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FBI confirms death of jihad terrorist with DNA from severed finger

Apr 2, 2015 8:43 am By Robert Spencer

Zulkifli Abdhir274Why did he have a severed finger? Did he steal a pencil, or a pack of gum, or some other small item?

Seriously, does the Philippine government think that its granting of autonomy to Muslim areas will end the jihad against it? Philippine officials will be unpleasantly surprised.

“FBI confirms death of ‘most wanted terrorist’ with DNA from severed finger,” by Julia Edwards, Reuters, April 2, 2015:

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday it has confirmed that Zulkifli bin Hir, one of its “most wanted terrorists,” was killed in a raid in the Philippines in January.

A person familiar with the investigation said the FBI was able to confirm bin Hir’s death in part through DNA analysis of a severed finger that Philippine authorities collected from the gruesome scene of a raid that left bin Hir dead.

The finger was transported to the United States where FBI agents compared its DNA to one of bin Hir’s siblings and found a link.

Only a finger, and not a full body, was recovered from the scene because of the chaotic aftermath of the raid in which 44 Philippine police commandos were killed when they clashed with Muslim rebels. The raid ended a three-year ceasefire.

The U.S. State Department had offered $5 million for the arrest of bin Hir, a Malaysian member of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah militant group behind numerous bombing attacks in the Philippines.

Three years ago, the Philippine military reported bin Hir died in an air strike, but he surfaced again last year in Mindanao under protection of a Moro Islamic Liberation Front splinter group….

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  1. Undaunted says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 8:52 am

    Severed finger, severed head… we’ll take it however we can get it as long as they’re dead.

    • Jay Boo says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 11:46 am

      He won’t be wagging that finger in the air in a salute to Islamic supremacy anymore.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 12:05 pm

      Mutilation is normative Islam, rather than an aberration.

  2. Baucent says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 9:07 am

    Never the less, this guy was an important Jihadist figure and having him dead is a small victory, whatever the outcome of autonomy talks with muslims.

  3. JamesonRocks says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 9:33 am

    Would prefer a severed head for DNA testing. With only a severed finger, this POS could still be drawing breath somewhere. Hmmm…

    • Harald Eigerson says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 6:10 pm

      My thoughts exactly.

  4. Lookmann says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 9:35 am

    ‘Why did he have a severed finger? Did he steal a pencil, or a pack of gum, or some other small item?’

    In this modern age, there may be another possibility. So many ‘pious’ people are engaged in ‘holy act’ like ‘bomb-making’ or even a demo of making one where human limbs are cut-off accidentally.

    • lulu says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 5:16 pm

      I wonder if maybe the guy is still alive, but for some reason (perhaps as you said, for stealing) his finger was removed from his hand.

  5. Jay Boo says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 11:47 am

    Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that:
    the Shahada may be Hazardous to Your Health.

    • Oliver says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 7:28 pm

      NOT Obama’s Surgeon General. HE WOULD NOT.

      And Bush’s didn’t, either.

      • Jay Boo says

        Apr 2, 2015 at 10:43 pm

        True
        Maybe 2016 will usher in something better

  6. noprism says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    “Moro Islamic Liberation Front splinter group” or MILF for short.

  7. exsgtbrown says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 10:49 pm

    no doubt he’ll be replaced by another Islamic cockroach…..

  8. Ramon says

    Apr 3, 2015 at 8:32 am

    The Yakuza gangsters of Japan routinely have a finger cut off if they displease the bosses….heck, there are many amputees of both arms, and or legs or all four, live after the amputation….

    ISIS does it correctly every time…go for the beck, as the Noble QURAN says so…?

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