[ATIMES] The moment he assumed the highest government post in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to eliminate the 400-odd heavily armed bandidosbandidos holy warriors 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... Group (ASG) which had been terrorizing the country for over 25 years.
Around 10,000 soldiers were deployed and a naval blockade was ordered on the shores of Basilan
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Because they were so effective before without it. So long, and thanks for all the fish.
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..In fairness, Duterte's plan is pretty much to kill every living thing in the area where AS operates. And if he asks us to leave, there's a good chance he'll ask the Chinese for help.
Mike
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[Gulf Today] Authorities on Saturday confirmed that the Abu Sayyaf has released a Norwegian businessmen they abducted in late 2015 after paying a $600,000 ransom. Officials said the militants freed Kjartan Sekkingstad late Friday night in a remote village in the town of Indanan, Sulu.
The release and payment of the ransom was negotiated by a senior leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Sekkingstand was one of three foreigners including two Canadian nationals and their Filipina companion who were kidnapped in late 2015. The Canadians, John Ridsdel and John Hall, were later beheaded for their failure to pay the ransom demanded.
[Bangkok Post] A teacher was wounded slightly when a roadside bomb went off on a road in Pattani province late Friday. The blast in Khok Pho district injured a teacher at Banna Kor Nua School, while he on the road. His pick-up truck was also damaged.
Police believe the blast was the work of regional insurgents.
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