RP economy target of Abu Sayyaf
MANILA (Sunstar) -- The downfall of the Philippine economy was the target set by the Muslim bandit Abu Sayyaf in their terroristic activities in Mindanao, according to Nadzmie Sabdullah alias Commander Global.
Global, now detained at the Davao del Norte Provincial Rehabilitation Center, said the group's terroristic activities like kidnapping and bombing are just part of their war tactics and that their ultimate goal is destroy the economy.
Just like the demolition of the New York World Trade Center, Global said, they are planning to do the same here in the Philippines.
"If you target the President of a country, it's nothing because they can change him or her. But if a symbol of a world economy like the World Trade Center, the economy of the world will surely collapse. It will be hard for our enemies to recover," he said matter-of-factly.
Global admitted that they are terrorists but only to their enemies. He said it is always against their religion to harm the innocent.
Global and his three other co-accused in the May 22 Pearl Farm raid were arrested in a Muslim compound in General Santos City last July 8. The four are now awaiting the start of their trial in Panabo Regional Trial Court slated this Nov. 8.
Meanwhile, in Isabela, Basilan, military troops hunting down the Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebels who are holding 14 American and Filipino hostages found the guerrillas' cache of bombs, officials said.
The devices, made up of electronic timers and fertilizer chemicals, were found in Lantawan, Basilan on Oct. 12, local Army chief Col. Hermogenes Esperon said.
"We have recovered the bombs left behind by the Abu Sayyaf in Lantawan," he remarked.
The discovery indicated that the Abu Sayyaf were behind the bombing of two hotels in the nearby Zamboanga City in an apparent attempt to divert troops closing in on the rebels in Basilan.
Southern Command chief Lt. Gen. Roy Cimatu said the Abu Sayyaf were also planning to bomb Isabela City in Basilan to try to throw the military off their trail. (SNS)
Yup ... not only do they want death to the infidel, they want our economy to tank beyond the depression. They know money is god to most people. They know people will turn on one another without it on a massive scale. All this makes it easier to conquer the infidel.