Wednesday, March 4, 2015

AFP overruns another BIFF camp in Maguindanao

From InterAksyon (Mar 4): AFP overruns another BIFF camp in Maguindanao

The military has overrun yet another camp of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao, where an all-out offensive was launched last week to deny sanctuary to foreign terrorists believed to be holding out there.

The abandoned BIFF camp was found in Sitio Tatapan, Barangay Kitango in the town of Datu Saudi Ampatuan, by elements of the 37th Infantry Battalion and 14th Mechanized Company of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade.

According to Captain Joanne Petinglay, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, the soldiers found various gun parts, tripods for .50 caliber machine guns, antennae of handheld radio, assorted bullets and even paraphernalia for methampethamine hydrochloride or shabu.

Also discovered were attack plans of the BIFF on civilian targets in adjacent provinces, as divertionary tactics.

The latest BIFF camp placed under AFP control is about 8 kms away from the first camp discovered in Barangay Dasikil, in Mamasapano, Maguindanao - scene of the Jan. 25 anti-terrorist mission that led to a firefight with Moro rebels and the deaths of 44 police commandos.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/106250/afp-overruns-another-biff-camp-in-maguindanao

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