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Thursday, August 16, 2007

GLOBAL JIHAD: SE ASIA: "Philippines teeters on brink of total war"

ASIA TIMES: Philippines teeters on brink of total war
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have launched a new military campaign against radical Muslim insurgents in its southern regions, an offensive nominally aimed at finishing off the hobbled 300-member Abu Sayyaf terror group, but one that also threatens to widen the conflict with two ceasefire groups, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Manila recently ramped up its military deployment to the restive region, where estimates of soldiers on the ground ranging widely from 5,000-12,000. Army chief General Romeo Tolentino recently announced that he had temporary moved army headquarters from Manila to Zamboanga City on the southern island of Mindanao while the campaign is conducted. Fighting on the southern island of Jolo this month saw 50 people - including 25 army soldiers - killed in armed exchanges, and thousands of civilians have since evacuated the area.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT SADDAM/WMD OR IRAQ, OR AFGHANISTAN, OR GAZA. IT IS ABOUT GLOBAL JIHAD. AND THE ENEMY WON'T STOP UNTIL WE DEFEAT THEM. EVERYWHERE.

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