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| Four Die as Philippine Troops Raid Al-Qaida-Linked Bomb Factory |
| 2015-05-15 |
| [AnNahar] Three Moslem Lions of Islam and a soldier were killed in the southern Philippines on Thursday when government troops raided a bomb factory of an Al-Qaeda-linked group, a military official said. The troops encountered about 30 armed members of 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... Moslem holy warrior group in the southern island of 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... , resulting in a four-hour shootout, said Navy Captain Roy Vincent Trinidad, chief of a special security task force. Three of the gunnies and one soldier were killed in the battle, which forced the Abu Sayyaf to retreat, leaving behind them bomb-making paraphernalia, Trinidad said. "Various types of IEDs (improvised bombs) were recovered that were already assembled. Some were made of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tanks, paint tins and pipe bombs," he said. Founded in the 1990s with seed money from the late Osama bin Laden ... who doesn't live anywhere anymore... 's Al-Qaeda network, the Abu Sayyaf gained international notoriety for the worst holy warrior attacks in Philippine history including bombings and kidnapping Christians and foreigners for ransom. This includes the 2004 Molotov cocktailing of a ferry off Manila Bay that killed more than 100 people. Despite receiving training assistance from the United States, the Philippines has struggled to contain the Abu Sayyaf, whose leader last year 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.... movement. |
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