INQUIRER.net: Filipino extremists face new foe: fellow rebels

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Filipino extremists face new foe: fellow rebels Feb 11th 2013, 02:31 MANILA, Philippines – After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in the southern Philippines, an Al-Qaida-linked militant group is facing a new adversary: fellow Muslim insurgents who can match their guerrilla battle tactics and are eager to regain their lost stature by fighting the widely condemned terrorist group.   The emerging enmity between the Abu Sayyaf militants and the Moro rebels could bolster a decade-long campaign by the Philippines and Western countries to isolate the al-Qaida offshoot Abu Sayyaf, which remains one of the most dangerous groups in Southeast Asia.   In their first known major clash, Abu Sayyaf gunmen battled reb... Keep on reading: Filipino extremists face new foe: fellow rebels Media files: Misuari1.jpg (image/jpeg)

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