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Officials: Arroyo target of plot

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MANILA, Philippines - Militants linked to al-Qaida plotted to assassinate the Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies, officials said Thursday.

Opposition groups dismissed the allegation as government scare tactics to prevent people from joining protests Friday to demand Arroyo's resignation over corruption charges.
A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said officials there were aware of media reports that foreign embassies had been targeted but would not comment further. She spoke on condition of

"Government scare tactics" ...quite the drastic measure to take nonetheless succeeding at its purpose: to use fear to stampede a culture down a path of no return; to continue cultivating business, a deliberate tactic to make a host of domestic policy changes, the list goes on...

i love how credible intelligence has led us to believe we are to be attacked (not speaking only of our own government), but no specific details are ever given simply, "we are aware of media reports..."

they certainly take the "govern" over "men" to the extreme.

was there ever a time where government's weren't corrupt? the creation of fear is to intently create terror; but is this something we really should fear? "we have nothing to fear but fear itself..." right?

there hasn't been a terrorist attack since 9/11; do we really need to be that fearful of a terrorist attack? not belittling the 9/11 event, but there are more deaths every year by other measures.

There were 16,885 alcohol-related fatalities in 2005 – 39 percent of the total traffic fatalities for the year.

www.alcoholalert.com...

no matter the country, there is a common job description for the politicians: create fear=create terror=now, we do what we want

we must pull the wool over our eyes and wake up.

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