 Another chieftain of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf was killed during an encounter with government troops in Basilan late Tuesday afternoon, the military announced on Wednesday. Reports reaching Camp Aguinaldo named the fatality as Tanakalun Lianson, a known Abu Sayyaf leader in Tuburan, Basilan. Col. Reymundo Ferrer of the Army's 103rd Infantry Brigade said that Lianson was killed during an encounter with their troops in Sitio Bohe-Bohe, Barangay Semut. Ferrer said that the soldiers discovered Lianson's body 15 minutes after the firefight ended. Lianson's killing was reported after a group of Abu Sayyaf gunmen opened fire on a group of militiamen and a certain Mabod Manalumpong was wounded in the shooting. | Sepsis? We can always hope... |
| ... sucking chest wound is always quicker ... |
| ... though the sucking head wound is more spectacular... |
The military made the announcement as the government maintained that peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will push ahead. | The peace processor is set to "pulse" for the time being... |
The chief government negotiator, Silvestre Afable, said Wednesday that the incident in Maguindanao was under the control of the International Cease-fire Monitoring Committee and the Malaysian government has already been informed of the incident. The head of committee is a ranking military official in Malaysia. Afable said the official updates the Malaysian government on the development on the cease-fire between the government and the Muslim rebels. The Malaysian government is acting as the third-party facilitator in the government-MILF peace negotiations. Afable said the next round of formal talks set early this year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will push ahead as scheduled.| Kuala Lumpur is the Las Vegas of the international terror syndicate. All the best jihadis get their marching orders there. |
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