{"id":92633,"date":"2017-03-06T17:21:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92633"},"modified":"2017-03-06T17:21:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:21:58","slug":"military-coordinating-with-traditional-mindanao-leaders-to-defeat-asg-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/06\/military-coordinating-with-traditional-mindanao-leaders-to-defeat-asg-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Military coordinating with traditional Mindanao leaders to defeat ASG threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92634\" style=\"width: 719px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92634\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/21.jpg\" alt=\"AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said dialogue with traditional Mindanao leaders is part of their &quot;convergence approach&quot; which includes usage of military force and civil relation actions in defeating the bandit group. (Photo: AFP)\" width=\"719\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/21.jpg 719w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said dialogue with traditional Mindanao leaders is part of their &#8220;convergence approach&#8221; which includes usage of military force and civil relation actions in defeating the bandit group. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afp.mil.ph\/\">AFP<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013To deny the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits their traditional harboring communities, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that it is connecting with the \u201cIndigenous Muslim Traditional Leadership\u201d to seek support for the Duterte administration&#8217;s ongoing campaign violent extremism.<\/p>\n<p>AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said dialogue with traditional Mindanao leaders is part of their &#8220;convergence approach&#8221; which includes usage of military force and civil relation actions in defeating the bandit group.<\/p>\n<p>He added talks with these local leaders are vital as it ensures the protection of vulnerable communities against ASG infiltration through violent ideology<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy involving Indigenous Muslim Leaders in Mindanao, we are a step closer in dissolving the terror group\u2019s mass base support and prevent them from recruiting new members,\u201d Arevalo pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Talks with an estimated 450 Muslim leaders, including those from various Mindanao sultanates and royal clans, took place last March 2 to 4 at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City.<\/p>\n<p>Arevalo said the Muslim leader \u00a0were headed by Sultan Abdulaziz Salem Mastura Kudarat V, the 25th Sultan of Maguindanao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013To deny the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits their traditional harboring communities, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[4194,3243,16188],"class_list":["post-92633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-abu-sayyaf-group","tag-afp","tag-indigenous-muslim-traditional-leadershi","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}