http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Philippines_to_dispatch_more_troops_09012006.h tml Philippines to dispatch more troops to hunt down Islamic militants Deutsche Presse Agentur Published: Friday September 1, 2006 Manila- More government troops will be dispatched to a southern Philippine island where the military is hunting down al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militants, an official said Friday. General Hermogenes Esperon, armed forces chief of staff, said a group of 92 elite army scout rangers has been assigned to augment security forces on Jolo island, 1,000 kilometres south of Manila.
Eight marine and army battalions are currently involved in the hunt against Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebel chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants Dulmatin and Omar Patek. "Janjalani and his cohorts are still in Jolo," Esperon said. "It is hard to find a needle in a haystack. We will be inserting in Jolo scout rangers who are on test mission." He, however, did not say when exactly the additional troops would arrive in Jolo. The troops last encountered Janjalani's group on August 24 when scout rangers clashed with Abu Sayyaf fighters in the hinterlands of Patikul town. Three soldiers were killed and 31 others injured in the August 24 clash. The military said soldiers also killed 13 rebels and captured five others, while seven other guerrillas were injured during the fighting. The Abu Sayyaf rebel group has been held responsible for deadly terrorist attacks in the Philippines as well as high-profile kidnappings of foreign nationals. The military has been conducting an offensive against the Abu Sayyaf since the start of the month in a bid to flush out Dulmatin and Patek, who are allegedly under the protection of the rebels. Dulmatin and Patek are key suspects in the October 2002 bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, which killed more than 200 people. The United States has included the Abu Sayyaf and JI on its blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations because of their alleged links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
