[THESTAR.MY] All the 15 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.... -linked snuffies enjugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! over the kaboom at the Movida Nightclub in Puchong, including the two coppers, were from Kedah.
In fact, 30 arrested snuffies were from the northern state, which was also the base for former PAS leader and Internal Security Act detainee Mohd Lotfi Ariffin who died while fighting in Syria on Sept 14, 2014.
Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division head Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ayob Khan said they were aware of the fact but insisted the state was not a factor.
"Unlike Jemaah Islamiyah, the IS spread their teachings through social media.
"They rely less on usra (talks) and more on technology to communicate and indoctrinate their followers," he told The Star yesterday.
While the JI elements were mainly operating from Johor, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Sabah, SAC Ayob revealed that IS recruitment was much more widespread.
Since 2013, Perak has the most number of arrested snuffies at 33.
[UPI] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared an immediate cease-fire Monday in the government's 48-year battle with Maoist militants. During his first national address, he said, "To the (rebels), let us end these decades of ambuscades and skirmishes. We are going nowhere. And it is getting bloodier by the day."
"Let me make this appeal to you: If we cannot, as yet, love one another, then in God's name, let us not hate each other too much," Duterte said.
The Philippine government is preparing to resume official peace talks on August 20 in Oslo with the Communist Party of the Philippines, National Democratic Party and the armed New People's Army.
Duterte said, "We express our willingness to go to the negotiating table and yet we load our guns, fix our sights, pull the trigger. It is both ironic and tragic -- and it is endless. That is why, I reach out to you, to all of you today. To our Muslim brothers, let us end the centuries of mistrust and warfare."
Duterte's cease-fire doesn't include Abu Sayyaf. He has said he wants the Philippines' armed forces to "crush" the militant group.
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[GMA News] A member of the Abu Sayyaf allegedly involved in kidnapping tourists in Sipadan, Malaysia in 2000 has been arrested in Zamboanga City. The suspect was identified as Bads Adjam, alias "Pamadol." He is the third member of the Abu Sayyaf to be arrested in the city this year. The suspect was arrested in a private subdivision in Barangay Santa Maria, after a witness positively identified him.
According to sources, Adjam was involved in the kidnappings of ten Malaysians, nine Europeans, and two Filipinos in Sipadan Island in 2000. He was also part of the kidnappings of six Jehovah's Witnesses in Patikol, Sulu in 2002, police said.
Sr. Supt. Billy Tamayo said, "We are still looking for the other wanted suspects in the Sipadan and the Jehovah's Witness case. We are vicious in our effort to arrest them all."
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[ENT.SITEINTELGROUP] The Islamic State’s (IS) ‘Amaq News Agency reported on the deaths of 20 Filipino soldiers following clashes on Basilan Island.
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[Bangkok Post] A defense volunteer was killed and a village chief seriously injured when they were ambushed by gunmen in Yala province on Monday. Asae Nikong, a village chief in Bannang Sata district, and Saman Sophap, a member of the village defense team, were traveling by motorcycle when attacked by gunmen hiding on both sides of the road. Saman was killed and Asae severely injured.
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[The Nation] Islam Burapa Islamic School in Narathiwat province is to be seized after a Thai court judged the school had been used to support the insurgency in the far South. The Anti-Money Laundering Office claimed that the school used its land to encourage and train young people to act against the authorities.
On Saturday Maj General Chinwat Mandej, 4th Army Area deputy commander, said, "I know it is a very sensitive issue and affects the people's feelings about confiscating the school; but we have to because the school was used to support terrorism."
Chinwat added that the school would still be allowed to operate until the lawsuit was finalized to avoid an impact on the students and their families.
The school was targeted to be a training camp for insurgents who sought independence for five southern provinces. Police arrested seven people and seized firearms and explosive devices inside the school in 2007.
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[UPI] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared an immediate cease-fire Monday in the government's 48-year battle with Maoist militants. During his first national address, he said, "To the (rebels), let us end these decades of ambuscades and skirmishes. We are going nowhere. And it is getting bloodier by the day."
[GMA News] A member of the Abu Sayyaf allegedly involved in kidnapping tourists in Sipadan, Malaysia in 2000 has been arrested in Zamboanga City. The suspect was identified as Bads Adjam, alias "Pamadol." He is the third member of the Abu Sayyaf to be arrested in the city this year. The suspect was arrested in a private subdivision in Barangay Santa Maria, after a witness positively identified him.
