Bali bombing mastermind in Philippines, Muslim rebels say

Agence France-Presse | October 7, 2005

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ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP): Indonesian Islamic militant Dulmatin, who has a US$10 million bounty on his head, is hiding out in the Philippines, a spokesman of the main Muslim separatist group here said Friday.

Dulmatin, an al-Qaeda trained electronics expert thought to be one of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings, is in Mindanao, said Eid Kabalu from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

He said Dulmatin was with the senior leader of militant group Abu Sayyaf, Khadaffy Janjalani, as well as another alleged member of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), Umar Patek.

The U.S. reward announced Thursday for information that could help capture or kill Dulmatin is second only to the US$25 million offered for Osama bin Laden and Iraq insurgency leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Kabalu told AFP that Dulmatin, Patek and Janjalani had been together in central Mindano when the Philippines military launched an operation to try to catch them in July, adding that all three apparently got away.

"Based on our operations, Dulmatin and Patek are in Mindanao but we do not know what place because they fled from the latest operations," said Kabalu.

Since the MILF signed a ceasefire with Manila in 2001, it has been helping the government track militants from Abu Sayyaf.

The Abu Sayyaf, like the JI, is on the U.S. State Department's blacklist of "foreign terrorist organizations" which has kidnapped westerners and launched bombings of civilian targets in the Philippines.

[msnimje]

I do not think the people in these countries have any concept of the meaning of 10 or 25 million dollars.
They should make up a chart like the "eye chart" with pictures of some of the things you could buy with that kind of money.
Like a million goats or a really nice cave and the like.

Snellen Chart for illiterate people and children.

[backhoe]

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[firefly828]

I live in one of "these countries" and I have perfect concept of the meaning of 10 or 25 million dollars. I don't need a chart to tell me how to read what that amount of money can buy. Do you even know anything about the Philippines? Really nice cave or a million goats? That is insulting. No, actually, its hilarious. Your comments just show your ignorance about any place beyond your borders. For your information, the literacy rate in the Philippines is about 92%. Not trying to start something, just think that "these countries" deserve a bit more respect.

[msnimje]

I live in one of "these countries" and I have perfect concept of the meaning of 10 or 25 million dollars...

You are absolutely right, I should not have generalized like that.

I was more thinking about the people who live along the Afghan Pakistan Border. In fact, I actually heard one of them speaking to a reporter recently saying they did not believe the US would pay the money if Bin Laden were turned in.

Again, I apologize for my insensitive comment.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Many in the Philippines are highly educated, and have a high literacy rate, but, unfortunately, the economic opportunities are not there, so they have to make a living and immigrate to other countries.
Some education rates, and literary rates in other countries would even put the USA education rates, and literacy rates to shame ( just stating the facts ).