MNLF attacks Abu-Sayyaf

[balipseyev]

---

21 killed in MNLF-Abu Sayyaf clash

MANILA, Philippines—More than 20 people were killed and several others were wounded, following the clash that erupted between members of the Moro National Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf Group in Sulu Sunday, police said Monday. Senior Superintendent Antonio Freyra, Sulu Police provincial director, said 13 people were said to have been killed from the ASG side, while eight were recorded from the MNLF side after the fire fight that ensued along Kabbun Takas in Sulu.
Three MNLF members were also wounded, he said.
The fight transpired after Rolando Letrero and Ramilito Vela—the TV crew of Jordanian reporter Baker Atyani—who were kidnapped last year, were released.
Letrero and Vela were retrieved from a hotel in Sulu around 10 p.m. Saturday.
The victims were taken to Zamboanga City, then to Metro Manila.
He said roughly 200 ASG members joined the fight, while 700 to 1,000 were from the MNLF.
“Nagkalapitan na siguro itong mga ‘to (They fought in close range),” Freyra said.

21 killed in MNLF-Abu Sayyaf clash | Inquirer News

[balipseyev]

BREAKING NEWS: MNLF fighters prepare for bigger offensive

Fighting in the jungles of Patikul, Sulu has halted as fighters of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) prepared for a bigger offensive against the Abu Sayyaf bandits, a senior official of the rebel group said Tuesday.

Habib Mujahab Hashim, chairman of the MNLF's Islamic Command Council (ICC) said that Moro fighters under the command of Ustadz Habier Malik are regrouping in the mountains of Patikul, Sulu.

[Eddie.Garcia]

samtang nag away cla sa isa ka area maayu unta holugan ug napalm para hurot cla tanan.....brutala sad nako uy...hehehe

[balipseyev]

THE PHILSOUTH LINE: Fighting for honor… and blood

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/04 Feb) — It is a tragic time in some areas in Sulu, among warring groups of the Moro National Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf Group and their families, as the former seek vengeance over the merciless beheading by the ASG of five MNLF fighters and the murder of two others.

At the borders of the municipalities and affected zones, deployed police and military troops can just stand by and be on guard for the defense against civilians within the mountainous areas of Patikul.

Sunday seemed a long day—calls for inquiry, verification, confirmation—and the release of the two television crew men of Al-Arabiya TV Southeast Asia Bureau was good news enough, too overwhelming for media to realize that back in the outskirts of Patikul town in Sulu, two groups of heavily armed Tausugs—some very young and able-bodied enough to work for productive living—were fighting against one another for honor, and for blood.

For once, I reported on a conflict that could not let me quote a Philippine military or police officer. And somehow, MNLF insiders gave valuable information that also required them to request me to shield their identities. Since Friday morning, community folk have been most helpful in sharing information to this Mindanao journalist who could not even flag an ID card from a distinguished TV network or national daily. And after the long wait, patience paid off. Somewhere in this armed conflict, the name of Baker Atyani, the Jordanian journalist and bureau chief of Al-Arabiya Southeast Asia who had earlier interviewed Al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden, just had to come up.

THE PHILSOUTH LINE: Fighting for honor

[lolzXD]

Kinsay may bida ani nila? Kinsay kakampi nato ani?

[i_the_mighty]

Maypa sila-sila na lay magsangka.

Katong mga samaran nga rebelde nga nanginahanglan og dugo, may to sila hatagan og dugo nga naay hilo/AIDS ba kaha. (sadista mode)

[butitoy]

basta dili lang nila idamay ang mga walay labot nga sibilyan

pwede ra sila maghutdanay, pwede na sila magsugod karon

[Tirong-say]

Nakahatag ba kaha ug ransom
tong gipang-kidnap.

[Code Talker]

Basin each side has thier own agenda mao ga away. Sad.

[elvandesantos]

Kinsay may bida ani nila? Kinsay kakampi nato ani?

MNLF is on our side. Considered government militias that has the responsibilities over ARMM. Though I don't know whats there current status after the Aquino Government settled the conflict over MILF without giving proper notifications/negotiations to the MNLF which handles affairs over ARMM. ARMM is now changed to Bangsamoro in favor of the MILF... I smell another war coming here..