|
Nine Killed in Philippines Militant Attack
[AnNahar] Islamist gunnies killed nine people and injured ten others as they attacked a town in the Philippines at dawn Monday, burning houses in which women and kiddies were sleeping, police said.About 60 members of the notorious 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... kidnap-for-ransom group entered a town in their stronghold on 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 in the southern Mindanao region and began shooting, local police chief John Cundo told AFP. "This is an act of terrorism and cowardice. When our forces engaged them in a 45-minute firefight and they felt our numbers and volume of fire they backed away and fled," Cundo said. "What is unfortunate is that women and kiddies were affected as they were still sleeping when this happened." The turbans burned four houses and a day care centre in the town of Maluso, Cundo said, adding police and the military were conducting "hot pursuit" operations against the gunnies. The Abu Sayyaf is a loose network of turbans formed in the 1990s with seed money from the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now neither a strong horse nor a weak horse, but a dead horse... 's al-Qaeda network. Its members have engaged in banditry and kidnapping, targeting foreigners in exchange for millions of dollars in ransom. One faction based on Basilan 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. It is not clear whether that faction was involved in Monday's attack on Maluso, although its members are among turbans who have been occupying since May parts of Marawi, the largely Catholic nation's most important Islamic city. The turbans have withstood a US-backed military offensive in Marawi that has claimed more than 700 lives and displaced nearly 400,000 people. President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed martial law across the southern third of the Philippines, including Basilan, to quell the Lion of Islam threat. Following Monday's attack, residents evacuated their homes in fear and authorities sent more troops to secure the area, according to Cundo. The Abu Sayyaf had launched similar attacks on the town in previous years, Cundo added. The incident came a day after the military rescued a Vietnamese hostage of the Abu Sayyaf also on Basilan island after nine months in captivity.
...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... gunnies opened fire on villagers and burned five houses and a village hall in the attack early Monday in Tubigan village in Maluso town on 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. The attackers fled and were being pursued by troops. Military commander Col. Juvymax Uy said the gunnies may have staged the attack to retaliate against communities they think were not supportive of them following a series of battle setbacks. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-08-22 |
|
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=495581 |