Military in Sulu bracing for more Sayyaf attacks
Last Mondayâs ambush by the Abu Sayyaf bandits that killed eight Marine personnel had prompted the military in the southern Philippine province of Sulu to exercise extra caution especially in traveling by land. âMedyo umiiwas na kami sa vehicular movement sa ngayon. Kung sila ay magrere-supply, tsina-chopper na muna namin," said Maj. Gen. Benjamin Dolorfino, chief of the Armed Forcesâ Western Mindanao Command. (We are limiting our vehicular movement. We are now using choppers to bring supplies to our units.) He also said they have fortified some possible targets in the province - including military installations - to prevent such attacks by the Abu Sayyaf, a loosely organized band of Islamic fundamentalists with links to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network. âWe are now exercising greater security measures to avoid a repeat (of the ambush). We are hardening up isolated detachments," said Dolorfino.