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More slain Maute, Abu men recovered from battle zone
 [NEWSINFO.INQUIRER.NET] Government security forces recovered 24 remains suspected to belong to pro-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.... holy warriors following aerial bombings and ground assaults that lasted until late Tuesday. The recovery of the bodies, including one that appeared to be a foreigner, from two locations inside the main battle area brought to 64 the number of bodies and skeletal remains recovered this week alone. Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez, commander of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said the 24 bodies were found in two buildings that button men from the Maute group and their allies occupied. But in a presser in Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday, Maj. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said 22 cadavers were recovered, some of whom were suspected to be remains of leaders of the Maute group. "We are also interested to find out if there are prominent people ... killed. This is the reason why we are asking the PNP (Philippine National Police) to conduct the DNA testing faster to identify [them], because one or two of them might be the leaders of this group," Padilla said. AFP chief of staff Gen. Eduardo Año had announced in September that the Maute brothers‐Abdullah, Madi and Otto‐had been killed in the fighting. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... another brother, Omar, and 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... leader Isnilon Hapilon were believed to still be alive, Año had said. Galvez said firearms were found near the bodies retrieved recently. "They are all confirmed members of Maute and Abu Sayyaf [groups]. There were no indications they were civilians or hostages," Galvez told news hounds. He said they were expecting to find more bodies inside the main battle area as soldiers continued to move toward areas occupied by button men spread out in about 4 hectares in Marawi. About 800 Maute fighters have been killed since the fighting started here on May 23, military officials said. At least 159 soldiers and 47 non-combatants were killed as the government engaged holy warriors who laid siege to Marawi. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-13 |
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