Philippines War on ISIS, Abu Sayaf, Maute: News & Discussions

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http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/11/29/1648652/duterte-travel-marawi-despite-guards-injuries
Duterte to travel to Marawi despite guards' injuries
(philstar.com)|Updated November 29, 2016 - 5:18pm
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In this Oct. 12, 2016 photo, President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing the Philippine Coast Guard's 115th anniversary celebration which was highlighted by the commissioning of its vessel from Japan the BRP Tubbataha, Wednesday in Manila, Philippines. On Tuesday, November 29, Duterte said he would pursue his trip to Marawi City against the advice of security officials after his advance party of presidential guards got wounded by a roadside bomb.AP/Bullit Marquez
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he will go ahead with a planned trip to Marawi City against the advice of security officials after an advance team of presidential guards was wounded by a roadside bomb in the volatile region.

Col. Edgard Arevalo, Armed Forces public affairs chief, said seven presidential guards, including an officer, were injured by the bomb as they traveled in a military convoy to an army camp in Marawi City, in an attack by suspected Muslim militants.

Two other soldiers based in the south were also wounded in the attack, police said, adding that some of the soldiers managed to return fire and wounded some of the militants.

RELATED:Duterte's advance party injured by IED blast in Marawi

The injured members of the Presidential Security Group were airlifted to a hospital.

Duterte said he wants to take the same route as the injured guards, adding in jest that the vice president could take his place if something happens to him.

"The advice was to postpone. I said, 'no, I'll go there and if possible take the same route,'" Duterte, who is known for his brashness and foul language, said in a speech in northern Nueva Ecija province.

"Maybe we can have a little gunfight here, gunfight there," he said. "If I can't make it ... that's why we have a vice president, Leni Robredo. We can have a gentle president in exchange for the discourteous mouth."

Duterte plans to travel to Marawi to meet military officials overseeing an offensive against local Islamic State group sympathizers in Butig town. The military says about 40 militants have been killed and several soldiers have been injured in the offensive.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he suspects the militants attacked the convoy to divert the military's focus from the offensive, and they probably were not aware that the presidential guards were on board

 

[Falcon29]

Philippines soldiers battle Isis-linked gunmen on Marawi city streets

A group of heavily-armed militants from a group linked to Isishave reportedly stormed a city in the Philippines and engaged in firefights with the national army.

Troops and a special police force were deployed to the city after residents in a nearby village raised the alarm and appealed for help.

President Rodrigo Duterte then declared martial law and a state of emergency in the province of Mindano. General Eduardo Ano, the military chief of staff, said at least one police officer was killed and eight soldiers were wounded in the fighting.

“I’m appealing to residents of Marawi City to stay home, drop on the ground if they hear gunshots," Mamintal Adiong Jr, the governor of the Lanao del Sur province told The Philippine Starnewspaper. "They have to lock their doors and gates too."

Local reports suggested that the militants had entered a local hospital and raised a black Isis flag above the roof, although this information was officially verified by the army.

Witnesses reported seeing men in attire similar to that worn by Isis militants walking the streets before firing at houses and government buildings.

"There [were] no indications that an attack like this will happen. There are no checkpoints in the city," one resident said. "Everything is in silence. No news about the city government. Everything is vague."
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-street-battle-terrorist-jihadi-a7751406.html

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Very strange, never knew the magnitude of Philippines issue with ISIS extremism, almost as bad as Iraq and Libya. Filipino members we would be interested in your input.

 

[Dungeness]

really bad news for china, their Ideology is spreading with help of American and KSA there to damage china.

How in the world you could find the connection between this news and China?

 

[SubWater]

How in the world you could find the connection between this news and China?

They are like virus
travel b/w countries so fast
It's your region and your rules but my advice is that take the threat serious, attack them and close their mosques in china as fast as you can
maybe tomorrow would be so late to act

 

[powastick]

https://imgur.com/id%3Dv3rnf%3Btype%3Dalbum

"Update as of 10:47pm
-AFP are sending more troops in Marawi
- Patients and nurses are safe inside the APMC and the latter are currently on duty.
- Armed men are confirmed to be the Maute group.
- The Maute group together with the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters has pledged allegiance to ISIS.
- Firefight ensues with the government troops.
- A policeman and 2 ambulance drivers were killed.
- Homes are being trespassed.
- Women not wearing Hijabs are being taken away.
- AFP received an intel that Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon was with the Maute group.
- Some buildings in Dansalan College were burnt to ashes.
- Most affected areas are Basak Malutlut, Sarimanok, Marinaut, Provincial Jail, Amai Pakpak, Bo. Saber, Sarimanok and most of the key intersections in Marawi.
- Marawi City Jail is on fire.
- Detainees in the City Jail were freed by the group.
- At least 5 gov't troops are now wounded.
- Chapel in Barrio Paypay is on fire.
- The group took away the firetrucks so that the fire can't be put out.
- Marawi City is experiencing total electricity blackout.
- ISIS flags are raised in several areas in the city including hospitals, government establishments, and police cars.
- Gunshots are being heard all over the city again.
- Maute group has left the Amai Pakpak Medical Center.
- Maute recruiting residents to join them.
- AFP issued a 5-hour ultimatum for civilians to leave before they start bombing Marawi again.
- Maute is interrogating civilians. If you can't prove you are a Muslim, they will kidnap you and will be "taken cared of"
- Maute used trucks to block all entry/exit including bridges.
- Police captain killed.
- The group is seizing houses looking for men to recruit.
- Civilians are asked to recite the Shahada. If they can't, theyre killed.
- Some of the teachers in Dansalan College are already dead. Their heads are being displayed on the highway. DISCLAIMER: Most of the information here came from personal accounts of people inside Marawi City." ***credits to the owner***

 

[Star Wars]

These scumbags are spreading everywhere....

 

[HannibalBarca]

Hang them all...

These scumbags are spreading everywhere....

they were already there...but under another name since decades...

https://imgur.com/id%3Dv3rnf%3Btype%3Dalbum

"Update as of 10:47pm
-AFP are sending more troops in Marawi
- Patients and nurses are safe inside the APMC and the latter are currently on duty.
- Armed men are confirmed to be the Maute group.
- The Maute group together with the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters has pledged allegiance to ISIS.
- Firefight ensues with the government troops.
- A policeman and 2 ambulance drivers were killed.
- Homes are being trespassed.
- Women not wearing Hijabs are being taken away.
- AFP received an intel that Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon was with the Maute group.
- Some buildings in Dansalan College were burnt to ashes.
- Most affected areas are Basak Malutlut, Sarimanok, Marinaut, Provincial Jail, Amai Pakpak, Bo. Saber, Sarimanok and most of the key intersections in Marawi.
- Marawi City Jail is on fire.
- Detainees in the City Jail were freed by the group.
- At least 5 gov't troops are now wounded.
- Chapel in Barrio Paypay is on fire.
- The group took away the firetrucks so that the fire can't be put out.
- Marawi City is experiencing total electricity blackout.
- ISIS flags are raised in several areas in the city including hospitals, government establishments, and police cars. - Gunshots are being heard all over the city again.
- Maute group has left the Amai Pakpak Medical Center.
- Maute recruiting residents to join them.
- AFP issued a 5-hour ultimatum for civilians to leave before they start bombing Marawi again.
- Maute is interrogating civilians. If you can't prove you are a Muslim, they will kidnap you and will be "taken cared of"
- Maute used trucks to block all entry/exit including bridges.
- Police captain killed.
- The group is seizing houses looking for men to recruit.
- Civilians are asked to recite the Shahada. If they can't, theyre killed.
- Some of the teachers in Dansalan College are already dead. Their heads are being displayed on the highway. DISCLAIMER: Most of the information here came from personal accounts of people inside Marawi City." ***credits to the owner***

Useless...just waste of time...they gonna get killed...and the End

 

[Star Wars]

they were already there...but under another name since decades...

Yup, Many of the local groups in Libya, Syria, Kashmir, Iraq etc are allying themselves with ISIS.
Either way, they just signed their own Death warrant....

 

[Solomon2]

really bad news for china, their Ideology is spreading with help of American and KSA there to damage china.

Saudi Arabia, kingdom of hatred, fighting radicalization?
Op-ed: While US President Trump announces the opening of a global center for combating extremist ideology in Riyadh, the Saudis keep funding the most radical elements of Islam.
Ben-Dror Yemini |Published: 22.05.17 , 16:47

In his speech in Riyadh on Sunday, US President Donald Trump announced the opening of a new Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology. Since the announcement was made in all seriousness and not as a satire, it was one of the unfortunate moments of the war on radicalization. It seems the gap between words and reality has never been bigger.

There were many nice words in the speech, even appropriate words. But while Trump talks about opening the joint center, Saudi Arabia keeps funneling a fortune towards the funding of Islamic radicalization. Trump spoke about soldiers from the Gulf who are fighting terror, but as we speak, Saudi tycoons keep funding the Taliban, with the leadership’s knowledge.

It’s safe to assume that Trump did not read Dr. Dore Gold’s critically-acclaimed book "Hatred’s Kingdom" before leaving for Saudi Arabia. Nor has he read Prof. Vali Nasr’s research on the massive Saudi funding of the distribution of Wahhabism and Salafism in the past few decades, which created the ideological infrastructure for global jihad and the huge wave of terror that is troubling the West and mercilessly hitting the Muslims themselves.



Trump spoke about Iran’s support and funding of terror, but there is only one country which does it more than Iran—Saudi Arabia (Photo: AFP)

This massive funding, of course, goes hand in hand with the fact that Saudi Arabia is one of the most unenlightened countries in the world. Forty-nine countries are defined as “not free” in the 2017 Freedom in the World index. Saudi Arabia is among the bottom 10. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia is at the center of a double paradox: On the one hand, it offered endless support to Salafist organizations, but has become the bitter enemy of global jihad because of its cooperation with the United States; on the other hand, it has not learned its lesson and keeps funneling a fortune to education systems, Islamic centers, imams and mosque that continue along the same Salafist line.

Trump is not the first leader to trust Saudi Arabia. Britain established centers for Islamic studies in a bid to make the Muslim students more moderate. Saudi Arabia offered to help. It transferred 233 million pounds to these centers in eight leading universities. Prof. Anthony Glees published a study revealing the grim outcome: More radicalization among those young students. Saudi capital is funneled to leading universities in the US as well, weakening academic freedom. Trump is no different from the professors who receive donations. They too are living in denial. One has to be really naïve to believe that Saudi Arabia would suddenly make a historic change.

The map of interests of the past few years creates an odd situation, in which the Sunni states, led by Saudi Arabia, stand in the same front with Israel and the American administration. It’s not the result of love. It’s happening primarily because of the shared enemy—Iran. Even Dr. Gold, who understands the problem much better than others, and who has no illusions about Saudi Arabia, was one of the architects of the renewed ties—mainly secret ties—between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Yes, there are shared interests.

The problem is that interests have a blinding power. The Obama administration suffered from blindness when it signed the nuclear agreement, completely ignoring Iran’s long reach. In his speech Sunday, Trump rightfully spoke about Iran’s support and funding of terror, but there is only one country which does it more than Iran—Saudi Arabia.

And now Trump is repeating the same mistake. He is arming the kingdom of hatred, thereby continuing his predecessors’ policy. For nearly a decade now, Saudi Arabia has been at the top of the arms import list. From 2008 to 2015, the kingdom purchased weapons for $93.5 billion (compared to $30.1 billion purchased by Egypt and $14.3 billion by Israel). There are no accurate estimates of the parallel expenses in the area of Wahhabism exports, as they involve both governmental capital and private capital, but different estimates point to a fortune. Saudi Arabia is far from the glory days as a rich oil country, but when it comes to weapons and radicalization it seems to have no limitations.

Trump did not forget to praise Saudi Arabia for advancing the status of women. That is as true as saying that Saudi Arabia is fighting radicalization. The Saudi king, on his part, claimed that Iran was the big exporter of terror. No one was allowed to mention, of course, that most of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks were Saudis. Have I already mentioned that the gaps between words and reality has never been wider? Well, I must say it again.

 

[Shotgunner51]

Philippines President Duterte declares martial law on Mindanao island
48 minutes ago

Soldiers are seen in Davao after the declaration of martial law in Mindanao

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law on the southern island of Mindanao, where the army and insurgents have been fighting. The violence has left three members of the security forces dead and 12 others wounded, officials say. The measure, which will last for 60 days, allows the use of the military to enforce law and the detention of people without charge for long periods.

Mindanao is home to a number of Muslim rebel groups seeking more autonomy. The violence in Marawi, a city of about 200,000 people, erupted on Tuesday as the army searched for the leader of a militant group that had pledged allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS), the military said.

Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana identified the militants as members of the Maute group. They had occupied a hospital and a jail, and burnt down buildings including a church, he added. Mr Duterte issued the declaration while on a visit to Moscow. He would cut short his visit and return to the country, his spokesman said.

The Philippine constitution says a president can only declare martial law for 60 days to stop an invasion or a rebellion. Parliament can revoke the measure within 48 hours while the Supreme Court can review its legality.

Source http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40022529

 

[faithfulguy]

Come on Duterte... Exterminate them.

 

[SorryNotSorry]

Duterte is the wrong man to be messing with

 

[YeBeWarned]

https://imgur.com/id%3Dv3rnf%3Btype%3Dalbum

"Update as of 10:47pm
-AFP are sending more troops in Marawi
- Patients and nurses are safe inside the APMC and the latter are currently on duty.
- Armed men are confirmed to be the Maute group.
- The Maute group together with the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters has pledged allegiance to ISIS.
- Firefight ensues with the government troops.
- A policeman and 2 ambulance drivers were killed.
- Homes are being trespassed.
- Women not wearing Hijabs are being taken away.
- AFP received an intel that Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon was with the Maute group.
- Some buildings in Dansalan College were burnt to ashes.
- Most affected areas are Basak Malutlut, Sarimanok, Marinaut, Provincial Jail, Amai Pakpak, Bo. Saber, Sarimanok and most of the key intersections in Marawi.
- Marawi City Jail is on fire.
- Detainees in the City Jail were freed by the group.
- At least 5 gov't troops are now wounded.
- Chapel in Barrio Paypay is on fire.
- The group took away the firetrucks so that the fire can't be put out.
- Marawi City is experiencing total electricity blackout.
- ISIS flags are raised in several areas in the city including hospitals, government establishments, and police cars.
- Gunshots are being heard all over the city again.
- Maute group has left the Amai Pakpak Medical Center.
- Maute recruiting residents to join them.
- AFP issued a 5-hour ultimatum for civilians to leave before they start bombing Marawi again.
- Maute is interrogating civilians. If you can't prove you are a Muslim, they will kidnap you and will be "taken cared of"
- Maute used trucks to block all entry/exit including bridges.
- Police captain killed.
- The group is seizing houses looking for men to recruit.
- Civilians are asked to recite the Shahada. If they can't, theyre killed.
- Some of the teachers in Dansalan College are already dead. Their heads are being displayed on the highway. DISCLAIMER: Most of the information here came from personal accounts of people inside Marawi City." ***credits to the owner***

Please don't tell that these fcukers take the entire city ? kill em all

 

[Thorough Pro]

Is this a reaction / response to Duterte's recent interview on RT?

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

they were already there...but under another name since decades...

Exactly, they've been there for decades, they just changed their name.

really bad news for china, their Ideology is spreading with help of American and KSA there to damage china.

If the CIA created ISIS to destroy China, I think they missed their target by a few thousand miles.

Since most of the ISIS attacks have been hitting the Middle East or Europe.