JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 22 Aug) Marine soldiers recovered a huge cache of suspected Abu Sayyaf chemicals used in the manufacture of homemade explosives in the southern Philippine island of Jolo, officials said on Tuesday.
Officials said soldiers were pursuing the Abu Sayyaf when they found at least 10 sacks of ammonium nitrate in the hinterland village of Darayan in Patikul town at the weekend. "The chemicals are believed owned by the Abu Sayyaf and is main component of IEDs (improvised explosive devices)," Lt. Col. Susthenes Valcorza, spokesman of the Southern Command, told the Mindanao Examiner.
Troops were still tracking down members of the Abu Sayyaf and two leaders of the Jemaah Islamiya, Umar Patek and Dulmatin, who were reported to be with the group of local terrorist leader Khadaffy Janjalani in Jolo island, about 950 km south of Manila.
"The operation is still ongoing and our troops are tracking down the terrorists," he said.
Brig. Gen. Alexander Aleo, the island's military commander, said soldiers continue to hunt down Janjalani and Patek and Dulmatin in Jolo's hinterlands.
"We are still tracking down the terrorists -- the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya -- and the hunt is centered on the mountains of Indanan and Patikul towns. Our operation is relentless and we will get them dead or alive," he said.
The Philippine military tightened security in Jolo island after soldiers last week seized 6,000 blasting caps believed owned by the Abu Sayyaf group.
Aleo said a man, Mujahiri Malik, who was allegedly transporting the explosives was arrested, but his companion, a woman, had escaped and is being hunted by security forces. Security forces seized 3,000 blasting caps from a ferry in Jolo and another 3,000 blasting caps left on a pedicab at the busy port of Jolo, he said.
"We suspect these explosives belonged to the Abu Sayyaf. We smell terrorism here," he said.
Aleo said the blasting caps were similar to what the Abu Sayyaf had used in previous bombings in Jolo and Zamboanga City. "They are similar to what the Abu Sayyaf had used in the past; the bombings in Jolo and Zamboanga. They also have the same markings and all made in India," he said.
The ferry left Zamboanga City late Wednesday and arrived in Jolo the next day to unload and pick up passengers and cargoes and then sail for Tawi-Tawi and back to Zamboanga.
Port authorities in Zamboanga City also tightened its security to prevent the entry of weapons and explosives.
The United States offered as much as $10 million bounty for Dulmatin and $1 million for Patek's capture and another $5 million for known Abu Sayyaf leaders, including Khadaffy Janjalani, its chieftain. President Gloria Arroyo also put up P100 million rewards for the capture of the group's leaders and their members dead or alive. Both Patek and Dulmatin were linked to the 2002 Bali bombing that killed more than 200 people.
Officials said soldiers were pursuing the Abu Sayyaf when they found at least 10 sacks of ammonium nitrate in the hinterland village of Darayan in Patikul town at the weekend. "The chemicals are believed owned by the Abu Sayyaf and is main component of IEDs (improvised explosive devices)," Lt. Col. Susthenes Valcorza, spokesman of the Southern Command, told the Mindanao Examiner.
Troops were still tracking down members of the Abu Sayyaf and two leaders of the Jemaah Islamiya, Umar Patek and Dulmatin, who were reported to be with the group of local terrorist leader Khadaffy Janjalani in Jolo island, about 950 km south of Manila.
"The operation is still ongoing and our troops are tracking down the terrorists," he said.
Brig. Gen. Alexander Aleo, the island's military commander, said soldiers continue to hunt down Janjalani and Patek and Dulmatin in Jolo's hinterlands.
"We are still tracking down the terrorists -- the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya -- and the hunt is centered on the mountains of Indanan and Patikul towns. Our operation is relentless and we will get them dead or alive," he said.
The Philippine military tightened security in Jolo island after soldiers last week seized 6,000 blasting caps believed owned by the Abu Sayyaf group.
Aleo said a man, Mujahiri Malik, who was allegedly transporting the explosives was arrested, but his companion, a woman, had escaped and is being hunted by security forces. Security forces seized 3,000 blasting caps from a ferry in Jolo and another 3,000 blasting caps left on a pedicab at the busy port of Jolo, he said.
"We suspect these explosives belonged to the Abu Sayyaf. We smell terrorism here," he said.
Aleo said the blasting caps were similar to what the Abu Sayyaf had used in previous bombings in Jolo and Zamboanga City. "They are similar to what the Abu Sayyaf had used in the past; the bombings in Jolo and Zamboanga. They also have the same markings and all made in India," he said.
The ferry left Zamboanga City late Wednesday and arrived in Jolo the next day to unload and pick up passengers and cargoes and then sail for Tawi-Tawi and back to Zamboanga.
Port authorities in Zamboanga City also tightened its security to prevent the entry of weapons and explosives.
The United States offered as much as $10 million bounty for Dulmatin and $1 million for Patek's capture and another $5 million for known Abu Sayyaf leaders, including Khadaffy Janjalani, its chieftain. President Gloria Arroyo also put up P100 million rewards for the capture of the group's leaders and their members dead or alive. Both Patek and Dulmatin were linked to the 2002 Bali bombing that killed more than 200 people.
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God damn Chinese, they plagiarized this story again!
Huge cache of explosives seized in southern Philippines
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
Troops on hot pursuit against Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and two Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives recovered at least 10 sacks of ammonium nitrate...
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295668.html
Philippine security forces have seized a huge cache of chemicals used in making bombs in the southern island of Jolo, the military said on Tuesday.
Troops on hot pursuit against Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and two Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives recovered at least 10 sacks of ammonium nitrate in the hinterland village of Darayan in Patikul town over the weekend, said Susthenes Valcorza, spokesman of the Armed Forces Southern Command.
"The chemicals are believed owned by the Abu Sayyaf and are the main component of IEDs (improvised explosive devices)," Valcorza said.
Since last month, hundreds of Army and Marine troops have been going after Janjalani, Umar Patek and Dulmatin, two JI bombers believed to be the masterminds of the October 2002 Bali bombings which killed about 200 persons.
"We are still tracking down the terrorists...the Abu Sayyaf and the Jemaah Islamiyah...the hunt is centered on the mountains of Indanan and Patikul towns. Our operation is relentless and we will get them dead or alive," said Brig. Gen. Alexander Aleo, commander of Joint Task Force Comet.
The Abu Sayyaf is an Islamist terrorist separatist group based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines. The group has carried out bombings, assassinations, kidnappings and extortion in their fight for an independent Islamic state in western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.
Source: Xinhua
This is super. Take out bomb making materials is great prevention.
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