FBI fears terrorists will target Washington state ferries
AP, Vancouver Sun
SEATTLE-- Federal authorities believe Washington state's ferry system has been under surveillance and could be a possible target for a terrorist attack, the Seattle Times reported Sunday.
An FBI assessment determined that 19 suspicious incidents reported by law enforcement officers, ferry workers and passengers since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were highly likely or extremely likely to involve terrorist surveillance, the Times reported.
"We may well be the target of preoperational terrorist planning," said U.S. Attorney John McKay.
FBI fears terrorists will target Washington state ferries
Bomb said cause of Philippine ferry blast
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A bomb planted by the brutal Abu Sayyaf group caused a ferry fire in February that killed over 100 people in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack, an investigation concluded Monday.
President Gloria Macapagal, who initially downplayed a claim of responsibility by the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf, said six people, including two arrested shortly after the attack, have been charged.
"These are the same people responsible for the Dos Palmas kidnapping," she said, referring to a mass abduction from the Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island in 2001 that left several hostages dead.
She said the men in custody made and planted the bomb, and that one beheaded Guillermo Sobero of Corona, Calif., early in the yearlong hostage crisis. Missionary Martin Burnham of Wichita, Kan. also died during a rescue mission that freed his wife, Gracia.