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Philippines: Over 30 police killed in shootout with Islamic jihadist

Jan 26, 2015 8:13 pm By Robert Spencer

Zulkifli Abdhir2Zulkifli Abdhir is a trained killer in the cause of Islam and jihad. He is “a key figure in the ruthless Abu Sayyaf group that has carried out bombings, assassinations and extortion since 1991 under the guise of fighting for an independent Islamic region in the Philippines.” He is “believed to have been tutored by bombmaking expert Azahari Husin” and is “a former associate of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.” Significantly, he “was trained as a communications engineer in the United States.” Since 2003 he has been living with the MILF. His death could be a major blow to the jihad in the Philippines.

“Dozens of Philippines police killed in shootout with fugitive Islamist terrorist,” by Lindsay Murdoch, Sydney Morning Herald, January 26, 2015 (thanks to Kenneth):

Bangkok: More than 30 Philippines police commandos have been killed trying to capture South-east Asia’s top Islamist terrorist, who was involved in planning the 2002 Bali bombings.

Malaysian-born Zulkifli Abdhir, one of the US’s most wanted persons with a $US5 million bounty on his head, is believed to have been killed or wounded in the botched operation in a lawless region of the southern Philippines.

Zulkifli’s death would be a severe blow to Islamist militants responsible for a series of deadly bombings in the Philippines and a recruitment drive for the so-called Islamic State group.

The elusive militant, also known as Marwan, was wrongly reported to have been killed in an air strike on a rebel base on the densely forested Philippines island of Jolo in 2012.

But he later emerged as a key figure in the ruthless Abu Sayyaf group that has carried out bombings, assassinations and extortion since 1991 under the guise of fighting for an independent Islamic region in the Philippines.

Zulkifli is believed to have been tutored by bombmaking expert Azahari Husin, the so-called “Demolition Man” of the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist group who was killed in Indonesia in 2005.

A former associate of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan who was trained as a communications engineer in the United States, Zulkifli was a member of the Jemaah Islamiah central command at the time the group carried out the Bali bombing that left 202 people dead, including 88 Australians.

Fluent in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Tagalog and Arabic, he is suspected of having links to Islamist terror groups across the world. Since 2003 he has been living with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Maguindanao province, 960 kilometres south of Manila.

The 11,000-strong MILF signed a peace deal with the Philippines government last year and forged a ceasefire which has been safeguarded by a Malaysian-led team of foreign truce monitors.

But a fierce firefight erupted early on Sunday, when dozens of police commandos hunting Zulkifli encountered insurgents in corn fields near a village several kilometres from a main road. Witnesses said the bodies of more than 30 police were scattered at the battle scene. “What they described to me was gruesome,” said Tahirudin Ampatuan, a local town mayor.

Villagers said the police became trapped and ran out of bullets. Six insurgents are believed to have been killed and 11 wounded. Only five police bodies have been recovered as gunfire continued to ring out across the area on Monday, villagers said.

MILF leaders blamed police for failing to co-ordinate with the group about the operation to capture Zulkifli and another wanted terrorist, Abdul Basit Usman, who has a $US1 million bounty on his head.

Maguindanao is the region ruled for years by the powerful Ampatuan clan that was responsible for the massacre of 58 people, including 32 media workers, on November 23, 2009. Backed by the government in Manila, the Ampatuans were considered a counter-force to the Muslim insurgency that has left 150,000 people dead and helped stunt development in the Philippines’ poorest region.

Philippine Interior Minister Mar Roxas confirmed the police commanders were hunting a “high-value target” but said he hoped the operation would not affect the peace agreement with the MILF. The Philippine Star on Monday quoted an unnamed source saying that Zulkifli headed a Jemaah Islamiah sleeper cell that was activated to assassinate Pope Francis during his visit to the Philippines last week.

Large crowds prevented bombers getting near the Pope, the source said.

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  1. Sam says

    Jan 26, 2015 at 8:33 pm

    This really should not have anything to do with the religion of peace. His motive has to be analyzed and during the investigation we should not talk about it and Islam. Can I qualify to be a liberal now?

    • MKG says

      Jan 26, 2015 at 8:47 pm

      LOL
      Congratulations Sam, you have taken your first step into a larger, more wonderful world. Before continuing on you should pack a crack pipe and plenty of condums. Don’t worry about soap. You won’t need it.

    • DeusLoVult says

      Jan 26, 2015 at 10:09 pm

      Not quite Sam. You see, in order to be a qualified liberal you have take MinusIQ. To Order go here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9pD_UK6vGU

  2. Zimriel says

    Jan 26, 2015 at 8:52 pm

    Zulkifli – or, in Arabic, Dhu’l-Kifli, “the owner of the portion”. This is the name of ‘Ali’s sword.

    • Zimriel says

      Jan 26, 2015 at 8:55 pm

      NO NO NO SORRY

      I messed that up. Dhu’l-Kifli is a Qur’anic prophet (there’s debate on what he actually did). I was thinking of Dhu’l-Faqari.

  3. Nicu says

    Jan 26, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    another paradise is tainted by them 🙁

  4. Salah says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 1:02 am

    “More than 30 Philippines police commandos have been killed trying to capture South-east Asia’s top Islamist terrorist”

    You don’t send commandos to capture a terrorist. In fact, you don’t CAPTURE a terrorist, you KILL a terrorist.
    Ever heard of carpet bombing?

    • shabeer_hassan says

      Jan 27, 2015 at 4:27 am

      @@South-east Asia’s top Islamist terrorist”@@@

      NOOOO THAT NOT CHANGE THE CATION LIKE ” South-east Asia’s top terrorist ”

      BECS
      1. THE ACTION MAY BE FALSE FLAG LIKE 9/11,BOSTAN,LONDON OR PARIS….
      2. SUPPOSE WE CONSIDERED HE DID IT…EVEN ITS NOT ISLAMIC EITHER HE DID FOR MONEY OR PHYSICAL EARNING .
      BEC’S TRUE RELIGION OF MY ISLAM EVER PROMOTE KILLING INNOCENT
      6: 151. Say (O Muhammad SAW): “Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited you from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be good and dutiful to your parents; kill not your children because of poverty – We provide sustenance for you and for them; come not near to Al-Fawâhish (shameful sins, illegal sexual intercourse, etc.) whether committed openly or secretly, and kill not anyone whom Allâh has forbidden, except for a just cause (according to Islâmic law). This He has commanded you that you may understand.
      Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 159 ,160
      Ubaidullah b. Abu Bakr said: I heard Anas b. Malik saying: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) talked about the major sins, or he was asked about the major sins. Upon this he observed: Associating anyone with Allah, killing of a person, disobedience to parents.
      17: 33. And do not kill anyone which Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause. And whoever is killed (intentionally with hostility and oppression and not by mistake), We have given his heir the authority [(to demand Qisâs, Law of Equality in punishment or to forgive, or to take Diya (blood money)]. But let him not exceed limits in the matter of taking life (i.e he should not kill except the killer only). Verily, he is helped (by the Islamic law).
      25: 68. And those who invoke not any other ilâh (god) along with Allah, nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse and whoever does this shall receive the punishment.
      49: 6. O you who believe! If a rebellious evil person comes to you with news, verify it, lest you harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful to what you have done.
      Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 89 :: Hadith 320
      Not to join anything in worship along with Allah, (2) Not to steal, (3) Not to commit illegal sexual intercourse, (4) Not to kill your children, (5) Not to accuse an innocent person (to spread such an accusation among people), (6) Not to be disobedient (when ordered) to do good deeds.

      • duh_swami says

        Jan 27, 2015 at 10:01 am

        Shabeer…are you having trouble making friends and influencing people? Have you forgotten the ‘wisdom knowledge’ given to you by Ming the Merciless? Your jinn appear to be angry. You didn’t urinate in any holes did you? Don’t forget, the ‘Prophet’ said holes are home to jinn, and forbid urinating in them…The way to Jannah is not by book, it is by sunnah, and the best sunnah of all for ecstatic revelations is sucking tongues of little boys. Every time the ‘Prophet’ did that, Gabriel showed up with another message from Allah.
        I’m not sure it will work for you, but you could try it as an experiment, if you can find a little boy who will go for it…I suppose if worse came to worse you could always buy one. Good luck Shabeer, inshallah and all that.

  5. Freedom sentinel says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 5:38 am

    There are many armed muslim rebel groups and terrorist organizations in the Island of Mindanao in Southern Philippines. They are at the border of Indonesia and Malaysia, both Islamic countries so go figure! The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is now pushing for a so-called peace agreement with the government of idiot and whimp Pnoy Aquino, by giving these terrorists an Islamic sub-state with territory, government, people, and sovereignty. This latest clash was claimed by the stupid government as a mistake and that the soldiers were allegedly supposed to have not entered the “area” of the MILF without their prior “coordination”. So basically what the government is saying is that there are areas reserved as no-go areas which only muslims can enter. The MILF was already wiped out by former President Estrada in an all out war. Their rebel camps were stormed and dismantled and their people scattered. It was only when the next president Gloria Arroyo came in that the MILF were allowed to gradually creep back now with Malaysian backing, and now re-armed and re-organized, demanding “peace” or else. The idiot government panelists of Pnoy Aquino had no experience and had not a clue of what they were faced with. These inexperienced and ignorant panelists agreed and signed a ceasefire agreement while giving up a substantial territory of the Philippines to the MILF. The issue is now up for ratification into a “Bangsamoro Basic law” = Islamic State, by the Congress and Senate. Of course this is a violation of the Philippine Constitution which states that there is only ONE republic of the Philippines and one State. Civic and Constitutional groups and NGOs are now poised to question this Bangsamoro Basic Law in the Philippine Supreme Court.

  6. AJ Liberphile says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 9:08 am

    I just started a new blog, with some hiterto unknown facts about this incident.

    http://liberphile.com/2015/01/27/pisslatrines-over-30-police-killed-in-dialogue-with-inner-struggle-practitioner/

    Bangkok: More than 300 Pisslatrines police commandos have attained nirvanna trying to capture South-east Asia’s top Inner struggle practitioner, who was involved in planning the 2002 Bali Palestine protest.

    Mordor-born Zulukufir Abdul Akbar, one of the US’s least wanted subhuman korandroids, with a $US5 billion bounty on his head, is believed to have been fatally sodomised by a camel overdosing on viagra in the botched operation in a lawless region of the southern Pisslatrines.

    Zulukufir’s death would be yet another head severed of the subhuman ‘inner struggle’ shirtlifting shape-shifters responsible for a series of deadly buming mayhem incidents in the Pisslatrines, and a recruitment drive for the so-called Pislamic state of psychosis.

    …

  7. duh_swami says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 10:22 am

    Damn those insurgents. They seem to be insurging all over the place.
    I’m sure some greasy Islamophobe will try and blame Islam for this when Islam has nothing to do with it. It’s insurgents what done it…The police got trapped and ran out of bullets? And shooting is still going on? Those insurgents sure are tough.

  8. tschaefer says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    When I was in my 20’s I was living with a MILF in Los Angeles for a few months. I didn’t know anything about Islam and violence was the last thing on my mind.

  9. Ramon says

    Jan 27, 2015 at 10:37 pm

    And now, Jihad has come to the Philippines…Robert Spencer, where are you now to help our poor people be informed of the enemy…?

    The stupid administration of Benigno Aquino is hellbent on pushing for a Muslim substate in the southern island of Mindanao…while so-called peace agreemnt is being finalized, the negotiating MILF massacres 49 police officers, some reports say 64…

    It has now created a public furor…about 97% of the people now want the agreement to be scrapped, and rightly so…!

    Tonight, our inept president delivers a state address, with more push for the Muslim substate…

    Dear God, bless the dead 49 policemen, they just might have prevented the eventual islamization of the Philippines…!

    Truly frightening, this Islam and the Koran is the root of all these atrocities..

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