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Photo/Video: NPA Rebel Leader Yields In Southern RP

New People's Army rebel leader Erwin Moli, 3rd from left, is escorted out of a fast food chain in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines Friday 16 Mar 2007. Philippine Army officials say Moli, secretary of the Front Kara Command of the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines, surrendered along with 16 followers from Zamboanga del Sur province after a series of negotiations. Moli also surrendered four automatic rifles, two shot guns, an automatic pistol and two fragmentation grenades to the Army's 102nd Infantry Brigade. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 16 Mar) – Philippine military officials presented 13 of 17 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, including their leader, who surrendered to the in the southern province of Zamboanga del Sur.

Officials said the rebels headed by Erwin Moli, of the Front Kara Command of the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines, handed over four automatic rifles two shot guns, an automatic pistol and two fragmentation grenades to the Army’s 102nd Infantry Brigade.

Maj. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer, commander of the First Infantry Division, said the rebels surrendered late Wednesday in the village of Tininghalang in Lapuyan town in Zamboanga del Sur province.

“The surrender is the result of our series of negotiations with the NPA. We have received many surrender feelers and more rebels wanted to surrender and start a new life with their families. There is really no reason to continue with their unnecessary struggle because we are living in a democratic government,” Ferrer told the Mindanao Examiner newspaper.

Zamboanga Ferry Yields Bombs

A Philippine soldier inspects seized mortar bombs Thursday 08 Mar 2007 in Zamboanga City, where troops have tightened security. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 08 Mar) – Philippine soldiers seized ten mortar bombs from a ferry bound for the southern islands of Tawi-Tawi and Jolo, where security forces are battling Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya militants.

Army Col. Nonato Alfredo Peralta, commander of a local anti-terror task force, said troops, acting on a tip-off from a civilian, searched the ferry MV Kristel Jane and found the bombs concealed inside a rice bag.

“Information provided to us by a civilian led soldiers to the recovery of the ten mortars. We still do not know who owns them, but soldiers have tightened in Zamboanga.”

“We are closely coordinating with the port authorities and other law enforcement agencies to prevent the smuggling of weapons and explosives in this part of the country,” he said.

No passengers claimed ownership of the cargo and soldiers failed to arrest any suspects.

It was unknown where the bombs came from or whether they were intended for the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya militants hiding in Jolo island, about 950 km south of Manila.

Filipino authorities blamed both the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya for the string of deadly bombings in the troubled southern region. (Mindanao Examiner)

Balikatan 2007: US Brings War Games To Jolo Island

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An aerial view of the dangerous Jolo island in the southern Philippines where thousands of U.S. and Filipino troops begin 18 Feb. 2007 a three-week joint military drills, dubbed as Balikatan 2007, aimed at enhancing combat capabilities of troops. Filipino troops are battling Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya militants on the island, about 950 km south of Manila.

And this would be followed with similar anti-terror trainings in Tawi-Tawi island near the Sabah border and continued in central Mindanao island.

The Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya groups are blamed for the string of bombings in the Philippines and Indonesia that had already killed scores of people the past years.

U.S. and Philippine troops would also embark on humanitarian missions, that included infrastructure projects and medical outreach in poor Muslim areas in during the exercises, U.S. Air Force Major John Redfield, spokesman of the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines, tells Mindanao Examiner. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

Abu Sayyaf Leader Abu Solaiman Is Killed In South RP

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Filipino troops, guided by U.S. military intelligence, raided an Abu Sayyaf hideout on Bud Dajo (also called Mount Daho) in Jolo's Talipao town and killed a senior militant leader, Jainal Antel Sali, Jr. alias Abu Solaiman. A regional Filipino army spokesman, Maj. Eugene Batara said the death of Sali was big blow to the Abu Sayyaf. (Go to mindanaoexaminer.com to read more)

Video Of Saddam Hussein Hanging

Saddam Hussein Hanging Captured by Mobile Phone Camera

The complete execution of Saddam Hussein was captured by mobile phone and has appeared on numerous video platforms. An eyewitness documented in graphic details the death of the former dictator.
Saddam is shown falling trough the trap door with the noose around his neck and hanging there for several seconds. The clip ends with a close-up of the dead man´s face. (liveleak.com)

Video: Charity

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Please help the poor children in Zamboanga. Please donate to the poor.

Ayudar por favor a los niños pobres en Zamboanga. Donar por favor a los pobres.

Veuillez aider les pauvres enfants dans Zamboanga. Donner svp aux pauvres.

Den armen Kindern in Zamboanga bitte helfen. Zu den Armen bitte spenden.

الرجاء مساعدة الاطفال

الفقراء فى زامبوانغا.يرجى التبرعللفقراء.

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