Southern Philippine military chief, Lt. Gen. Eugenio Cedo comforts Tuesday 27 Feb 2007 one of 13 soldiers wounded in weekend clashes with a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front in the southern island of Jolo. The soldiers received medals from the general. The military accused the MNLF, which signed a peace agreement with Manila in September 1996, of aiding Abu Sayyaf militants whose group is tied to al-Qaeda terror network. (Mindanao Examiner Photo Service)
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Photo: Wounded Soldiers In Jolo Get Medals
Southern Philippine military chief, Lt. Gen. Eugenio Cedo comforts Tuesday 27 Feb 2007 one of 13 soldiers wounded in weekend clashes with a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front in the southern island of Jolo. The soldiers received medals from the general. The military accused the MNLF, which signed a peace agreement with Manila in September 1996, of aiding Abu Sayyaf militants whose group is tied to al-Qaeda terror network. (Mindanao Examiner Photo Service)
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Fighting Erupts In Jolo Island, 1 Soldier Wounded By Abu Sayyaf
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 24 Feb) – Philippine soldiers clashed Saturday with Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern island of Jolo, killing a still undetermined number of gunmen, officials said.
Officials said the fighting in the hinterland village of Buanza in Indanan town left one soldier wounded.
The soldiers, all from the Army’s 6th Special Rangers Company, were tracking down the Abu Sayyaf when they ran into a group of militants and a firefight ensued.
The gunmen, numbering about 40 and believed to be under Abu Sayyaf leaders Radullan Sahiron and Albader Parad, broke into smaller groups and fled, officials said, adding, troops were pursuing the militants.
On Monday, security forces also clashed with the Abu Sayyaf in Indanan’s Tagbak village killing a government soldier and a militant. Four other soldiers were wounded in the clash.
The fighting in Jolo coincided with the ongoing joint anti-terror drill between U.S. and Philippine soldiers.
Philippine military chief General Hermogenes Esperon ordered troops to finish off the Abu Sayyaf and capture two key Jemaah Islamiya militants, Dulmatin and Umar Patek, hiding on Jolo island.
Jakarta implicated both Dulmatin and Patek to the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreign holidaymakers.
Washington listed the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya as foreign terrorist organizations and offered as much as $10 million bounty for Dulmatin’s capture. Manila also set aside P100 million reward for the capture of known Abu Sayyaf leaders, dead or alive. (Mindanao Examiner)
Officials said the fighting in the hinterland village of Buanza in Indanan town left one soldier wounded.
The soldiers, all from the Army’s 6th Special Rangers Company, were tracking down the Abu Sayyaf when they ran into a group of militants and a firefight ensued.
The gunmen, numbering about 40 and believed to be under Abu Sayyaf leaders Radullan Sahiron and Albader Parad, broke into smaller groups and fled, officials said, adding, troops were pursuing the militants.
On Monday, security forces also clashed with the Abu Sayyaf in Indanan’s Tagbak village killing a government soldier and a militant. Four other soldiers were wounded in the clash.
The fighting in Jolo coincided with the ongoing joint anti-terror drill between U.S. and Philippine soldiers.
Philippine military chief General Hermogenes Esperon ordered troops to finish off the Abu Sayyaf and capture two key Jemaah Islamiya militants, Dulmatin and Umar Patek, hiding on Jolo island.
Jakarta implicated both Dulmatin and Patek to the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreign holidaymakers.
Washington listed the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya as foreign terrorist organizations and offered as much as $10 million bounty for Dulmatin’s capture. Manila also set aside P100 million reward for the capture of known Abu Sayyaf leaders, dead or alive. (Mindanao Examiner)
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