[亞洲] Terror leader with $5 million US bounty on his head reported slain in Philippines, officials say

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Two other most-wanted members of al-Qaida-linked groups also said to be dead        5 {  l/ N  L1 z6 U& b% r: @0 f
MANILA, Philippines — At least 15 Islamic extremists, including three senior leaders, were killed in an air raid in Parang town in Sulu at dawn Thursday.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& g# U5 `9 a$ E$ C9 S* E
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Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail, also known as Abu Pula, and Jemaah Islamiyah leaders Zulkifli bin Hir or Marwan, and Abdullah Ali, who uses the guerrilla name Muawiyah Anjala, were the senior leaders killed in the air strikes, said military spokesman Colonel Arnulfo Burgos.
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9 `  \: O, \6 v  M$ P6 ?( d& O5.39.217.76Zulkifli is a Malaysian leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the militant organization blamed for some of Southeast Asia’s deadliest terrorist attacks including the 2002 Bali bombings which killed more than 200 people.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& t& h. [- _3 s1 W# L
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Zulkifli, an explosive expert, was the over-all leader of the JI in the Philippines, said Burgos.
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- }6 q9 L% F8 t9 o* H' h公仔箱論壇The US government has offered $5 million (S$6.3 million) and P7.4 million reward from the DND and DILG for Zulkifli’s capture.
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* z7 ]3 P9 K: UTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Muawiyah, who goes by many aliases, is a Singaporean member of JI who fled to the Philippines shortly after the Bali bombings, according to a Philippine military intelligence officer.' r3 m. n# ]; F/ ~' ]4 ^

1 f4 s+ j8 P* s4 D4 g% UTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。He was a former member of the Singaporean military with the rank of Major. He was also a JI member affiliated with the Abu Sayyaf and had contact with Omar Patek, Burgos said. The US offered a US$50,000 reward for his arrest.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" x1 H6 v* c3 l9 m6 |. G
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Jumdail, a member of the Tausug ethnic group, is a founder and one of the most senior figures of the Abu Sayyaf group, which was established in Mindanao in the 1990s with seed money from Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda-network.