The military awarded about P22-million worth of reward money to informants at the Intelligence Service at Camp Aguinaldo Wednesday following the neutralization of key Abu Sayyaf personalities and communist terrorist leaders.
No rest for the wicked—and the weary—on All Saints’ Day. The military said there would be no letup in its offensive against outlaws in Mindanao, particularly the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) regional terror network. “For the whole Philippines, our law enforcement operations with the Philippine National Police (PNP) will continue [...]
Abu Sayyaf group members dwindled to 379 last June, from a peak of 1,270 four years back. Armed Forces head counts shows 46 ASG leaders were run to the ground. All had bounties on their heads. The Supreme Court, this week, confirmed life sentences for 17 ASG members for razing a Basilan hospital and abducting [...]
The Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) regional terror network and the local Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the Sulu Archipelago are already so integrated they operate almost as one organization, according to an international counterterrorism expert. The link between the JI and the ASG is “almost complete,” said Professor Rohan Gunarathna, head of the management staff of [...]
