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Philippine police chief resigns after deadly terror raid

February 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Friday he has accepted the resignation of the national police chief, the first official to fall following the killing of 44 police commandos in the operation last month that may have killed one of Asia’s most-wanted terror suspects. Speaking in a nationally televised appearance […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Abdul Basit Usman, Alan Purisima, Asia, DNA, Filipino, Leonardo Espina, MANILA, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Police Chief Gen, Special Action Force, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20

Is he dead? — Philippines awaits answer of costly terror raid

February 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The cellphone message of the Filipino police commandos to their base was triumphant: “Mike 1 bingo,” a code meaning they have killed one of Southeast Asia’s most-wanted terror suspects, Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir, also known as Marwan.<!–more–> But the euphoria among police generals monitoring the Jan. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Abdul Basit Usman, Associated Press, Chief Superintendent Noli Talino, DNA, Filipino Abu Sayyaf, Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiyah, Khair Mundos, Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia, MANILA, Malaysian Zulkifli, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines, Radulan Sahiron, Southeast Asia, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13

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