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US keeps Abu Sayyaf, NPA on Philippine terror list
[Gulf Today] The US has retained the Abu Sayyaf as well as the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army in its list of foreign terror organisations operating in the Philippines.The US State Department also said that while the Jemaah Islamiyah were based in Indonesia, it was also included in the group of foreign terror organisations because its influence has spread to the Philippines with membership estimated at between 400 and 1,000 militants. Posted by: ryuge 2015-06-22 |
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