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Saturday, October 22, 2005
82 JI terrorists in military battle list
AT LEAST 82 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists in Mindanao are in the military's order of battle.
Armed Forces Southern Command Chief Lieutenant General Edilberto Adan said the terrorists from Indonesia could have already left the Philippines.
"But the question is, are they still in the Philippines? They may or may not be. We are not very sure because they could move -- they could go outside the country. The JI terrorists change their names after they have sneaked into the country," said Adan.
Adan said Dulmatin, a key suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia that killed 202 mostly Australian tourists, is in the long list.
The strategy of Australia is to move the battle against the terrorists down to their breeding ground, parts of which are in Mindanao.
"Australia also realized that again their citizens were victims. And since it is possible the JI perpetrators were trained in the Philippines, it is their interest as well to help the Philippines in preventing, denying the use of Philippine territory in the training of their regional terrorists of JI," Adan added.
Adan said he viewed that the strategy of visiting Australian Minister of Defense Robert Hill to fight terrorists was the right one. (Sunnex)
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