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"Our troops successfully seized a
bomb-making facility after assaulting the enemy positions yesterday. The
enemy was able to escape but the equipment and materials that are used
to fabricate home-made bombs were left behind," said Feliciano.
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CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City
– The Armed Forces of the Philippines has captured a factory of
improvised bombs during the assault on a BIFF stronghold in Mamasapano
town yesterday.
Colonel Melquiades Feliciano, the
Commander of the Army's 601st Infantry Brigade that spearheaded the
offensive operations against the bandits, said that his troops captured
the encampment owned by Mohammad Tambako in Bgy Dasikil.
Among the recoveries include vital
components for making bombs such as mortar fuses, ammonium nitrate,
blasting caps and tie wires.
Terrorist coddlers
Feliciano said that Basit Usman is currently coddled by small bands of notorious bandits from two different BIFF groups.
Mohammad Ali Tambako of Mamasapano town
is one of Usman's current protector. He is a BIFF leader who had carried
out violent atrocities against civilians both in Maguindanao and North
Cotabato.
Another one is BIFF leader named Kagi
Karialan with at least 100 members. He led the attack on MILF
communities and civilian communities nearby in Kabasalan and Bulol, both
in Pikit, North Cotabato in two separate occasions, displacing at least
25,000 people.
Several tipsters have spotted Usman in
the bailiwicks of these cohorts. Five foreign nationals who are believed
to be members of an international terrorist organization, were seen
moving with Usman as they evaded their pursuers.
Law enforcement operation
On March 1 (Sunday), the Army's 6th
Infantry Division led by Major General Edmundo Pangilinan facilitated a
meeting with different local government officials in order to shed light
on the ongoing 'all-out offensive' actions against the BIFF.
Held inside the 6th ID headquarters, the
meeting participants tackled different issues including the purpose of
the ongoing law enforcement operations against the BIFF.
During the meeting, the military
officials explained that the government forces are hunting down Basit
Usman's group who were sighted in the hinterland villages Shariff
Saydona and Mamasapano municipalities.
The government officials also agreed to
collaborate on how to protect the civilian population and in providing
humanitarian assistance to at least 5,700 affected families who were
displaced from their homes.
As of today, the AFP has accounted nine
(9) members of the BIFF who were killed in the recent law enforcement
operations in Maguindanao.
Three soldiers were also wounded in the fighting.
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