Desire for genuine progress and peace is prompting many residents in Sulu and Basilan to help the government in its ongoing campaign against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
GUARDED MOMENTS – Members of Task Force Davao stand guard in front of the San Pedro Cathedral Sunday as Dabawenyos tried to return to normal life, two days after Friday’s deadly explosion at the night market on Roxas Avenue. (Keith Bacongco)/Manila Bulletin
This was disclosed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo in a briefing Wednesday.
He added that this desire for genuine development, progress and peace is gradually negating the ASG advantage in terrain, blood relations with the communities they are operating in, and forced recruitment.
“More and more residents (Sulu and Basilan) are now eager to end the bandit threat as they are now seeing the government’s massive efforts to eliminate the ASG,” the military official stressed.
As of this posting, brigands killed in the ongoing operation in Sulu are placed at 32 killed with many others wounded.
Arevalo said the decision to help government forces is exemplified by the decision of many “Barangay Police Action Team” members to press harder to defend their communities and concerned civilians to report ASG presence in their respective areas.
“There will be no let up in the effort to rescue the remaining hostages. Our priority is the safe rescue of the victims and protection of local communities in Sulu against terrorists and criminal elements,” Joint Task Force Sulu commander Brig. Gen. Arnel Dela Vega earlier said.
“Local folks are gradually helping in protecting their own communities against the ASG scourge and showing defiance against the bandits,” he added.
Dela Vega stressed that they are confident that more and more people in Sulu, including local government unit officials, community and religious leaders will cooperate in giving timely and accurate information to stop the un-Islamic and barbaric acts of ASG.
It may be recalled that the latest victim beheaded by the ASG, Patrick Almodovar is a local Muslim resident whose mother is a Tausug.
“We call on the Abu Sayyaf to stop these kidnappings and killings which are all violations of the Koran and against Islam as pointed out by Islamic scholars worldwide,” Dela Vega concluded.
http://www.mb.com.ph/sulu-basilan-residents-now-helping-govt-in-fight-against-asg/
GUARDED MOMENTS – Members of Task Force Davao stand guard in front of the San Pedro Cathedral Sunday as Dabawenyos tried to return to normal life, two days after Friday’s deadly explosion at the night market on Roxas Avenue. (Keith Bacongco)/Manila Bulletin
This was disclosed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo in a briefing Wednesday.
He added that this desire for genuine development, progress and peace is gradually negating the ASG advantage in terrain, blood relations with the communities they are operating in, and forced recruitment.
“More and more residents (Sulu and Basilan) are now eager to end the bandit threat as they are now seeing the government’s massive efforts to eliminate the ASG,” the military official stressed.
As of this posting, brigands killed in the ongoing operation in Sulu are placed at 32 killed with many others wounded.
Arevalo said the decision to help government forces is exemplified by the decision of many “Barangay Police Action Team” members to press harder to defend their communities and concerned civilians to report ASG presence in their respective areas.
“There will be no let up in the effort to rescue the remaining hostages. Our priority is the safe rescue of the victims and protection of local communities in Sulu against terrorists and criminal elements,” Joint Task Force Sulu commander Brig. Gen. Arnel Dela Vega earlier said.
“Local folks are gradually helping in protecting their own communities against the ASG scourge and showing defiance against the bandits,” he added.
Dela Vega stressed that they are confident that more and more people in Sulu, including local government unit officials, community and religious leaders will cooperate in giving timely and accurate information to stop the un-Islamic and barbaric acts of ASG.
It may be recalled that the latest victim beheaded by the ASG, Patrick Almodovar is a local Muslim resident whose mother is a Tausug.
“We call on the Abu Sayyaf to stop these kidnappings and killings which are all violations of the Koran and against Islam as pointed out by Islamic scholars worldwide,” Dela Vega concluded.
http://www.mb.com.ph/sulu-basilan-residents-now-helping-govt-in-fight-against-asg/
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