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SOUNDING BOARD
Thursday, October 24, 2002
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Yunos, the bomb and explosives expert believed to be the leader of terrorist group behind the bombings in Zamboanga and Metro Manila, is in the hands of MILF, according to an intelligence officer. Why? Well, apparently, Yunos is a living evidence of the MILF's link with Jemaah Islamiyah, still according to the PNP intelligence officer. Aha. Errr... ok explain this to me.... if MILF is *really* worried that its link with JI will be exposed by Yunos, Yunos should have been dead by now (given that Yunos is reported to be in the hands of MILF). OK let me explore another angle.
What could have been the motive of the intelligence officer in getting that information out (that MILF is keeping Yunos)? I doubt if the intelligence officer is acting on his or her own on this. But anyway, this has an implication on the peace process. Of course INQ7's source knows that. Could it be that this "hawkish" move of getting this information out is a part of the overall strategy to destabilize the peace process from within? Could it also be that this is a move to put a "terrorist" color to the MILF?
