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2014-09-29 Southeast Asia
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Troops Deploy after Philippine Militants Threaten German Hostages
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[AnNahar] The Philippines dispatched an estimated 1,000-plus extra soldiers to its troubled south on Sunday to strengthen security after Islamic murderous Moslems threatened to kill one of two German hostages, the military said.
A military statement said an army brigade, a unit that usually comprises between 800 to 1,500 troops, was flown to the remote Sulu island group, where 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...
murderous Moslems are believed to be holding the two German tourists.
Two other army battalions meanwhile deployed in nearby southern areas, it added.
"This is a redeployment that is part of an ongoing plan which is anchored on our mandate to address internal and external security situations," it said without elaborating.
The reinforcements will allow Philippine Marines who have been fighting the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu as well as on Basilan
...Basilan is a rugged, jungle-covered island in the southern Philippines. It is a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf, bandidos, and maybe even orcs. Most people with any sense travel with armed escorts...
, another southern island, "to concentrate on their main tasks", northern Philippines military front man Major Calixto Cadano told AFP.
He declined to disclose the exact number of troops sent to the south, citing operational security. One of the smaller units was flown to the south on Saturday, he added.
The statement said all three units that were sent to the south had come from the northern Philippines where security officials said a long-running communist insurgency has largely petered out.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin had announced on Friday that, to "stop the Abu Sayyaf once and for all", army troops will be dispatched to Sulu to help the marines there.
Gazmin has announced the Philippines would not negotiate with the Abu Sayyaf over its demands for about $5.62 million in ransom for the Germans.
He also downplayed alleged links between the group, which is blamed for the Philippines' worst terror attacks, to Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
jihadists fighting in Iraq and Syria.
Abu Sayyaf, has threatened to kill one of two German hostages unless a ransom is paid and Berlin halts its support for the U.S.-led campaign against the IS group.
The Abu Sayyaf is a loose band of several hundred Islamic murderous Moslems originally organized with Al-Qaeda funding in the 1990s.
The group has been blamed for the Philippines' worst terrorist attacks, including kidnappings, abductions and beheadings of foreign and local hostages.
It is believed to be currently holding several other hostages, including two European birdwatchers kidnapped in February 2012.
Since July, the Abu Sayyaf has uploaded videos online proclaiming its allegiance to the Islamic State group, which has taken control of large parts of Iraq and Syria. 
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