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Resorts World Manila: Explosions, gunfire reported in Philippines
CNN ^ | Updated 2:00 PM ET, Thu June 1, 2017 | By Holly Yan

Posted on 06/01/2017 11:05:14 AM PDT by Red Badger

Gunfire and explosions have been heard at the Resorts World Manila in the Philippines, CNN Philippines reported. A masked gunman was on the second floor of one hotel, firing at guests, hotel employees fleeing the scene told CNN Philippines. Police, fire trucks and SWAT teams were seen in the area at about 1:30 a.m. local time Friday. Resorts World Manila, also known as RWM, is a resort complex in Newport City, a residential and commercial center in metropolitan Manila. RWM has an array of hotels, restaurants and bars. Tourists flock to the complex for its casino, shopping mall, cinema and theater. The complex, which is described on RWM's website as "the first and largest integrated resort in the Philippines," is located across from Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isil; isis; manila; philippinesterror
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1 posted on 06/01/2017 11:05:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Well, I’m going to rule out the peaceful Amish.

I know, it’s early....


2 posted on 06/01/2017 11:07:20 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Red Badger

People wearing MAGA hats?


3 posted on 06/01/2017 11:10:09 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Red Badger

Ramadan Bombathon.

The religion of pieces celebrating........


4 posted on 06/01/2017 11:10:48 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SaveFerris

It’s a real mystery.................


5 posted on 06/01/2017 11:11:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
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To: Red Badger

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4563736/Gunfire-explosions-heard-hotel-near-Manila-airport.html


6 posted on 06/01/2017 11:11:32 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Red Badger

This says all I need to know:

“The Philippines has been grappling with incidents of terrorism, especially on the southern island of Mindanao. There, in the city of Marawi, government forces have been battling ISIS-linked militants for control of the city.”


7 posted on 06/01/2017 11:11:34 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: ColdOne

White privileged red necks?................


8 posted on 06/01/2017 11:11:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
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To: Red Badger

Work place violence?
Postman gone postal?

Could not be the religion of peace.


9 posted on 06/01/2017 11:12:40 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Red Badger; Travis McGee; Diogenesis

Hmmmm, what could all these attacks, mayhem, destruction, murder have in common?

What could it be? It’s a real poser..../Monty Python

I know! Eating disorders!


10 posted on 06/01/2017 11:12:40 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Red Badger

Damn, I was going to visit the Philippines later this summer.


11 posted on 06/01/2017 11:19:27 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Man-made global liberalism is killing the planet)
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Watching on Fox News. Little details except the potential area is big, that this started around midnight, about two hours ago.


12 posted on 06/01/2017 11:20:14 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I suggest you book now while the prices are looooooow.......................


13 posted on 06/01/2017 11:22:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
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They also just stopped taking their meds. Couldn’t find a job. Not allowed to pray 4 times a day in school. Had to do it....global warming made them


14 posted on 06/01/2017 11:23:41 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: tennmountainman

Lone wolf?
Just need jobs and love?


15 posted on 06/01/2017 11:37:14 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I was there 50 years ago.
Everyone carried .45 pistols.


16 posted on 06/01/2017 11:37:40 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Red Badger

Probably couldn’t get out of their time share lease...


17 posted on 06/01/2017 11:38:13 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Red Badger

More roving gangs of rural Minnesota Lutherans at work it sounds like


18 posted on 06/01/2017 11:39:58 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: shotgun

LOL!................


19 posted on 06/01/2017 11:40:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
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20 posted on 06/01/2017 11:52:56 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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