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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (600)	9/8/2006 3:08:28 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Manila Sends More Troops to Troubled Island as Casualties Rise arab news ^ \| Friday, 8, September, 2006 \| Al Jacinto arabnews.com The military yesterday said it was sending more troops to the southern island of Jolo, where government casualties were mounting as militants continued to put up a fierce resistance. Fighting on Wednesday raised the government casualties to 11 killed and 58 wounded since the military, aided by American advisers and technology, renewed an offensive in a costly bid to corner Abu Sayyaf militants led by Khadaffy Janjalani and Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Umar Patek and Dulmatin in the troubled island. Col. Allan Luga of the Armed Forces Operation Center said one battalion, or roughly 300 troops, from the elite Special Forces would be sent to Sulu to augment the five Marine battalions, three army battalions, and 92 Scout Ranger troops already there. “We’re bringing in more soldiers to close the circle on the Abu Sayyaf,” Luga told reporters at Camp Aguinaldo, the main military headquarters in Manila. “They’re on the run and we’re trying to narrow the space available for them.” Officials said the latest casualties included two soldiers killed and three wounded as an army unit clashed with about 40 Abu Sayyaf fighters under the command of Doktor Abu and Parad at Mount Tukay in Indanan town, on the western side of Jolo Island. Troops recovered bomb components, food packs and personal belongings, including those of Doctor Abu, from the scene of battle, said field reports reaching the military’s Western Mindanao Command here in Zamboanga City. said troops were pursuing the main Abu Sayyaf group of about 150 to 200 guerrillas led by Khadaffy Janjalani as it headed for an area close to Jolo’s Mount. He said this was the same group that clashed with a 27-man Marine platoon on Monday. Six of the Marine soldiers were killed and 19 others, including the platoon leader, were wounded. Military officials said the casualties on the rebel side was much bigger, although there were no bodies to be shown as they said the rebels took their casualties away as military reinforcements pursued them. Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Seala, commander of the army’s 104th Infantry Brigade, said at least three militants had also been killed in the continued fighting that began Wednesday noon. The military also said Janjalani and Patek were wounded in Monday’s clash. But Luga acknowledged that reports that the key militants were wounded unconfirmed “civilian reports.” Despite the mounting casualties on the military side, Luga said: “We have the upper hand. In fact, since Aug. 1, these Abu Sayyaf have been trying to flee and evade the troops. That is the reason why they split into groups, so that the concentration of the troops would be diverted. But, as I’ve said, we have employed a lot of soldiers in the area, so they are on the run.” With small US commando teams providing intelligence to Philippine troops on the ground, Luga said he was confident the soldiers would soon corner senior Abu Sayyaf commanders. There have been 20 encounters so far between government troops and the Abu Sayyaf, he said. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro said American troops helped evacuate and treat the soldiers wounded in the Wednesday afternoon encounter but maintained that the Americans were not involved in actual combat. “They (US troops) are helping us on intelligence reports. They are helping us on casualty evacuation and giving first aid to wounded soldiers,” he said. The US government is offering a $10-million bounty for Dulmatin’s capture and $1 million each for Janjalani and Patek. But the group has eluded military dragnets several times, the last time in Talayan town, Maguindanao province in central Mindanao in July 2005. The Abu Sayyaf and the JI, the Philippine and Southeast Asian arms respectively of the Al-Qaeda global terror network, are responsible for the bloodiest terror attacks in the region. In October 2002, the JI bombed the resort island of Bali in Indonesia, killing over 200 people, mostly Australian tourists. In February 2004, the Abu Sayyaf and the JI bombed the Superferry 14 off Manila Bay, killing over 200 people and injuring dozens others.

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (600)	9/8/2006 9:33:17 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Muslim groups infiltrated by 7/7 bombers had huge govt grants The Daily Mail (UK) ^ \| 8th September 2006 dailymail.co.uk Government grants totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds were handed out to Muslim organisations infiltrated by the July 7 suicide bombers. Huge chunks of taxpayers' money were given to four Leeds-based institutions that were the haunts of ring-leader Mohammed Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer. Grants ranging from a few hundred pounds to £200,000 were made in Beeston, the bombers' home territory where three of the four 7/7 bombers lived. The money came from funds intended to regenerate the area but suspicions persist that some of the cash may have been diverted to recruit and train the home-grown terrorists who killed 52 people in last year's attacks. The Iqra Islamic bookshop - where hate-filled DVDs glorifying suicide bombers were produced - was one recipient. Leeds Community School, which shared the same building with the radical bookstore, obtained a grant of over £106,000 for 'staffing and construction costs.' The 'al-Qaeda gym' in the basement of a nearby mosque used by Edgware Road bomber Khan,30, was also equipped with money provided by Leeds City Council. The Hamara youth centre, raided by police after the four men blew themselves and where Khan's inner circle met, received two £200,000 grants for building costs and an £189,000 EU building grant. Details of the government financing emerged during research for a Channel 4 documentary, Cult of the Suicide Bomber. The programme, produced and directed by terror expert Kevin Toolis, is broadcast on Monday - the fifth anniversary of 9/11. It contains an interview with IT worker Martin Gilbertson, whose expertise was sought by the four interconnected institutions in Beeston - the Iqra, Leeds Community School, the gym and the Hamara Youth Access Point, an offshoot of a mainstream Muslim community centre nearby. The 45 year old computer expert claims he tried to warn police about the July 7 bombers two years before the suicide attacks on London. He first encountered the bombers at a party in Beeston to celebrate the September 11 attacks and worked alongside Khan and Tanweer, the 22 year old Aldgate bomber, while helping to produce DVDs and provide IT support. Mr Gilbertson worked alongside Khan and Tanweer at the book shop and youth centre. Between 2001 and 2004 he was commissioned to make graphic DVD 'presentations' which showed children in Iraq and Palestinian territories mutilated or killed by American or Israeli forces. The DVDs contributed to what he called the 'atmosphere conducive to the bombers' in Beeston but when he became so alarmed by what was going on he went to the police. The computer expert says youth worker Khan and Tanweer were regular visitors to the Iqra book shop and Hamara Youth Access Point. He says both bombers were part of the Mullah Crew, a local gang which used to train at the locally-known 'al-Qaeda' gym which was linked to the nearby bookshop. Mr Gilbertson said he posted DVDs, confidential information and a list of names to police but was never called. After the July 7 attacks he contacted police again and was interviewed three times. Both Iqra and the Leeds Community School were registered as charities but neither have filed accounts. The school has been taken over by a Discount Decorator firm and the Iqra bookshop is closed. The 'al - Qaeda gym' where Khan worked out is shuttered and the Hamara Youth Access Point is hidden behind a blue metal gate. There is no evidence to implicate any of the workers at Iqra or the Hamara centre in the July 7 plot. Cult of the Suicide Bomber. Channel 4, 8pm September 11.