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President Rodrigo Duterte has said martial law on Mindanao island could be extended across the Philippines, while the army fights Islamist militants.

Mr Duterte said insurgents had beheaded a policeman on the southern island. At least three other members of the security forces are reported dead.

On Tuesday he imposed martial law on Mindanao, where Muslim separatists and other rebels are fighting the army.

Some of the groups have pledged support for so-called Islamic State (IS).

Thousands of people have been fleeing fighting in the city of Marawi after gunmen rampaged through the city.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40024120

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1 hour ago, Lilly said:

And ISIS rears it's ugly head in yet another location.

Not really.  This fighting from guerillas in the south has been going on for generations.  Maybe they're Muslims now but they were killing police and other officials and stealing food and supplies from the lowlands long before they converted to Islam.

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Prior to this they were just bandits plundering under the banners and slogans of "Autonomy"

Now its that convenient hood and mask of 'Religion' ...

As long as there are paymasters and weapon suppliers ... they on the back foot now ... and desperate ...

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I was going to make a thread on this. The MSM here is too busy watching Melania's subtle hand gestures and how many scoops of ice cream the POTUS gets (obsessed much? :unsure2:)

37 minutes ago, OverSword said:

Not really.  This fighting from guerillas in the south has been going on for generations.  Maybe they're Muslims now but they were killing police and other officials and stealing food and supplies from the lowlands long before they converted to Islam.

That probably made for an easy recruitment process...

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Unfortunately for ISIS, they messed with the wrong President. Duterte is hard as nails. Just looking at what he does to drug dealers, I can't imagine what he'll do to ISIS sympathizers:gun:

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Note the 'weapons' displayed and proudly slung over the 'sympathizers'

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Heck ... I for one knows for certain that most, if not all of them is hardly what one would refer to as 'Religious' ... not by a long pencil whittled down to the back end erasure tip  ...

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Meanwhile ... despite it being on our literal doorstep ... the Aussie news mentions this not a bit.

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http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2095945/philippine-troops-using-maximum-force-bid-drive-militants

 

Philippine troops using ‘maximum force’ in bid to drive militants out of Marawi City on southern island

A city of 200,000 people, Marawi is mostly deserted, with officials saying “80-90 per cent” of the population has fled

 
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 27 May, 2017, 8:41pm
UPDATED : Saturday, 27 May, 2017, 10:13pm
 
 
 

Philippine armed forces heli­copters fired guided rockets at ­Islamist militant positions in an attempt to flush militants from the southern city of Marawi.

The use for the first time of the heavy firepower came amid growing confidence that the location

of the man believed to be the leader of the Islamic State-inspired fighters, Isnilon Hapilon, has been pinpointed in the city.

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I really don't understand the logic behind people supporting ISIS there, they know what they did and are doing to citizens of Mosul who welcomed them yet Muslims want to embrace Sharia imposing people 

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Ten Philippine troops were killed by friendly fire. I saw reports before saying the 19 civilians killed by IS militants were murdered because they couldn't recite Muslim prayers. The Philippines are predominantly Catholic.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippine-military-airstrikes-kill-10-troops-defence-chief-033731919.html

'Militants allied with Islamic State execute Filipinos who could not recite prayers  Extremists allied with Islamic State are believed to have executed Filipinos in a besieged southern city of the Philippines because they could not cite Islamic prayers, as the death toll from six days of fighting rose to 100, with dozens wounded.  The bodies of eight men, most of them shot in the head with their hands tied behind their backs, have been found on the outskirts of Marawi, 830 kilometres south of Manila.  Residents who had fled the city told journalists the militants separated Christians and Muslims by those who could recite the prayers and took away those who could not.  Attached to one of the bodies was a sign that said "Munafik" (hypocrite).  Earlier reports said the militants beheaded a local police chief.  Authorities said on Sunday that 2000 civilians remained trapped in the city that was home to 200,000, as the military intensified air strikes to drive out heavily armed militants from the little known but brutal Maute group.  Many of those trapped sent text messages to authorities begging to be rescued.  But Zia Alonto Adiong, spokesman for the provincial crisis management committee, said it was too dangerous for rescue teams to enter parts of the city.  "Some are running out of food to eat. They fear they will be hit by bullets, by airstrikes," he said.  The military warned in a statement that it was being forced to step-up surgical strikes from combat helicopters.  "In as much as we would like to avoid collateral damage, these rebels are forcing the hand of the government by hiding and holding out inside private homes, government buildings and other facilities," it said.  "Their refusal to surrender is holding the city captive."  The crisis has become dire since about 100 militants rampaged through the city last Tuesday after a botched military raid on the hide-out of Isnilon Hapilon, an Arabic-speaking preacher and combat specialist who is on Washington's most wanted list.  Hapilon's group then called in reinforcements and torched buildings, posted snipers on roof-tops to repel troops and took an unknown number of hostages, including a Catholic priest.  The strength and capability of the militants have reinforced fears of Islamic State gaining a foothold in the southern Philippines, from where it could organise attacks in other parts of south-east Asia.  Authorities say foreigners, including Indonesians and Malaysians, have been among the dozens of militants who have been killed since Tuesday.  Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told reporters that Hapilon's group had received a "couple of million dollars:" from Islamic State.  He did not elaborate.  Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has imposed martial law across Mindanao, the country's second largest island, and warned the country is at grave risk of "contamination" by Islamic State.  "You can say that IS (Islamic State) is already here," he said.  Philippine military chief Eduardo Ano predicted it would take about a week to clear the city as soldiers go house to flush out the fighters.  Hapilon heads an alliance of 10 militant groups in the southern Philippines who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State.  Washington has offered a US$5 million reward for information leading to his capture.  - with agencies'

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