Philippines Jihad Group Abu Sayyaf Aspires to Establish Islamic State on Mindanao, Luzon, and Visayas
On August 15, 2007 the Islamist website http://www.ekhlaas.cc/forum/index.php, which is hosted by SiteGenie LLC in Minnesota, USA, posted a video titled "The Lions of the Philippines Are Coming," about the Abu Sayyaf jihad group in the southern Philippines. The video, produced by the Moro Media Company, is the first one about this group posted on the Internet. It shows fighters receiving religious and military training, and also features speeches by commanders of the group, including 'Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Janjalani, who was confirmed dead in January 2007.
In their speeches, the commanders declare that their organization is independent of other resistance groups in the Philippines (such as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front), and state that its ultimate goal is to establish an Islamic state on the three major islands of the Philippines: first on Mindanao, and then on Luzon and Visayas.
The commanders also call on mujahideen worldwide to assist them and to provide them with weapons, in particular anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles.
The video can be viewed at http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ClipMediaID=1153106&ak=null.
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