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Southeast Asia

Philippines' most wanted terrorist reportedly slain by MILF in Mindanao

2015-05-04

[Reuters] The Philippines' most wanted terrorist, who escaped after a raid last January that killed 44 elite police commandos, was killed on Sunday in gun battle with Moro militants.

Presidential communications secretary Herminio "Sonny" Coloma said in a statement, "(Abdul) Basit Usman was killed in a firefight in Guindulungan, Maguindanao at around noon today. Usman was the second target of the operations conducted by the PNP-SAF to capture Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan last January 25."

The two terrorists were blamed for a series of bombings in the southern Philippines. Both had links with the defunct Jemaah Islamiyah and carried a combined $6 million bounty from the U.S. State Department.

Coloma gave no other details of the firefight, but security officials said Usman and five others were killed near a creek in Muti village.

Posted by:ryuge

#5 Manila has repor put a photo of the now dead Usman in the local medias, but many claim to doubt iff its really him.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-04 21:57

#4 The PH Govt. subjectively believes Usman may had been set up, ambushed, + killed by his own men whom had argued amongst themselves per the US$1.0Milyuhn bounty on their boss Usman's head.

And all while under alleged MILF security escort.

* E.G. MANILA TIMES > USMAN "DOUBLE-CROSSED"!?

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-04 21:55

#3 When Spain ceded the Philippines to the US it never really controlled the south. Likewise Mexico never really controlled the areas occupied by the Apache and Navajo. It fell to the US to end the former's piracy and slaving and the latter's raiding and marauding. The north was made Christian by the Spanish while the south was left Muslim. Through military action, the US forced a marriage of both. Sort of like the Euros rearranging the ME, with similar results.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-05-04 07:51

#2 Milf are in Hudna with the PPines because the Ppines capitulated and gave them Sharia.

This is how they establish dominance. Stick and carrot.

Now it is hudna. For a short while.

Posted by: Anon1 2015-05-04 02:04

#1 So it appears that MILFs are good for TWO things....

Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-05-04 00:38

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