Posted on 10/15/2017 9:54:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Four military and police officials told The Associated Press that Isnilon Hapilon, who is listed among the FBI's most-wanted terror suspects, and Omarkhayam Maute were killed in a gunbattle and their bodies were found Monday in Marawi.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to make a public announcement yet of the latest developments in Marawi, a mosque-studded center of Islamic faith in the south of the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. Defense Secretary Lorenzana later confirmed the militant deaths.
"Yes, they are confirmed dead," Lorenzana said, adding DNA tests would be done on the remains of the two militant leaders to pave the way for the payment of huge U.S. and Philippine bounties offered for the two. A top Malaysian militant, Mahmud bin Ahmad, who uses the nom de guerre Abu Handzalah and is a close associate of Hapilon, has not been found.
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Military leaders had said last month that three leaders of the militants who began the siege of the lakeside city on May 23 were killed in the months of fighting but the two still alive were leading a final stand.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in the Marawi violence, including more than 800 militants. Army Col. Romeo Brawner said Sunday about 40 militants were still fighting in a small hilly residential area by Lanao Lake, including 100 relatives of the gunmen and civilian hostages.
On Saturday, troops attempted to rescue several hostages but only snatched a 16-year-old female captive because of intense militant fire, which wounded an army battalion commander and more than 20 other soldiers, Brawner said. The rescued hostage provided the crucial information that allowed troops to locate Hapilon and Maute in one building, Lorenzana said.
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Good news. A good friend in the PI with a relative fighting there in the PI military, said that many moslem fighters were coming into Mindanao from other countries, and money was coming from Qatar. Also soldiers found a huge meth factory (she used another name for it they use locally) and the moslem jihadis were all doped up to the gills plus they sell it all over the PI to make money for jihad.
Obama must be very irritated that ISIS has been decimated. It was obvious that everything he did was for appearances only.
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I am sure the Obungler was sadly disappointed. No wonder Duterte called him a SOB.
Lol That’s right.
This Maute character’s parents were captured a few months ago, about 3 miles down from me, at a checkpoint on MacArthur highway in Davao City.
Duterte doesn’t mess around. I think you once said he was popular.
“...money was coming from Qatar....”
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The money always comes from Qatar. These actions by the Philippine military help by not only killing Jihadis but also by eliminating a major source of meth in the country. Keep it up boys!
My friend’s son is in the PI Special Forces, he’s a lieutenant. Another son is an Army doc. She is very worried about them constantly.
Definitely very good news, but the majority of the shabu distributed in the Pinas is manufactured in super labs hidden in the Pinas and just offshore in ships - all owned by the Chinese/Chinoy.
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Yeah, that’s what my friend called it - shabu. Said that the PI military found huge, mammoth factory type buildings make it in Mawari. Where is the Pinas? The PI military should bomb those ships.
“Pinas” is a local slang term for “Philippines”.
My wife is a Pinay (Filipina), from northern Mindanao.
I lived there for a five month period just before and after Duterte’s (’DU30’) election.
Where at? Butuan City, Surigao, Cagayan de Oro, Dipolog City, Ozamis City, Zamboanga City, or what. My wife is from Southern Mindanao, Davao City. I am there, as we speak. 😀
Butuan City.
Lol. That’s cool.
The poor starving citizens has so little food that using the METH keeps them from realizing that they are hungry.
Yes, I have been there too, even before I went to Davao City. I flew in and out on Philippine Air Lines, through Bancasi Airport. Sound familiar? 🇵🇭🤗
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