Offesnsives Against the Abu Sayyaf and JI in the Philippines: Reports of MILF Ties to JI Persist

AFP announced that it had captured an Abu Sayyaf bomb factory in bud Kapun in Indanan town, Jolo. In retaliation the ASG assassinated two policemen. A Philippine military spokesman claimed that they had recovered a “huge cache of high-grade explosives” used by the ASG as well as members of JI.

Police implicated JI in a two bomb attacks in Cotabato and Kidapawan, North Cotabato, Mindanao on 10 August 2006, which killed one and left four others wounded.

Two police were killed in a shootout with suspected terrorists in Pikit, North Cotabato. They were searching for Zulkifli bin Hir (aka Marwan), one of the toip JI leaders in Mindanao and one other JI member, “Omar.”

Read More

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SSS.GOV.PH Online Inquiry

The SSS Online Inquiry is a system established by Social Security System of the Philippines in helping its members to easily inquire anything about their SSS accounts. But due to the problems in the server of the SSS website, the SSS Online Inquiry is always down. Other related posts about SSS Online Inquiry: SSS Online Inquiry Sucks
Read more

Philippines bans liquids on ferries, trains and buses

The Philippine government banned on Monday passengers from brining liquids inside ferries, trains and buses, after liquids were banned from airplanes last Thursday, local television network ABS-CBN News reported. Philippine officials said apart from the Light Rail Transit ( LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) in Metro Manila, the Philippine National Railways is also not allowing passengers to bring liquid- based items into the coaches. Read More
Read more

Gastroenteritis Outbreak In Cebu

It was on November 23, 2004 when the outbreak of Gastroenteritis hit Cebu. For only 6 days, there are already 239 reported cases and 2 of them have already died. The outbreak was traced to a leaking water pipe of the Moalboal Water System of the Local Water Utilities Administration, which was tested positive of contamination.
Read more