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Isnilon Hapilon may have fled Marawi battle
[SCMP] Isnilon Hapilon,
...who first appeared in our pages in 2002 as the leader of Abu Sayyaf, forcibly marrying someone's captive mother. He has not improved upon acquaintance...
a veteran Filipino holy warrior said to be the leader of 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (IS) in Southeast Asia, has not been seen in the battle zone in Marawi City, said Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, head of the military’s Western Mindanao Command.

An attempt by government troops to arrest Hapilon in Marawi on May 23 triggered a rampage by Islamist murderous Moslems flying black IS flags and backed by some imported muscle who seized parts of the mainly Moslem city.
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Isnilon Hapilon
Posted by: Fred || 06/26/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)

#1  I thought this guy had been rubbed out several times in the past (at least according to 'government spokespersons' at the time).

Another 'Dread Pirate Roberts'?
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 06/26/2017 10:47 Comments || Top||



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