The End of the Road KM mails to say that the Philippine police have stormed the prison the Abu Sayyaf had taken over in a failed jailbreak....
The End of the Road
KM mails to say that the Philippine police have stormed the prison the Abu
Sayyaf had taken over in a failed jailbreak.
Reuters says seventeen prisoners died in the assault, crucially including
three of the top Abu Sayyaf honchos.
Philippine police have shot dead 17 prisoners as they stormed a jail in
Manila to end a day-long stand-off with a group of Islamic militants who had
snatched weapons from guards and killed three of them. ... Tear gas still
shrouded the building as television showed hundreds of prisoners milling
around on the top floor. Reyes said Alhamser Limbong, alias "Kosovo", Ghalib
Andang, alias "Commander Robot", and Najdmi Sabdula, alias "Commander Global",
were among the Abu Sayyaf leaders killed.
Although I can't prove it my own unfounded instinct says that the Philippine
cops have made sure the Peace Lobby and the human rights lawyers aren't going to
be taking these Abu Sayyaf commanders to any more press conferences. Of course,
since the three top Jihadis, experienced men all, would have
wielded the three firearms known to have been seized from the guards and five
elite policemen were injured in the shootout, the cops can plausibly
argue they used proportionate force.
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