MANILA: The Philippines has foiled a terrorist strike similar in scale to the Madrid bombings with the arrest of four militants from a group linked to al-Qaeda and the seizure of powerful explosives, President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday.
“We have pre-empted a Madrid-level attack on the metropolis by capturing an explosive cache of 80lb (36kg),” Arroyo said, comparing the plot to the March 11 bombings in Madrid that claimed almost 200 lives.
