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| Four marines injured in clash with Abu Sayyaf |
| 2014-07-05 |
| Four Philippine marines were injured on Friday, one of them critically, after heavy fighting again erupted between the soldiers and members of the Abu Sayyaf group in Patikul, Sulu. Marine Deputy Commandant Jose Cenabre said the clash began after gunmen fired on the soldiers, triggering a running battle. He said one of the injured Marines was in critical condition and was airlifted to a hospital. Cenabre said, "I don't have yet the details but apparently there were three to four soldiers wounded." Military sources said the gunmen belonged to Abu Sayyaf leader Radullan Sahiron, the same group believed responsible for the ambush and slaying of six Army troopers in Patikul, Sulu. Cenabre said, "The manhunt against the rebels will continue until they are decimated." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 Sahiron was an old Mujahideen fighter. He was the SULU commander of the ASG. They had ties to AQ and to wahabis in Soddi. While I understand most of the ASG has broken down to crime acts and not ideology driven act, I think Sahiron is one of two ideologically driven commanders, Insalon Happilon being the other. Si they are probably not ISIS connected but AQ connections are still there. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-07-05 14:39 |
| #2 Artic strongly indics or infers that the ISIS/ISIL + the pro-Qaeda Abu Sayaff Boyz are colluding, + are NOT exactly deadly enemies as per Al-Nusra-vs-ISIS back in Iraq??? Thinking globally, acting locally, JosephM. Or, they're all brothers under the skin. Since 9/11 there's been lots of sharing of personnel between jihadi groups, exemplified most recently by the Al Qaeda in Arabia's master bomb maker training European volunteers in Syria/Iraq for future missions on their return to Europe, hence the increased security concern for America-bound flights from Europe/England. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-05 08:01 |
| #1 FYI GLOBAL NATION > [At least five ...] INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS [incl. ISIS/ISIL-linked] HIDING IN MINDANAO - REPORT. Malaysian Sun. Artic strongly indics or infers that the ISIS/ISIL + the pro-Qaeda Abu Sayaff Boyz are colluding, + are NOT exactly deadly enemies as per Al-Nusra-vs-ISIS back in Iraq??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-07-05 01:18 |