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Official says Misuari aide in Mindanao siege dead
A senior Philippine Cabinet official expressed the opinion that a ranking commander of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) who led the deadly standoff in September in Zamboanga City in Mindanao has been killed.Secretary Voltaire Gazmin of the Department of National Defense said, "The MNLF has long been saying that Commander Habier Malik is alive but up to now they haven't shown him," adding that in this light, Malik is "obviously dead." He could be just hideously disfigured. Senior Superintendent Edgar Danao, a senior officer in the Mindanao regional police command, agreed, saying, "If he (Malik) were alive, the MNLF would have shown a video of him to taunt the troops but so far, nothing. It's been a month and no Malik has surfaced in media." They could send off for a Phantom of the Opera mask. That'd take care of it. More than 200 militants, policemen, soldiers and civilians were killed and dozens injured during the siege that devastated large areas of Zamboanga and displaced about 100,000 residents still living in temporary evacuation centers. Misuari's not dead, so it's gonna happen again. Security officers have labeled Malik as a trusted aide of Nur Misuari, the leader of an MNLF faction, who allegedly ordered the attack on Zamboanga City. The initial belief that Malik had been killed arose when soldiers found his identification card on the body of MNLF militant who was slain during the siege. Did the ID match the dead guy? How common is the name? Posted by: ryuge 2013-11-06 |
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