The
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday expressed confidence that
they will soon capture Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) bomb maker Zulkifli bin Hir alias
"Marwan".
Earlier,
Intelligence Services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
"A
lot of them were already hunted down, arrested or killed, so we consider
'Marwan' as fugitive on the run and slowly we will get him, we will catch him
sooner or later, " AFP public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala
said.
He
added that military operations to get the JI operative is now ongoing.
Zagala
also clarified that the AFP never did claimed that "Marwan" was
killed in the Philippine Air Force strike in Sulu last Feb. 2, 2012.
"We
never said he was dead, there was a report na he was killed in that airstrike,
however it was never validated (and) therefore, we consider him as alive, and
second, we never gave the reward for the information to be validated because it
was never validated, the only way to validate is to physically see the body (of
'Marwan') or get a DNA sample (which will confirm the information)," he
stressed.
He
also expressed belief that the military and other law enforcement agencies will
eventually get "Marwan".
"As
far as we are concerned he is a fugitive on the run, he is subject (to) law
enforcement operation(s), he is hunted by the government and as far as we are
concern,we will get to him sooner or later," Zagala pointed out.
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