Intelligence Reports-Terrorist groups planning to attack another city- Pacific South Morning Journal ®
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| Major General Restituto Padilla Jr |
Terrorist groups planning to attack another city —Citing Intelligence Reports from, Communications Secretary ....
IT WAS DISCLOSED on Sunday that the terrorist group Daulah Islamiyah, which is connected to the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups, has been planning to attack another city in the country.
This, illustrated the need to extend martial law in Mindanao, based on the proposal of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Major General stressed....
In an early morning interview on Super Radyo dzBB, the Daulah Islamiyah group has continued its recruitment activities.
The group the we call terrorist still exist.. They are recruiting double time to have more Muslim members to join Daulah Islamiyah..
There is strong resentment in Mindanao and according to intelligence reports they are planning to attack another city…. AFP representatives did not disclose the name of the city. The intelligence information is enough reason to increase security in the country.
It is easy to identify a natural progression in the level of attacks. We believe that the goal is for the terrorists to take over the entire country… First they attack individuals.. Businesses.. Police stations.. Prisons… Cities.. What is the next step?
"Yung grupo ng mga tinatawag natin mga terorista na patuloy pa rin, double time yung kanilang pagre-recruit para dumami pa yung mga kapatid nating Muslim na sumama sa Daulah Islamiyah," he said.
"So ang balita ay lumakas ang kanilang pagre-recruit sa Mindanao. Ang problema nito, may mga intelligence report na nagpaplano silang umatake sa isa pang siyudad," he added, but But he said that the intelligence information is enough reason to increase security in the country.
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At the Bangon Marawi briefing on Friday, military spokesperson Major General Restituto Padilla Jr. said that the AFP is recommending the extension of martial law in the entire island of Mindanao.
Padilla cited terrorist recruitment and increasing violence from the communist rebels as the basis of the AFP's recommendation.
Aside from Daulah Islamiyah, groups such as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and the Abu Sayyaf have likewise posed threats to several areas in Mindanao.
"So therefore, kailangan ma-extend ang martial law sa Mindanao."
Likewise, Andanar said violence may further persist in Mindanao because of the formal termination of peace talks between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).
The CPP-NPA has been declared as a designated, identified terrorist organization, a move which came barely two weeks after Duterte formally terminated the peace talks with the communist group.
Padilla cited terrorist recruitment and increasing violence from the communist rebels as the basis of the AFP's recommendation.
Aside from Daulah Islamiyah, groups such as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and the Abu Sayyaf have likewise posed threats to several areas in Mindanao.
"So therefore, kailangan ma-extend ang martial law sa Mindanao."
Likewise, Andanar said violence may further persist in Mindanao because of the formal termination of peace talks between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).
The CPP-NPA has been declared as a designated, identified terrorist organization, a move which came barely two weeks after Duterte formally terminated the peace talks with the communist group.