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| AFP yet to confirm if top Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon is dead |
| 2017-04-06 |
| [NEWSINFO.INQUIRER.NET] While President Rodrigo Duterte said that top 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 may have been killed in "There are raw reports but we still have no confirmation that Hapilon is really dead," Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Año said on Tuesday. In his speech at an event of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines on Monday, Duterte said Hapilon has not been heard of since the Hapilon, a big shot of the Abu Sayyaf wanted for kidnappings in Mindanao, is reportedly the recognized leader of 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.... in the Philippines. Last January, Defense Secretary Lorenzana said that they have received reports that Hapilon is establishing a wilayat or province in Central Mindanao. Año said their last information about Hapilon was he was being carried by four Abu Sayyaf members transferring from one temporary base to another in the hinterlands of Butig. Operations against his group still continue in Lanao and 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... , he also said. IDL |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Huzzah! Isnilon Hapilon might be dead! Jess cain't pernounce 'is name as read. So what, we say! Tis a bright new day! Isnilon Hapilon is maybe dead! |
| Posted by: JHH 2017-04-06 13:12 |