.

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  • angelcat
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:07pm

    I want to hear a statement from our president condemning these murders of Christians. I want to hear the lamestream media scream about the persecution of Christians here. They are not just being criticized for their choice of a church site. They are not being unfairly lumped in with the radicals of their religion. They are being MURDERED, and yet I don’t hear the liberals screaming about the intolerance of Muslims. It makes me ill.

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    • Bearfoot
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:35pm

      What good is to scream about injustices? Just words!. There is too much talk and no action.

      It’s like lighting candles to mark the spot of a traffic death, what good does that do? People hang notes and flowers on a fence to mark the spot of someone dieing there. Useless sentiment. To fight injustice means you have to get your hands dirty. There is too much talk and so little action.

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    • YellowFin
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:39pm

      I could care less about hearing what the president of the United States says. His words are meaningless also.

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    • angelcat
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:25pm

      You are right. I guess I was expressing my frustration that the persecution of Christians isn’t even acknowledged as a grievous wrong by the same people who lament the slightest transgression towards Muslims.

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  • SlimnRanger
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:05pm

    to get rid of the wasps you tear down the nest after killing all thats on it first

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  • TaterSalad
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:03pm

    Had this woman been wearing a “burqa” she would have been waved through the line:

    http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Woman-arrested-at-ABIA-after-refusing-enhanced-pat-down-112354199.html

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  • DSTSS2010
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:57pm

    These are not men, they are eunuchs, gutless-wonders!

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  • NEAF
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:55pm

    That is exactly what they want, that we act like them “ignorants”. So much for religion tolerance. I would like to watch Omama on: Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Country let no lose our hope (real hope), less than 2 years left.

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  • Atrocities
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:37pm

    Its odd how the Obamanation and the liberals around the globe want us to turn our backs on Christian theology, while at the same time, they defend Muslims and their right to worship Islam. Hum… so I guess if Christians started strapping bombs to children and sending them off to blow up school buses, subways, planes, and people in parks, restaurants, night clubs, and sporting events then liberals might begin to embrace Jesus.

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    • BRAVEHEART
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:11pm

      Isn’t that what Paul said in Romans chapter one ” And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient: Being filled with all unrighteousness,wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness: full of envy, murder, debate, dedeit, malignity: whisperers; Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection , implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same , but have pleasure in them that do them. ROMANS 1: 28-32

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:19pm

      Paul was a RINO

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:27pm

    Sure looks to me like it might be time to start blowing up a few mosques. Evidently they don’t care about churches and synagogues. I would imagine that if a few mosques went up in smoke then they would stop bombing churches.

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    • Dale
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:32pm

      Or provoke more church and synagogue bombings

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    • jacobstroubles
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:05pm

      NOPE, you can bomb/blow up all the mosques you want, this will stop the locust.
      What americans fail to understand/grasp is how ingrained the theology of islam is in to their very being.

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  • Bill
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:26pm

    Is there any doubt now that the radical muslims are a serious threat to all non muslims? Now how can we tell the good from the bad, impossible. They have to sought out and destroyed whereever they reside. This of course is generally after they have killed or maimed others. What are the choises?

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    • diesel71dan
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:55pm

      How to sort the good from the bad????
      The answer is simple, not very PC but simple. You eradicate islam!!! You don’t try to sort them out. I am tired of hearing the moderate/extremist argument. Muslim is NOT a race it is an ideology some call a religion. If you belong to this “religion” you are the enemy!!! Islam follows a sick evil doctrine. So called “moderate muslims” are guilty by association. If they did not believe in this sick doctrine they would not be part of Islam. If someone is a member of the KKK, you would naturally assume he is a white supremacist. If someone was part of Green Peace you would assume they were a tree hugger. If someone was part of the Jewish Women’s League you would naturally assume the were both female and Jewish. Now how is it that you can claim that someone is muslim but doesn’t agree with teaching of Islam. COME ON PEOPLE. If you were on a battlefield a soldier of the opposing army is the ENEMY. The idea of “moderate” and “extreme” muslims is about as ridiculous as an American soldier in WWII interviewing the german soldier to see how Nazi-ish he was. He was the enemy by association….END OF STORY.

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:16pm

      DIESEL: Just a little of the top…….don’t you think

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:17pm

      Yeah, Diesel, I remember when we killed all the Germans…

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  • Mr.Nick
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:21pm

    Of course the libturds will tell you this has absolutely NOTHING to do with Islamic hate towards ALL non-Muslims — no, no – this Islamic moonbattery murdering rampage has to do with US “imperialism.”

    Merry CHRISTmas!

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  • Hisemiester
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:17pm

    “I was reading the Gospel. I was not yet finished when there was a loud explosion,”
    This brings up a memory of years ago. My wife and I were in Costa Rica, walking down the street in the capitol San Jose. San Jose is known for its pick pockets. They can just about strip you and redress you without your attention. Anyway, This guy came running down the street toward my wife and me, he said someone picked his pocket. He said he was not, [now pay attention] ready.
    About the same as this Rev. Crap, I was reading and was not ready.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:24pm

      This is all going to become a religious war between the Muslems and Christians – what a sad thing this is becoming! http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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    • Bearfoot
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:09pm

      Dangerous time for this world. So much confusion. So little education.

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:04pm

      Sad: The understatement of the year.

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    • Devil Dog 7175
      Posted on December 26, 2010 at 8:25am

      1966… Becoming???? This war betweem Christians and Muslims has been ONGOING for thousands of years!!! Time to END it once and for all…
      As to the Philippines its time to stop the muslim virus NOW befor its too late for them. 95 % of pilipinas are christian… Muslims in the south(Mindinao) had slaughtered 78 reporters trying to cover the recent electoins there and were found to be raiding the local armorys and hiding the weapons all over the area.
      That is just one example of what has been going one as of late. This SECT of Violance must be done away with ,world wide so we can again live in peace, war and violance is and should be a last resort, but must be an option.
      Time to talk is over… it has done no good… UNLEASH THE DOGS OF WAR!!! And yes… although an older Marine vet, I will and plan to do my part too. SEMPER FI !

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  • ChiefGeorge
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:09pm

    We are! Its called, Iraq, Afghanistan and next stop Iran. THE NWO isn’t going to sit around and let the Jihadists rule the day. They only think they are for the time being. Please don’t confuse Christians with Warriors of the Islam kind.

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    • Hisemiester
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:26pm

      Oh Wow Chief. You brainwashed too. Look at our Commander in Chief.. We Are, its called Iraq/Afghanistan. I don’t confuse anything. If we had fought Iraq correctly during the gulf was, we wouldn’t have had the second war. GWB went into Iraq cause Daddy started it and he would finish it. Read the history of the warfare between Islam and Christian armies. One wins then the other wins. In winning they destroy all they can. An old old story, almost as long as Christianity. We will not touch Iran. The star on this nation is fading quickly. As the old sarge says, It’s Mamby Pamby land. This is not the nation I went to war for in Nam.

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  • Hisemiester
    Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:05pm

    Oh crap! When are you Christians going to wake up. Its time to take it to the muussluums.

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    • Dale
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:27pm

      I think you forget Christ’s message: PEACE.

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    • Aldo_the_Apche
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:46pm

      as christians our goal is peace as americans our values tell us to protect ourselves bottom line we need to prepare for these extremests

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    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:55pm

      And just how do you think you can have peace with people who want to kill you?
      You get rid of them! That’s how you achieve peace!

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:43pm

      Calling Mr Anderson….

      Your side has been all over the news today. Where are you?

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:47pm

      Hey AmericanSoldier

      Word Up! How much longer do think we should tolerate the bomb squads. Just wondering sense you have the moral high ground on the subject of tolerance…especially when dealing with the fun-loving, all accepting Mooslum terrorists. Well…speak up!.. Everyone here on the BLAZE is waiting for your LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE WISDOM….

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    • Cliff
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:48pm

      http://www.mentordvd.com/Christmascard.html

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:53pm

      The question I have is this, when the suicide bombers strike in America, how many sights are going to be hit at one time? Also, how much more will the Fed’s crack down upon the people of our land, claiming the conservatives and the tea party will be responsable for these actions?

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:01pm

      Dale: I think you forget Christ’s message: PEACE.
      ……………………………………
      We also have the moral obligation to fight Evil. All Evil needs to be triumphant is for good men to do nothing. The Clarion Calls time is approaching

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    • Grandma Patriot
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:32pm

      There won’t be peace until the radical Muslims quit trying to kill us. We do have a right to defend ourselves against their tyranny.

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    • Patriot Z
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:19pm

      uh dale, peace is 1 thing, but getting blown up is another. and if jesus or his followers cant figure out that they will die and be forgotton if they do nothing then i dont want to follow him either and they dont deserve to survive. this isnt about christians. this is is about muslims killing EVERYONE that does not convert. i dont want to die nor be turned into a slave by anyone. we all die sometime. better to die fighting than live or die on our knees. sorry violence IS the answer

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    • Helldogger
      Posted on December 26, 2010 at 9:08am

      @Dale. No I DID NOT forget Christs message. “I am not come to bring peace, but the sword.” Read it & quit propogandizing. Nothing suicidal about the Lord. That would be the Left.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on December 26, 2010 at 3:43pm

      Where Is General Pershing when we need him? Before World War I, General Pershing solved the Philippine’s Muslim problem for over 40 years. Could we adopt his tactics, today? http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on December 26, 2010 at 3:48pm

      A World Jihadist has Issued a Christmas Warning: We Will ‘Turn Your Blood Into Rivers’.
      May he become a martyr before the new year. May all of his 72 virgins be less than one week old. May there be a shortage of diapers!
      http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 26, 2010 at 5:40pm

      George Bush knew the truth about Islam being aware of the consequences of the religion more than anyone. Listen to his words:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaNKz2rDF04

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