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‘Abu Sayyaf chief plans to surrender’
Gulf Today ^ | 15 Apr 17 | Manolo B. Jara

Posted on 04/14/2017 5:36:59 PM PDT by LSUfan

A senior military officer revealed that the head of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf terror group, who carries a $1 million cash reward of his head offered by the US, planned to surrender because he was “already old.”

Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, the head of the military’s Western Mindanao Command (Westmincon), said the plan of Radulah Sahiron, the Abu Sayyaf leader, to surrender was relayed to him by Moro elders from the island province of Sulu.

Aside from his advancing age, Galvez said Sahiron also expressed concern over the unabated “search and destroy” operation launched by the military against him and his cohorts in Sulu and Basilan where they operate with impunity.

But the one-armed Sahiron has imposed conditions if he decides to surrender, one of which was his refusal to be turned over to American authorities who have offered a $1 million bounty on his head, according to Galvez.

He said: “Sahiron wants to surrender provided he will not be turned over to the US or to other countries.”

Sahiron’s reported surrender plans followed a military announcement that at least 11 Abu Sayyaf members from Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have surrendered due to the unabated operations against them including the use of the government’s newly-acquired attack helicopters.

(Excerpt) Read more at gulftoday.ae ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abusayyaf; alqaeda; islam; jihad; philippines; religionofpeace; sahiron; surrender; trumpgwot
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1 posted on 04/14/2017 5:36:59 PM PDT by LSUfan
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To: LSUfan

Nuke ‘em, from Space.


2 posted on 04/14/2017 5:40:41 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: LSUfan
We'll give a fine retirement party, we will.

3 posted on 04/14/2017 5:41:24 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LSUfan

Philipines? Have him co-operate and reward him with his own island + unlimited viagra.


4 posted on 04/14/2017 5:43:22 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: LSUfan

Philipines? Have him co-operate and reward him with his own island + unlimited viagra.


5 posted on 04/14/2017 5:43:27 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: LSUfan

Until. I read his condition about not being turned over to the US, I assumed he was planning a tropical, luxurious Club Gitmo retirement.


6 posted on 04/14/2017 5:44:35 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: knarf; LadyDoc

FYI


7 posted on 04/14/2017 5:45:20 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is history)
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To: LSUfan
Sulu is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Its capital is Jolo on the island of the same name. Sulu is along the southern border of the Sulu Sea and the northern boundary of the Celebes Sea.

Sulu Provincial Capitol Building in Jolo
Sulu Provincial Capitol Building in Jol

Picture By Agtillah - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21509436

8 posted on 04/14/2017 5:46:25 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: LSUfan

Give him the Hassan treatment.


9 posted on 04/14/2017 5:49:20 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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Sahiron’s reported surrender plans followed a military announcement that at least 11 Abu Sayyaf members from Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have surrendered due to the unabated operations against them including the use of the government’s newly-acquired attack helicopters.

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The best I can tell the Philippines bought those helicopters from Russia. I don’t think Obama would sell them any.


10 posted on 04/14/2017 5:50:50 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: LSUfan
Foolish conditions.

The US would treat him nicely compared to the Philippine President. Duterte would probably personally gut him from stem to stern.

11 posted on 04/14/2017 5:51:45 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: LSUfan

Make the bitch eat a bucket of balut


12 posted on 04/14/2017 5:52:27 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: LSUfan
"...But the one-armed Sahiron has imposed conditions if he decides to surrender..."

Well, then.

Good bye and good luck.

13 posted on 04/14/2017 5:52:44 PM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: House Atreides

He’ll be begging to go to Gitmo after a stint in a Philipines jail.


14 posted on 04/14/2017 5:53:49 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: House Atreides

Yea, it’s fake. If I were surrendering it would be the U.S and nothing like the russians or other Muslim countries.

It could be he’s prearranged something, but the deal is off.


15 posted on 04/14/2017 5:55:23 PM PDT by Fhios
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To: LSUfan

Winning!


16 posted on 04/14/2017 6:10:07 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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To: LSUfan

Obviously, the Philippine government hasn’t read the memo that violence against these people only serves as a recruiting tool for them. They need good-paying jobs.


17 posted on 04/14/2017 6:34:19 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: LSUfan

So.... it seems what Trump is having the Military do is working.


18 posted on 04/14/2017 6:36:55 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: LSUfan

I really dig the guys fishing reels


19 posted on 04/14/2017 6:38:26 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: LSUfan

Sure, @sshole, tell me where all your fellow parasites are hiding and maybe we’ll only torture you a little bit before we blow your brains out....


20 posted on 04/14/2017 6:47:13 PM PDT by Stayfree (LIBERALISM & STUPIDITY ARE BOTH INCURABLE MENTAL DISEASES OFTEN FOUND TOGETHER!)
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