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| Southeast Asia |
| Multiple Janjalani sightings |
| 2006-06-10 |
| THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is confused as to the whereabouts of Khadaffy Janjalani, chieftain of the terror group Abu Sayyaf, which is being blamed for a number of deadly bombings in the south and in Metro Manila. FP public information office chief Tristan Kison admitted that the intelligence community received information about the sighting of Janjalani in Sulu while other reports indicated he was in Central Mindanao. "You should understand, we should also understand that these people are highly mobile," said Kison. Janjalani is among the five Abu Sayyaf leaders wanted by the US, which raised US$5 million for their arrest. The Philippines has also offered a P15 million reward for his capture. "He will not stay long in one place, he moves to another place and that is also a strategy to confuse the troops. They keep on moving so it's possible, it's true that they were seen here at one time and then he was in another place at another time," said Kison. There are reports that Janjalani is with the company of Omar Patek and Dulmaten, two foreign bombers of the Southeast Asian regional terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which perpetrated the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 Always after the big fish. If they would just follow Hapilon or Soliman they would get to him. Stupid Phils, they will never get them unless we hand him to them. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-06-10 07:58 |