Philippines resort under attack (Mormon separatist rebels are suspected responsible)
06-03-2017, 01:56 AM
By the way, I've posted on this forum in the past that the problems in the Southern Phils. were much worse than what the media was letting on.
The media would constantly use a single group, for instance Abu Sayyaf, as a catch-all for the over a dozen Islamic groups in the region.
There were around 500 militants originally in the (still ongoing) siege of Marawi City. Of the around 100 that were killed, at least 8 were foreign: from Chechnya, Yemen, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
If 500 jihadis could hit that city on short notice, including foreign members, how many do you think are in that region? Remember, the military is supposedly still hitting the Sulu/Jolo area hard, which is supposedly the main area for Abu Sayyaf (and much of the jihadi action in the past few centuries). The large MILF and MNLF groups supposedly have a cease fire with the government (though I've debunked this previously as well).
We're looking at thousands of armed extremists in a relatively small area, many of them affiliating themselves with IS.
The place is an absolute hotbed, and this falls largely on the shoulders of Duterte.
Not only was he the mayor of Davao for 30 years and has decades of experience and intel on these regions, he has family hailing from that area as well.
He absolutely knew how bad this was all along and refused to live up to his tough talk in the region. He was still trying to make peace with Abu Sayyaf after he became president and declined to label them terrorists, despite the fact that they had killed hundreds through bombing, beheading, kidnapping, etc. over the years.
Duterte's mother's side of the family is Muslim, as are his grandchildren. His former professor is the founder of the country's decades old communist rebellion.
Hence why he's not nearly as hard on either group as he portrays. He tried to cover over the problem and its bitten him in the ass, with the problem getting worse since he's become president.
Neither the Spanish, Americans, nor Japanese could deal with that shit, back when the Moros were still fighting with swords.
Hopefully Duterte has gotten the message now and is done crying over photos of dead centuries old jihadis at ASEAN conferences. The Moros have been terrorizing the Philippines for centuries.
The media would constantly use a single group, for instance Abu Sayyaf, as a catch-all for the over a dozen Islamic groups in the region.
There were around 500 militants originally in the (still ongoing) siege of Marawi City. Of the around 100 that were killed, at least 8 were foreign: from Chechnya, Yemen, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
If 500 jihadis could hit that city on short notice, including foreign members, how many do you think are in that region? Remember, the military is supposedly still hitting the Sulu/Jolo area hard, which is supposedly the main area for Abu Sayyaf (and much of the jihadi action in the past few centuries). The large MILF and MNLF groups supposedly have a cease fire with the government (though I've debunked this previously as well).
We're looking at thousands of armed extremists in a relatively small area, many of them affiliating themselves with IS.
The place is an absolute hotbed, and this falls largely on the shoulders of Duterte.
Not only was he the mayor of Davao for 30 years and has decades of experience and intel on these regions, he has family hailing from that area as well.
He absolutely knew how bad this was all along and refused to live up to his tough talk in the region. He was still trying to make peace with Abu Sayyaf after he became president and declined to label them terrorists, despite the fact that they had killed hundreds through bombing, beheading, kidnapping, etc. over the years.
Duterte's mother's side of the family is Muslim, as are his grandchildren. His former professor is the founder of the country's decades old communist rebellion.
Hence why he's not nearly as hard on either group as he portrays. He tried to cover over the problem and its bitten him in the ass, with the problem getting worse since he's become president.
Neither the Spanish, Americans, nor Japanese could deal with that shit, back when the Moros were still fighting with swords.
Hopefully Duterte has gotten the message now and is done crying over photos of dead centuries old jihadis at ASEAN conferences. The Moros have been terrorizing the Philippines for centuries.