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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Philippines kills senior Abu Sayyaf leader

Another on bites the dust...

Manila (dpa) - A senior leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Muslim Abu Sayyaf group was killed in a clash with government troops on a southern Philippine island, the military chief said Wednesday.

General Hermogenes Esperon said Binang Sali, chief of the Abu Sayyaf's urban terror unit, was killed late Tuesday in a brief firefight in Patikul town on Jolo island, 1,000 kilometres south of Manila.

"As the chief of the Abu Sayyaf urban terror group, Sali was largely responsible for the bombings in Jolo," he said in a statement.

Esperon said troops recovered the rebel's body and a pistol after the firefight.

"His neutralization translates to one bomber less that could carry out an attack on any target during the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit," he added.

Major Eugene Batara, a regional military spokesman, said government troops have been trailing Sali for several weeks until soldiers finally caught up with his group on Tuesday.

"Our troops did not suffer any casualty in the brief clash," he said. "Sali's men immediately withdrew under cover of darkness."

Batara said soldiers in the area were not able to determine if there were any more casualties in the rebels' side.

The military and police were placed on red alert on Wednesday, two days before leaders from 16 countries were scheduled to start arriving in Cebu province, 585 kilometres south of Manila, for the ASEAN and East Asian summits.

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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Raids on terrorists’ lairs intensified

The heat is on.

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — US-backed military operatives have intensified their raids on suspected lairs of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists in the mountainous towns of Patikul, Maimbong and Indanan, Jolo province, it was learned yesterday.

The air-and-ground offensives in the southern part of Jolo went into high gear after the capture early Wednesday of the wife of a top Indonesian terror suspect, who confirmed the presence of her husband, Dulmatin, and other ASG and JI terror leaders, in Sulu.

Dulmatin’s wife, Istiada BHT Oemar Sovie, is still under tactical interrogation while her two other children are being taken cared-of by the government’s social welfare’s office.

Dulmatin carries a US$ 10 million reward for his capture "dead or alive" along with Umar Patek, who also has also a US-million reward on his head.

Thirty other JI terrorists, believed to be with the group of wanted ASG leader Khadaffy Janjalani and his three other field commanders, are believed holed up in five suspected rebels’ lair in Jolo.

Dulmatin and Patek, another Indonesian, are both suspects in 2002 Bali, Indonesia bombings that killed more 200 people. The duo and Janjalani and his three field commanders are all on Washington’s most wanted list.

Dulmatin and Patek, another Indonesian, are both suspects in 2002 Bali, Indonesia bombings that killed more 200 people. The duo and Janjalani and his three field commanders are all on Washington’s most wanted list.

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