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| Duterte hopes to wipe out Abu Sayyaf Group without US military support |
| 2016-09-18 |
| [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 ...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 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Sounds to me like he doesn't want to be bound by the U.S. 'Rules of Engagement' they will force him to comply with. In short - he's planning on winning. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-09-18 23:47 |
| #5 In fairness, Duterte's plan is pretty much to kill every living thing in the area where AS operates. Sounds like a plan, efficient and thorough. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Glutch4583 2016-09-18 20:09 |
| #4 So he's going to do what he just damned America for doing a hundred years ago (cause it worked). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-09-18 17:05 |
| #3 He might be just the guy to do it. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-09-18 16:10 |
| #2 ..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 |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-09-18 14:11 |
| #1 Because they were so effective before without it. So long, and thanks for all the fish. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-09-18 07:55 |