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2016-01-13 Southeast Asia
Philippines: MNLF denies alliance with Abu Sayyaf
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Posted by Fred 2016-01-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
 File under: Abu Sayyaf 

#1 The ASG = ABU SAYYAF GROUP has repor already declared its allegiance to ISIS/ISIL, so the MNLF inviting them to establish ties wid the ISIS/ISIL is already moot.

AFAIK the ASG had also pledged its allegiance to AQ = AL-NUSRA, but has NOT relinquished or disvowed its pledge in favor of the ISIS.

I'm intrepreting the above as more indicia that the ISIS + AL-Nusra Orgs are NOT truly deadly enemies despite their seeming rhetoric + violence to the contrary.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-01-13 01:22||   2016-01-13 01:22|| Front Page Top

#2 AFAIK the ASG had also pledged its allegiance to AQ = AL-NUSRA, but has NOT relinquished or disvowed its pledge in favor of the ISIS.

I'm intrepreting the above as more indicia that the ISIS + AL-Nusra Orgs are NOT truly deadly enemies despite their seeming rhetoric + violence to the contrary.


Or, all those loudly shouted pledges of blood and souls are mere posturing, as local jihadi organizations plump for the latest strong horse/terrifying boogeyman in the hope of absorbing the cachet and perhaps getting a whare of the funding. We see the same behaviour by the jihadi tourists, who flow from country to country as they seek out the coolest battleground, where the locals are conquering instead of being driven back. For a while everyone went to Afghanistan, then Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria again...now it seems that Libya is getting hot as Turkey is less welcoming to those passing through.
Posted by trailing wife 2016-01-13 11:11||   2016-01-13 11:11|| Front Page Top

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