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Manila, Philippines - A strong explosion shakes the presidential palace
AFP via Babelfish translation | February 20, 2006

Posted on 02/19/2006 8:38:13 PM PST by HAL9000

ALARM - The Philippines: an explosion shakes the presidential palate

MANILA - a strong explosion of unspecified origin shook Monday the palate of the presidency from the Philippines in Manila, indicated witnesses.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arroyo; corruptionqueen; explosion; malacaang; malacanang; manila; philippines; religionofnopeace; trashcan
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To: dfwgator

Remember she supported Woman's Right to Shoes.


61 posted on 02/20/2006 6:30:24 AM PST by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: HAL9000

I wonder if it's related to the big karaoke blow-up a couple of days ago?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581074/posts


62 posted on 02/20/2006 6:35:14 AM PST by texianyankee
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To: 8mmMauser

LOL! I havent heard that one before.....


63 posted on 02/20/2006 6:41:03 AM PST by texianyankee
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To: HAL9000

Misunderstood insurgents. Bush is the real enemy.


64 posted on 02/20/2006 6:58:08 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: HAL9000; grizzly84; Gondring; 1rudeboy

Ding Ding .... We have a winner !

Post #5 gets the Knee-Jerk award for this thread.


65 posted on 02/20/2006 7:07:18 AM PST by RS ("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling.")
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To: lowbridge

Frogs blown up with fire crackers?


66 posted on 02/20/2006 7:10:25 AM PST by LachlanMinnesota (The real Churchill knew a blood thirsty gutter snipe when he saw one.)
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To: Indy Pendance

"A palate? Oh no!"

Don't you just hate it when your palate gets shaken!?


67 posted on 02/20/2006 7:13:11 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Visit Free Republic to enjoy shameless Schadenfreude as the lies of liberals are exposed!)
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To: HAL9000

Too much bean dip?


68 posted on 02/20/2006 7:53:03 AM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie, because he didn't bake one.)
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To: DoNotDivide

When garbage cans attack...


69 posted on 02/20/2006 7:57:50 AM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie, because he didn't bake one.)
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To: Fielding
Now that's scary...
70 posted on 02/20/2006 8:19:03 AM PST by null and void (That 12 jurors can overturn the leviathan of "The Law" strikes fear into statists across this nation)
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To: Dallas59
Bets anyone?

Yeah put me down for 20 dollars on it being 7th day adventists bombing the palace you know how wild and phychotic those guys can be /s

71 posted on 02/20/2006 8:30:19 AM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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To: river rat

"I was shocked at the level of poverty for vast numbers of people, and the manner in which they lived in the grassy areas BETWEEN the highway or along side the highways approaching Manila."

Yeah, they really were a lot better off under Marcos.


72 posted on 02/20/2006 9:04:50 AM PST by dsc
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To: Indy Pendance

That Asian food can be quite spicy!;)


73 posted on 02/20/2006 9:50:59 AM PST by Frank_2001
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To: Dallas59

It's those confounded Quakers again!;)


74 posted on 02/20/2006 9:52:15 AM PST by Frank_2001
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To: Dallas59

"Islam is a religion of Peace."


75 posted on 02/20/2006 10:07:31 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: dfwgator

ANYONE SEEN PRESIDENT BUSH TODAY?


76 posted on 02/20/2006 10:32:05 AM PST by hondo1951 (i live in happy valley, but i'm not happy)
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To: dfwgator

ANYONE SEEN PRESIDENT BUSH TODAY?


77 posted on 02/20/2006 10:32:07 AM PST by hondo1951 (i live in happy valley, but i'm not happy)
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To: river rat
The contrast of great wealth for some and abject poverty for most was unexpected... The corruption was stunning. Anyone or anything can be bought - cheaply.

How many countries have you visited? Have you ever been to Detroit? this kind of corruption is the norm anywhere outside the USA and Western Europe.

It appears that one of the greatest contributers to their GNP is the trade in and export of their young women.

Unsaid by you: they are doing legal jobs like nursing, teaching, being a nanny, etc. The usual term is OCW or OFW, for Overseas Contract or Overseas Filipino Workers. Without a visa and the appropriate paperwork, they can't get on the plane.

Their failure to annihilate the Islamist or Communist "terrorists" in their Island nation - is telling.

WTF do you know about it? They are moving Catholics into Mindanao in such numbers that Muslims are or will soon be a minority in many areas, to dilute their strength. The NPA (Communists) are not taken seriously by anyone.

The fine hotel I used in downtown Manila, had a bomb and weapon inspection station in the LOBBY, checking the parcels and baggage of ALL incoming guests and visitors. It didn't work.....the Hotel was bombed - a couple of weeks after I checked out.

Name the hotel and give me a link. I have stayed at the Makati Shangri-La and other places... yes, they have security everywhere... just like in most places where rich foreigners are, everywhere over the globe.

78 posted on 02/20/2006 11:17:38 AM PST by ikka
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To: ikka
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:WAQJKdSO1K4J:www.mahk.com/sc554.htm+Manila+Hotel+bombed&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10

Here's the link, Jerk..

Don't challenge me until you do your own research before calling me a liar.

The rest of your post, is beneath response....

Semper Fi

79 posted on 02/20/2006 11:38:31 AM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat
Don't challenge me until you do your own research before calling me a liar.

Am I mistaken, or is this link describing a bombing that took place in 1990? If I am reading this wrong, please let me know.

I have seen you on the other threads concerning the mudslide in Philippines, you seem down on them in general.

Yes, they shouldn't have kicked us out of Clark and Subic, but they are still friends and allies.

80 posted on 02/20/2006 1:09:50 PM PST by ikka
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