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High-risk Cebu terror warning * Samantha Maiden, Political correspondent * January 10, 2007 AN official warning of a high risk of terrorist attacks in The Philippines has been reissued as John Howard prepares to hold talks with Asian leaders in the region on Sunday night. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade yesterday advised people not to travel to Cebu province, where the talks are being held. Fears of a typhoon prompted officials to postpone the original Association of South East Asian Nations and the East Asia summit last month. However, there was speculation that the threat of terrorism was the real reason, with the cancellation following British warnings that a terror attack in the area was imminent. "We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution in The Philippines because of the high threat of terrorist attack," DFAT said on its website yesterday. "We continue to receive credible reports that terrorists are planning attacks against a range of targets, including places frequented by foreigners. "Some reports suggest that terrorists could target sites in Metro Manila, Mindanao including the Sulu archipelago, and Cebu province." The Australian reported yesterday that the Prime Minister would defy the warnings and travel to Cebu on Friday under tight security. He is expected to remain in the region for less than 36 hours. Trade Minister Warren Truss will also attend the talks, but Foreign Minister Alexander Downer will no longer be there, citing a scheduling clash after the summit was postponed and then rescheduled. Wary of being overtaken by a growing China and an increasingly confident Japan, and anxious to tackle criticism it is nothing but a talking shop, ASEAN wants to draft a mini-constitution for itself this year. At ASEAN's annual summit, leaders from the 10 member countries will approve proposals for drafting the charter, which would turn a group whose hallmark has been informal consensus into a legal entity with binding rules akin to the European Union. "At the summit, the ASEAN charter has the most far-reaching implications because of the discussions on the ground-rules," said Victoriano Lecaros, ASEAN spokesman in The Philippines, which currently holds the organisation's rotating chair. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
