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Der französisch-schweizerische Zementriese LafargeHolcim hat zugegeben, die Dschihadistenmiliz IS mit Zahlungen unterstützt zu haben. Chef Eric Olsen kündigte seinen Rücktritt an.

El grupo cementero franco-suizo LafargeHolcim ha admitido haber efectuado pagos para la protección de su fábrica en Siria en 2013 y 2014, aunque esos pagos fueron recibidos por el IS que controlaba Alepo.
 
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ahora los de ISIS hasta se disculpan con el Estado de Israel de haber efectuado ataques contra la presencia (ilegal) de Israel en los Altos de Golan....:eek::eek::eek::eek::sneaky::sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

http://www.newsweek.com/isis-fighters-regret-attacking-israel-apologize-defense-minister-591020

ISIS FIGHTERS REGRET ATTACKING ISRAEL AND HAVE 'APOLOGIZED', FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS
BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 4/27/17 AT 1:52 PM
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Fighters loyal to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) have apologized for launching an attack on Israeli forces last year in the disputed Golan Heights region, according to Israel's former defense minister.

Moshe Yaalon, who served as head of the Israeli Ministry of Defense from 2013 until his resignation in 2016, made the remark Saturday while speaking with a correspondent of Israel's Channel 10 media outlet in the northern city of Afula. The ex-defense minister, who also served as chief of staff for the Israeli military, was apparently referencing an attack last November by the ISIS-affiliated Khalid ibn al-Walid Army on Israeli units in the Syrian Golan Heights. Israeli responded by launching airstrikes on the militants' position, killing four, and Ya'alon said ISIS has since said sorry for the incident.

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"There was one case recently where Daesh opened fire and apologized,” Ya’alon said, using the Arabic-language acronym for ISIS, according to The Times of Israel.

Yaalon did not specify how or when this apology took place and his representatives have declined to comment on his statement.
 
ahora los de ISIS hasta se disculpan con el Estado de Israel de haber efectuado ataques contra la presencia (ilegal) de Israel en los Altos de Golan....:eek::eek::eek::eek::sneaky::sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

http://www.newsweek.com/isis-fighters-regret-attacking-israel-apologize-defense-minister-591020

ISIS FIGHTERS REGRET ATTACKING ISRAEL AND HAVE 'APOLOGIZED', FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS
BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 4/27/17 AT 1:52 PM
WORLDISRAELSYRIAISLAMIC STATEGOLAN HEIGHTS

Fighters loyal to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) have apologized for launching an attack on Israeli forces last year in the disputed Golan Heights region, according to Israel's former defense minister.

Moshe Yaalon, who served as head of the Israeli Ministry of Defense from 2013 until his resignation in 2016, made the remark Saturday while speaking with a correspondent of Israel's Channel 10 media outlet in the northern city of Afula. The ex-defense minister, who also served as chief of staff for the Israeli military, was apparently referencing an attack last November by the ISIS-affiliated Khalid ibn al-Walid Army on Israeli units in the Syrian Golan Heights. Israeli responded by launching airstrikes on the militants' position, killing four, and Ya'alon said ISIS has since said sorry for the incident.

Related: Israeli Strike Hits Iranian Arms Depot Near Damascus Airport

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"There was one case recently where Daesh opened fire and apologized,” Ya’alon said, using the Arabic-language acronym for ISIS, according to The Times of Israel.

Yaalon did not specify how or when this apology took place and his representatives have declined to comment on his statement.

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Khazarian Jews are not shy in admitting genocide through terror proxies everywhere because they can, under the able support of their long hijacked corporate US government. They are doing this in Syria and in what remains of the Palestinian lands in Gaza and in the West Bank.

Alliance of Convenience: Israel Supports Syria’s ISIS Terror Group
By Stephen Lendman

Washington created and supports ISIS, along with other anti-government terrorists in Syria and elsewhere. NATO, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other regional rogue states supply them with weapons and other material support.

So does Israel. In June 2015, the Times of Israel quoted former Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya’alon, saying

“(W)e’ve assisted (anti-government terrorist groups in Syria on) two conditions. That they don’t get too close to (Israel’s) border, and…don’t touch the Druze.”



Israel provides hospital treatment for hundreds, maybe thousands, of terrorist fighters, calling it “humanitarian assistance,” according to Ya’alon, adding it’s “not in their interest” to publicize Israeli aid – including weapons and munitions supplied, along with Israeli air strikes, he failed to explain.

On April 24, FARS News reported increased US/UK/Israeli aid to al-Nusra terrorists – aiming “to create an autonomous region in Southern Syria, but the plan is confronted by Iran and Russia’s intensified intelligence and military operations.”

At the same time, Washington supports Kurdish fighters and terrorist groups in northern Syria. “Israel is (providing) logistical, intelligence and medical support for terrorist groups, and the Israel-West-Jordan operations room is supervising (their) activities.”

Russia, Damascus and Tehran oppose the establishment of autonomous regions in southern and northern Syria, supporting the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.


On April 24, the American Herald Tribune said

“Ya’alon has admitted to a tacit (Israeli) alliance with ISIS.”

On Israeli television, he said

“(w)ithin Syria there are many factions: the regime, Iran, the Russians, and even al-Qaeda and ISIS.”

“In such circumstances, one must develop a responsible, carefully-balanced policy by which you protect your own interests on the one hand, and on the other hand you don’t intervene.”

“Because if Israel does intervene on behalf of one side, it will serve the interests of the other; which is why we’ve established red lines.”

“Anyone who violates our sovereignty will immediately feel the full weight of our power. On most occasions, firing comes from regions under the control of the regime.”

“But once the firing came from ISIS positions, and it immediately apologized.”

Israel has a longstanding alliance of convenience with regional terrorist groups and rogue states – including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, other Gulf states, Jordan and Egypt.

In December 2014, The Jerusalem Post said a

“UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) (report) reveals that Israel has been working closely with Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights and have kept close contact over the past 18 months. The report was submitted to the UN Security Council at the beginning of the month.”

Fact: All so-called anti-Assad rebel groups are terrorists. No moderates exist. All commit gruesome atrocities, including CW attacks – toxins supplied by Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

Fact: Pentagon contractors train terrorists in use of CWs. They make some on their own.

Western media suppress what’s most important to know about ongoing war in Syria. The country was invaded. Conflict isn’t civil. All anti-government forces are terrorists. No moderate rebels exist.

Washington, Israel and their rogue allies want regime change, Syrian sovereignty destroyed. Peace talks since 2012 accomplished nothing because Washington and Israel want another imperial trophy, Iran isolated ahead of plans to oust its government.

Russia is the only major power standing in the way of achieving these disturbing objectives. Putin is on the right side of history, resisting imperial lawlessness.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
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The Khazarian Jews are justifying this systematic murder by saying that they are doing the killings solely to protect themselves from Iran, Hezbollah, Syria which did not attack them in the first place.


To say that Palestine did not exist until Israel came is like saying that the 100 million Native Americans did not exist at all prior to the invasion of the Europeans.



No, the existence of Palestinian lands cannot be a subject of a debate, as mere corporate existence of an Israel cannot supplant the true existence of indigenous peoples in all parts of the planet.

Israel’s existence has no historic bearing other than the constant use of terror even today.

Muslims are not terrorists. Those who are occupying privileged positions of power are.

 

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How Saudi Wahhabism Is the Fountainhead of Islamist Terrorism

By Yousaf Butt

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Dr. Yousaf Butt is a senior advisor to the British American Security Information Council and director at the Cultural Intelligence Institute. The views expressed here are his own.

LONDON — The horrific terrorist attacks on the Charlie Hebdo weekly in Paris have led to speculation as to whether the killers — the brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi — were lone wolves or tied to masterminds in ISIS or its rival, Al-Qaeda. Although Al-Qaeda in Yemen has taken credit for the attack, it is unclear how closely the affiliate actually directed the operation. No matter which organizational connections (if any) ultimately prove to be real, one thing is clear: the fountainhead of Islamic extremism that promotes and legitimizes such violence lies with the fanatical “Wahhabi” strain of Islam centered in Saudi Arabia. And if the world wants to tamp down and eliminate such violent extremism, it must confront this primary host and facilitator.

Perversely, while the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri took part in a “Je suis Charlie” solidarity rally in Beirut following the Paris attacks, back home the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi received the first 50 of 1,000 lashes he is due each Friday over the next 20 weeks. His crime? Running a liberal website promoting the freedom of speech. (Thankfully, in recent days it seems the Saudi authorities have buckled to international pressure and suspended the sentence.)

It would be troublesome but perhaps acceptable for the House of Saud to promote the intolerant and extremist Wahhabi creed just domestically. But, unfortunately, for decades the Saudis have also lavishly financed its propagation abroad. Exact numbers are not known, but it is thought that more than $100 billion have been spent on exporting fanatical Wahhabism to various much poorer Muslim nations worldwide over the past three decades. It might well be twice that number. By comparison, the Soviets spent about $7 billion spreading communism worldwide in the 70 years from 1921 and 1991.

This appears to be a monumental campaign to bulldoze the more moderate strains of Islam, and replace them with the theo-fascist Saudi variety. Despite being well aware of the issue, Western powers continue to coddle the Saudis or, at most, protest meekly from time to time.

For instance, a Wikileaks cable clearly quotes then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying “donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide.” She continues: “More needs to be done since Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for al-Qaeda, the Taliban, LeT and other terrorist groups.” And it’s not just the Saudis: Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are also implicated in the memo. Other cables released by Wikileaks outline how Saudi front companies are also used to fund terrorism abroad.

Evidently, the situation has not improved since Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. Late last year, Vice President Biden caused a stir by undiplomatically speaking the truth at an event at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, saying:

“Our allies in the region were our largest problem in Syria. The Turks were great friends... [and] the Saudis, the Emirates, etcetera. What were they doing?.... They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad — except that the people who were being supplied, [they] were al-Nusra, and al-Qaeda, and the extremist elements of jihadis who were coming from other parts of the world.”

More recently, the Saudi role in promoting extremism has come under renewed scrutiny. Calls for declassifying the redacted 28 pages of the 9/11 congressional commission have been getting stronger. And statements from the lead author of the report, former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, suggest they are being hidden because they “point a very strong finger at Saudi Arabia as the principal financier” of the 9/11 hijackers. He has been unusually explicit, “Saudi Arabia has not stopped its interest in spreading extreme Wahhabism. ISIS...is a product of Saudi ideals, Saudi money and Saudi organizational support, although now they are making a pretense of being very anti-ISIS.”

In fact, Saudi blogger Raif Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haidar, made a similar observation about her husband’s flogging: “the Saudi government is behaving like Daesh [a derogatory Arabic term for ISIS].” About 2,500 Saudis are thought to be in ISIS’ ranks.

Ensaf Haidar’s quip exposes a deeper truth. One could reasonably argue that the House of Saud is simply a more established and diplomatic version of ISIS. It shares the extremist Wahhabi theo-fascism, the lack of human rights, intolerance, violent beheadings etc. — but with nicer buildings and roads. If ISIS were ever to become an established state, after a few decades one imagines it might resemble Saudi Arabia.

How does Saudi Arabia go about spreading extremism? The extremist agenda is not always clearly government-sanctioned, but in monarchies where the government money is spread around to various princes, there is little accountability for what the royal family does with their government funds. Much of the funding is via charitable organizations and is not military-related.

The money goes to constructing and operating mosques and madrassas that preach radical Wahhabism. The money also goes to training imams; media outreach and publishing; distribution of Wahhabi textbooks, and endowments to universities and cultural centers. A cable released by Wikileaks explains, regarding just one region of Pakistan:

Government and non-governmental sources claimed that financial support estimated at nearly 100 million USD annually was making its way to Deobandi and Ahl-e-Hadith clerics in the region from “missionary” and “Islamic charitable” organizations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ostensibly with the direct support of those governments.

Although the Wahhabi curriculum was modified after the 9/11 attacks, it remains backward and intolerant. Freedom House published a report on the revised curriculum, concluding that it “continues to propagate an ideology of hate toward the ‘unbeliever,’ which include Christians, Jews, Shiites, Sufis, Sunni Muslims who do not follow Wahhabi doctrine, Hindus, atheists and others.” This is taught not only domestically but also enthusiastically exported abroad.

Of course, initially there was complicity with the U.S. and Pakistan in promoting this ideology to counter the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In addition to the radical indoctrination, thousands of volunteer jihadis from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries were also dispatched to fight alongside the mujahideen in Afghanistan. But it remains a complicated problem to this day because the politicians in the poor countries getting the Saudi and Gulf-Arab funds approve these extremist madrassas in part because the local authorities likely receive kickbacks.

In many places in poor Muslim countries the choice is now between going to an extremist madrassa or getting no education at all. Poverty is exploited to promote extremism. The affected areas include Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, India and parts of Africa. The same Wikileaks cable explains:

The network reportedly exploited worsening poverty in these areas of the province to recruit children into the divisions’ growing Deobandi and Ahl-eHadith madrassa network from which they were indoctrinated into jihadi philosophy, deployed to regional training/indoctrination centers, and ultimately sent to terrorist training camps in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

The more tolerant indigenous versions of Islam cannot survive in the face of the tsunami of money being poured into promoting theo-fascist Wahhabism. This is a major problem that the Muslim world must urgently address.

But it is also a problem where the West can help by stopping its historical pandering and support of Middle East tyrants who spread this extremism. The most fundamental way to make the message clear to the House of Saud would be to threaten to stop buying oil from them. Given the relatively cheap oil prices these days it need not be an empty threat.

Eliminating the occasional militant leaders in drone and special-forces strikes is of limited use in reducing extremism if millions of radicals are being actively trained in Wahhabi madrassas across the Muslim world.

The fight against ISIS and Al-Qaeda is deeply ironic since these organizations were created and are sustained, in part, by funds we hand over to the Saudis and Gulf Arab nations to purchase their oil. And while France mourns its cartoonists and police officers, the French government is busy signing military and nuclear deals worth billions with the Saudis. If we continue down this road, it may well be a never-ending war.

The House of Saud works against the best interests of the West and the Muslim world. Muslim communities worldwide certainly need to eradicate fanatical Wahhabism from their midst, but this will be difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish if the West continues its support of the House of Saud. The monarchy must be modernized and modified — or simply uprooted and replaced. The House of Saud needs a thorough house cleaning.


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Yousaf Butt
Nuclear physicist, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense University
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por supuesto que sí!...mucho han tardado los matones del The City, cortesía Arabia Saudí a ir a castigar el enésimo enemigo del estatus quo que se quiere salir de la raya, Duterte...recordemos que no mucho antes dijo que las bases militares de Japón y EEUU tendrían que irse zumbando de las Filipinas al tiempo que estuvo reunido con Putin quedando acerca de cooperación tecnológica y militar entre los dos países...;)

...para largo quedarán los wahabistas de ISIS a castigar la población filipina por la rebeldía de su democráticamente electo presidente...:whistle::whistle::sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:


Fresco-fresquito de hoy: ISIS cortando cabezas en las Filipinas...el país en el cual desde hace algún tiempo el Presidente Duterte está despotricando del todo políticamente incorrecto sobre "las 1001 maravillas" :wtf: (ironía on) de las políticas US&OTAN, dice a la EU "F*CK" y está determinado de sacar la presencia militar americana del territorio del país, acercándose a Rusia de Putin
...pues parece ser, que el escuadrón punitivo del matón del City&El Gran Dinero, pretendientes, estos últimos para la corona de Imperadores del mundo en el s.XXI, los ahijados de Arabia Saudí, los cortabacezas del ISIS han abierto el frente contra el enésimo enemigo de la élite/mafia del Occidente:

Islamic State-linked militants besiege Philippine city


ILIGAN CITY, Philippines (AP) — Islamic State group-linked militants swept through a southern Philippine city, beheading a police chief, burning buildings, seizing a Catholic priest and his worshippers and raising the black flag of IS, authorities said Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte, who had declared martial law across the southern third of the nation, warned he may expand it nationwide.

At least 21 people have died in the fighting, officials said.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/ar...ch-says-priest-churchgoers-taken-11169044.php

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a ver cuantas velitas se van a encender hoy para las 21 víctimas del terrorismo islámico en Filipinas de hoy, en el Occidente, la única patria de los valores humanitarios :wacky::blackeye::blackeye::blackeye:...supongo tendré que esperar sentada....
 
El sudeste asiático, el terreno de juego donde se concentra uno de los movimientos estratégicos de DAESH
  • La yihad sigue activa aunque haya estado durmiente hasta hoy, cuando el DAESH se ha convertido en el principal actor en esa parte del mundo, quedando Al Qaeda en segunda posición
  • Siendo Indonesia y Malasia los países con mayor penetración de los yihadistas, en la República de Filipinas actúan varios grupos terroristas
  • El mar de Joló, en el suroeste de Filipinas, es el lugar más problemático donde operan grupos radicales como Abu Sayyaf, que ha jurado lealtad al DAESH
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El terreno de juego donde se concentra uno de los movimientos estratégicos del autoproclamado Estado Islámico (DAESH por sus siglas en árabe) en este momento está en la conquista de una posición dominante en Asia, que en términos numéricos de personas cambiaría por completo el balance de fuerzas a nivel internacional. De conseguirlo, las consecuencias serían desastrosas.


El fenómeno del terrorismo islámico

El terrorismo islámico no es un fenómeno nuevo en el Sudeste Asiático. Asia lleva sufriendo el terror desde la década de los 80 con el ascenso de grupos como Jemaah Islamiyah (grupo ligado a al Qaeda que en 2002 asesinó a 202 personas con un atentado en bali) y de muchos otros. La yihad sigue activa aunque haya estado un tanto durmiente hasta hoy, cuando el DAESH se ha convertido en el principal actor terrorista en esa parte del mundo, quedando Al Qaeda en una posición secundaria.

En el año 2016, el Sudeste Asiático, donde hasta entonces había permanecido en duermevela el fenómeno del extremismo islamista (salvo en Filipinas), despierta a esa yihad y empieza a sufrir incidentes, a cuentagotas, pero que desvelan la casi invisible penetración del DAESH en la zona. Son el resultado de las redes de reclutamiento y de los combatientes retornados de las zonas de conflicto.

Las alarmas en estos países se disparan tras el pronunciamiento de unos 30 grupos que han jurado lealtad al DAESH y que junto con organizaciones yihadistas como Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia y Darul Islam Sabah han declarado la intención de crear un califato que abarque desde Malasia, Indonesia, Singapur y el sur de Tailandia y Filipinas, denominado “Daulah Islamiah Nusantara”. Aunque cada uno de los grupos actúa de forma independiente y con agenda local, todos suscriben la ideología takfir de DAESH, con el que mantienen una vinculación. Esto no hace sino mostrar el grado de penetración que ha tenido la ideología del grupo en la zona del sureste asiático, siendo Indonesia y Malasia las puertas para ello.

Además de estos dos países, Singapur y Filipinas constituyen las zonas principales desde las que el grupo yihadista puede reclutar y que se han convertido en su centro logístico más importante. Existen muchos grupos islamistas, principalmente en los países citados, de entre los que destacan Jemaah Islamiyah y Abu Sayyaf, pero en donde también hay lugar para Ansar Al – Khilafa o Mujahidin Indonesia Timor. Por lo tanto, la base del yihadismo está ahí y DAESH sólo se aprovecha de esa red.

Sin embargo, estos grupos pueden tener cercanía ideológica con DAESH, pero sus agendas no son coincidentes. Existen muchos grupos terroristas y milicias islamistas, no solo en Asia también a lo largo y ancho del mundo, que han mostrado su lealtad al DAESH, pero todos ellos persiguen objetivos locales en sus respectivos ámbitos de influencia, incluido también el grupo liderado por Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Muestran fidelidad al DAESH porque de esta forma, se atribuyen parte del poder propagandístico que tiene esta “marca”, es decir, asumen la “franquicia” DAESH y DAESH obtiene eco y publicidad mundial. Es una simple creación de sinergias.


Expansión de DAESH

La clave para explicar la expansión del DAESH está en la conexión que se está dando entre los grupos terroristas de la zona con el autoproclamado Estado Islámico. Muchos de ellos, en el pasado afiliados de al Qaeda, han jurado ahora lealtad al grupo encabezado por Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Lo hacen por la necesidad de medios, financiación y publicidad que este grupo podría aportarle, además de compartir una ideología similar. A cambio, el autoproclamado Estado Islámico se vale de las estructuras de una organización asentada desde hace décadas para establecerse en el territorio y comenzar a reclutar.

Desde aproximadamente el mes de marzo de 2016, DAESH cambiaba su sistema de reclutamiento, priorizando el Sudeste Asiático a causa de los reveses y el retroceso sufridos en Oriente Medio (Siria e Iraq), tanto en lo referido a combatientes como a infraestructuras y territorio.

El autodenominado Estado Islámico o DAESH es la banda terrorista que más combatientes ha reclutado en los países de la Asociación de Naciones del Sudeste Asiático (ASEAN), integrada por Birmania (Myanmar), Brunei, Camboya, Filipinas, Indonesia, Laos, Malasia, Singapur, Tailandia y Vietnam. Así, el DAESH ha reclutado en los últimos tres años a más combatientes en ASEAN de los que ha conseguido Al Qaeda en una década.

Además, los militantes que han regresado al Sudeste Asiático tras haber estado entre las filas del DAESH, siguen manteniendo con la banda terrorista y con la llamada 'guerra santa' o yihad un vínculo ideológico.

Estos grupos terroristas cuentan ahora con una organización más sofisticada y con la capacidad de llevar a cabo ataques más mortíferos que podrían desestabilizar toda la región si los países de la ASEAN no actúan juntos para evitarlo.

En la zona preocupa el eventual regreso al Sudeste de Asia de unos 600 combatientes yihadistas procedentes de Siria e Iraq, a medida que la milicia yihadista se ve forzada a retirarse de Oriente Próximo. Son originarios principalmente de Indonesia, Malasia y Filipinas.

El mar de Joló, en el suroeste de Filipinas, es el lugar más problemático donde operan grupos radicales como Abu Sayyaf, que ha jurado lealtad al DAESH.

Aunque DAESH no es el único grupo islámico radical en el sudeste de Asia, sí que es el que cuenta con mayores capacidades y medios de financiación.


Yihadistas en Filipinas

Los recientes acontecimientos en la ciudad filipina de Marawi son el reflejo de un yihadismo creciente en la zona. Siendo Indonesia y Malasia los países con mayor penetración de los yihadistas, en la República de Filipinas actúan varios grupos terroristas, como Abu Sayyaf, Grupo Maute y el Frente Moro de Liberación Islámica, que reclaman la independencia de la isla meridional de Mindanao, que alberga una importante minoría musulmana. Las actividades yihadistas son uno de los principales conflictos de este país asiático, en lucha con los grupos islamistas que cuentan con unos 13.000 hombres armados.

El sur del país es escenario de un viejo conflicto separatista islámico que ha causado en las últimas cuatro décadas entre 100.000 y 150.000 muertos y ha paralizado el desarrollo de una región rica en recursos naturales.

La región musulmana autónoma de Mindanao está llegando a constituir un centro logístico del DAESH de primera magnitud, ya que es un lugar de paso obligado para aquellos que tratan de cruzar el sudeste asiático y por ello un lugar perfecto para establecer conexiones y redes.

DAESH ha enfocado sus esfuerzos hacia esta zona, donde desde mediados de 2016 publica una revista en lenguaje malayo dirigida a sus seguidores en el sudeste asiático donde los yihadistas buscan asentar un califato regional. La revista Al Fatihin (El conquistador) fue lanzada el pasado 20 de junio en el sur de Filipinas, una región de mayoría musulmana que alberga también islamistas radicales, entre ellos, los yihadistas Abu Sayyaf, que juraron lealtad al DAESH.


El Grupo Maute

El responsable de los enfrentamientos en Marawi de este martes es el grupo Maute. Fundado en 2013 y a quien se responsabiliza de una terrible oleada atentados con bomba en septiembre en la localidad de Davao, el Grupo Maute es el más reciente quebradero de la Administración Rodrigo Duterte. Es uno de las decenas de nuevos grupos musulmanes armados que han prometido lealtad al grupo del DAESH y han formado una alianza en el sur de Filipinas en los últimos años, estableciéndose además en la zona metropolitana de Manila.

Maute es una organización armada musulmana con base en la provincia de Lanao del Sur, situada en el este de la isla meridional de Mindanao, que apareció en el panorama nacional en 2012 con el nombre de Khilafah Islamiyah Movement (KIM) y en 2014 adoptó el nombre "EI-Ranao" para reclamar su afiliación al DAESH.

Está controlada en la actualidad por los hermanos Omar y Abdulá Maute Romato, que estudiaron en Egipto y Jordania, respectivamente, pero no está claro si el primero podría haber muerto hace un año en un enfrentamiento con el Ejército.

En abril, tropas respaldadas por ataques aéreos mataron a decenas de militantes de Maute y capturaron su campamento en la selva cerca de Piagapo, en Lanao del Sur. Las tropas encontraron bombas caseras, granadas, uniformes de combate y pasaportes de presuntos militantes indonesios en el campo.

Se habla en el intento de toma de Marawi de la presencia de Hapilon, el actual líder de otro grupo cercano a DAESH y con lazos con Maute, llamado Abu Sayyaf. Esta organización islamista nació en 1991 como una escisión del Frente Moro de Liberación Nacional. Su fundador, Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, era un clérigo que luchó en Afganistán, donde (asegura) conoció a Osama Bin Laden y sintió la llamada a una yihad global.

Desde su nacimiento, hace ahora un cuarto de siglo, el grupo ha sufrido una notable vuelta de tuerca interna, con numerosas muertes en su liderazgo. Entre las principales obras de su legado de terror se encuentra el atentado con explosivos contra un ferry en la bahía de Manila en febrero de 2004, donde al menos 116 personas perdieron la vida.

Ya en julio de 2014, su líder actual, Isnilon Totoni Hapilon, juraba lealtad a DAESH. La declaración se hizo pública mediante un mensaje de vídeo difundido en Youtube. Posteriormente, el grupo secuestró a dos ciudadanos alemanes que fueron amenazados con la decapitación, aunque fueron liberados tras el pago de un rescate de unos 5 millones de dólares. Otros occidentales secuestrados posteriormente no han corrido la misma suerte. La declaración de lealtad ha servido de forma de presión para obtener unos fáciles ingresos.

Abu Sayyaf ha intensificado su actividad en el último año con el secuestro de decenas de personas en el suroeste de Filipinas y el noreste de Malasia, muchas de ellas tripulantes de embarcaciones que navegaban por las aguas de la zona.

El grupo yihadista decapitó entre abril y junio del año pasado a los canadienses John Ridsdel y Robert Hall tras fracasar las negociaciones para la liberación.

 
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