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| Governor claims Sulu has eliminated Abu Sayyaf Group but observers urge caution |
| 2023-09-13 |
| [BenarNews] The governor of Sulu has declared it to be free of 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... holy warriors, but analysts warn that the group’s top leaders remain on the lam while private armies hired by politicians strike fear among people in the southern Philippine province. Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan, who chairs a task force of military and local government officials, last week announced that the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) had been wiped out in Sulu, a chain of islands in the far south near the Malaysian part of Borneo. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 From headline I thought of George Takai and thought the Abu Sayyaf Group was a bunch of groomers. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-09-13 16:58 |