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Manila police nab Al-Qaeda-linked militant at mall
 [Straits Times] POLICE in the Philippines say they have captured a jihad boy with an Al-Qaeda-linked movement in an operation at a Manila shopping centre.Busted by mall cops? Dewd! They say they police intelligence unit tossed in the clink Asdatul Sahirun on Sunday at a shopping mall in the capital's Malate tourist district. Sahirun is suspected member of the Philippines' Abu Sayyaf ...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder... turban movement. Authorities have been on alert for possible attacks following the late Osama bin Laden's ... who is no longer with us, and won't be again... killing in Pakistain. Sahirun has Abu Sayyaf is notorious for bombings, kidnappings and beheadings. It has been blacklisted by Washington as a terrorist organisation. US-backed offensives have hindered its ability to launch attacks. Posted by: Fred 2011-05-10 |
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