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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57O1AM20090825
Philippines Arrests Terrorist Who Planned Attack on Israel Embassy
[Reuters] The Philippines said Tuesday it had eradicated a group of Muslim militants with links to the notorious Abu Sayyaf rebels after the arrest of its top leader suspected to be part of a 2006 plot to bomb Western embassies. Dinno-Amor Pareja, 28, also known as Khalil and Abu Jihad, was arrested in Mindanao on Friday. Pareja helped plan attacks on the embassies of the UK, U.S., and Israel in Manila and during the meetings of the Association of South East Asian Nations in the Philippines in 2006. Security forces foiled the plots after 600 kg. of explosives were seized in Manila, but they failed to arrest Pareja who sought refuge in Muslim rebel bases in Mindanao.