Armed
Forces of the Philippines Intelligence Service (ISAFP) commander Major Gen.
Eduardo Ano on Wednesday said there is a huge possibility that Jemaah Islamiyah
(JI) bomb expert Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir alias "Marwan" is still
alive.
The
ISAFP chief based his claim on "consistent reports" which reported
sighting of Marwan in Cotabato allegedly conducting meeting with their allies.
"We
have sources claiming to have met Marwan (in Cotabato) and there was no really
concrete evidence that would show that he was killed during the military
offensive, I think two years ago," Ano stressed.
The
military earlier reported that Marwan, together with another JI operative,
Singaporean Mohammad Abdullah Ali a.k.a "Muawiyah", were killed in
the Feb. 2, 2012 airstrike by the Air Force in Sulu.
Claims
of Marwan surviving the attack surfaced anew after Abu Sayyaf Group commander
Khair Mundos, under interrogation, admitted that Marwan is still alive.
Mundos
was arrested by the ISAFP and Philippine National Police (PNP) during
operations in San Isidro, Paranaque last June 11.
Meanwhile,
Ano said the possibility that Marwan is still alive will not affect the AFP's
anti-terror campaign, adding that the military is still conducting intensified,
focused intelligence operations against the remaining JIs in the Philippines
He
estimates the remaining JIs to be around 10 to 12.
The
Malaysian terrorist arrived in the Philippines
The
US
Ano
also placed the remaining number of ASG to 400.
He,
however, said that ISAFP still does not have information on whether Marwan and
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have formed an alliance.
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