My Boss is in th phillpines, Thank god they were able to get those bad guys!!
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"Philippines says it foiled truck bomb plot on US embassy "
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050817/pl_afp/philippinesattacksus_050817133942%3b_ylt=A9FJqZtrSQNDQPMASQGsOrgF%3b_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
The plot by the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) would have involved "an attack on the US embassy using a 1,000-kilogram (2,200-pound) truck bomb," Gonzales said in an interview.
He said the explosives were recovered after Daud Santos, a Muslim convert who is allegedly a member of the JI-linked Abu Sayyaf group, was arrested in a police raid in Manila in March.
The embassies of Australia and Britain, key US allies in the "war on terror," were also eyed as targets, Gonzales said.
"The 1,000-kilo bomb was not just a blueprint. It was a fact. We just happened to get lucky that time," said Gonzales.
"We know the Australian and British embassies, which are housed in high rise buildings, and the US embassy on Manila Bay and one upmarket shopping mall in Manila are targets," he said.
He added that Santos was now free on bail, highlighting Manila's failure to pass an anti-terrorist law that would enable the government to hold terrorist suspects for longer periods.
Under existing laws, suspects detained for possessing explosives can post bail while the judiciary determines their guilt.
"Our intelligence shows us that the organisation has about 70 members, 12 of which have been identified. All of them were recruited and converted while working in the Middle East," he said.
"We also know most of their funding comes from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait," he said. "To the Muslim extremists, the Philippines is perceived as an ally of the United States and therefore is a legitimate target."
Gonzales said Philippine intelligence was working closely with its counterparts in Australia, the United States and Indonesia tracking known terrorists and terror cells.
"It was the Indonesians who tipped us off that there could be up to 10 Indonesian suicide bombers in the Philippines, at least two of which could be in Manila," he said.