The StarContributed by Gandolf
Prosperidad, Philippines - Tribal gunmen refused to hand over 47 hostages on Sunday as a four-day kidnap drama in the southern Philippine jungle took a bizarre twist with demands for animal sacrifices.
"The negotiations are in stand-off," said Alfredo Plaza, a government spokesman for the negotiating team.
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2 comments:
First of all I love my beautiful Philippines. Second, the islands have not developed through recent decades like other Asian countries have. Why? Superstition is rampant in the islands. There are faith healers stealing sick peoples money. The Catholic North will not let the Muslim south govern their own land and people (that is what that war is about) and they are still fighting communism and pirates. Thanks for posting the article, it shows that my people are still steeped in superstition. FYI there is a small atheist community of bloggers and freethinker groups representing, and I do mean small. thanks again.
Kriss
Hi Kriss,
when you put the 'christian rape' link up, I wanted to make a news post out of it, but I was late in doing it.
I made a post out of it and this comment.
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