According to local news in the Philippines, three JI (Jemaah Islamiyah) troops were found dead in an area of Indanan Town after the AFP's continuous bombing run on that location. Chief Supt.Bienvenido Latag, police director of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), said OV-10 planes rained bombs on Mt. Tukay in Barangay Karawan starting at 6:30 a.m.
Arial Attack
The OV-10 planes had been continuously deployed by the AFP in locations and areas where the MILF renegades as well as the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah are said to camp.One of the most recent bombing run by the OV-10 planes is over the town of Indanan which resulted in three deaths from the JI.
“The target was the group of Akmadul Jumdail, alias Doc Abu, and JI members Marwan and Mauwiyah,” Chief Supt. Bienvenido Latag said in a phone interview with Inquirer.According to him, the JI is believed to have links with the international al-Qaida terror network, which are known to operate now in Indonesia, Malaysia, and in Southern Thailand.
According to him, Milfdates Marwan is one of the most notorious and widely hunted in the terrorist group.He is said to be a US-trained Malaysian engineer long hunted by US and Filipino authorities for his alleged role in past bombings and other terror attacks.
According to Current Events in Philippines, this bombing run is only one of the many offensives that the AFP is planning to do to weed out the MILF renegades and bring justice to those that fell victim of their ambushes while they're still in peace-talks, which resulted in the deaths of more than 20 AFP personnel, this includes the 19 deaths in Al-Barka Basilan in which the AFP was ambushed.
Critics
According to Jesuit priest Albert Alejo, who is a well-known peace advocate in the Philippines, it is possible that some of MILF's soldiers are unaware that there is an undergoing peace-talks and ceasefire between the government and the MILF.
“It is possible that only those in the higher levels know that there are mechanisms in place. It is possible that ordinary troops are not aware of them,” Alejo said.For more information visit to our site at