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| Forces Disrupt Group's Terror Training |
| 2005-08-16 |
| U.S.-backed offensives have disrupted terrorism training by the Jemaah Islamiyah group, prompting the al-Qaida affiliate to constantly change camps and delaying the arrival of a batch of Indonesian recruits, a Philippine government report said. Everybody's got recruiting problems... That training began in 1998, mostly in the southern strongholds of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front, according to the report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. Last year, though, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front began pressuring the foreign trainers to move away, Beat it, ya furriners! apparently to avoid sporadic government anti-terrorist offensives. "The holding of training courses by the JI at this time, even in far-flung or swampy areas, would almost be improbable owing to government offensive threat," the report said. /grain of salt. I'll believe it when there are no more JI attacks for, say, infinity. |
| Posted by:Spot |