{"id":71858,"date":"2016-03-06T10:41:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T15:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=71858"},"modified":"2016-03-06T10:41:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T15:41:14","slug":"palace-affirms-military-assessment-on-presence-of-isis-in-the-phl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/03\/06\/palace-affirms-military-assessment-on-presence-of-isis-in-the-phl\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace affirms military assessment on presence of ISIS in the PHL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA \u2013 Malacanang said it is standing by the statement of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that there is no presence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Mindanao despite the recent flare up of violence in the region in previous weeks.<\/p>\n

There were reports quoting security analysts mentioning about growing ISIS\u2019 presence in the country.<\/p>\n

Countering those reports, Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III on Saturday said in a radio interview: \u201cAyon kay General (Restituto) Padilla, there are no verified reports that local terrorists groups are getting support from the Islamic State.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSinabi nga ni General Padilla: \u2018Based on information at hand, there\u2019s no presence of Daesh.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has not been established; and that he said there\u2019s no direct relation between the group here and the bigger terror group in the Middle East,\u201d he told dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.<\/p>\n

The job of the Armed Forces is to determine these security matters that concern the safety of the Filipino public.<\/p>\n

The Armed Forces has proven its capacity in the past and the Palace believes that its assessment is correct, Quezon added.<\/p>\n

The military reported this week that it has already taken control of the camp of the armed group Maute in Butig, Lanao del Sur after days of intense offensive.<\/p>\n

The report said government troops overran the main camp of the armed group in Barangay Poktan, where the houses of Maute leaders, brothers Omar and Abdullah Maute, were located.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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