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| AFP vows to destroy Abu remnants, rescue Indons |
| 2002-07-29 |
| THE military won’t spare supporters of detained Bangsamoro leader Nur Misuari providing sancÂÂtuary to the Abu Sayyaf once it resumes clearing operations against the extremist group. Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Roy Cimatu yesterday announced that government troops would set out in the jungles of Sulu to neutralize the remnants of the Abu Sayyaf and to recover the three Indonesian hostages. The presence of Misuari forces in Sulu, Cimatu said, would not dampen the military’s efforts to neutralize the Abu Sayyaf which has embarrassed government with a kidnapping spree beginning the year 2000. MILF is one of those pet projects of the Soddies. They may have lost interest in it by now, with Jemaah Islamiyah trying to come up from the minors under the patronage of Indonesia's vice president. They still represent a considerable danger, and they have a shaky truce in effect with the government. The Philippines is never going to pacify the area without disposing of them. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |