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Briton plotted to join Abu Sayyaf bandits
[NEWSINFO.INQUIRER.NET] A British supermarket worker was convicted on Thursday of preparing to fight with the 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... bandit group. Ryan Counsell, 28, was found guilty of preparing for acts of terrorism. Counsell had booked to fly on July 13 last year to Zamboanga City, the closest city to Basilan ...Basilan is a rugged, jungle-covered island in the southern Philippines. It is a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf, bandidos, and maybe even orcs. Most people with any sense travel with armed escorts... island, a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. Abu Sayyaf is listed as a banned terrorist group in Britannia, the jury at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London heard. He had bought military equipment to "engage in combat or support an Death Eater group," the court was told. Jurors heard how Counsell had spent almost £900 ($1,130) on "heavy-duty, military-style boots, combat trousers, camouflage clothing, knee and elbow pads, a monocular scope, rifle magazine pouches and a cheek pad to be attached to the stock of a rifle." He had a bomb-making manual and documents providing "practical advice for someone wanting to travel to Syria to join Islamic State." Posted by: Fred 2017-02-06 |
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