Air Force junks MILF’s claims Abu Sayyaf shot down its helicopter 11/03/2011

Air Force junks MILF’s claims Abu Sayyaf shot down its helicopter

11/03/2011
The Air Force leadership yesterday junked as “propaganda” claims by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that terrorist Abu Sayyaf shot down the Huey helicopter that crashed in Sulu province last Saturday, killing three military personnel.

Lt. Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol commented on an article posted over MILF’s official Web site www.luwaran.com, suggesting that Abu Sayyaf terrorist shot down the UH1H helicopter while on a re-supply mission in Patikul town.

“That’s rubbish, that’s propaganda,” Okol said.

“If they can claim that they downed the twin towers, they will,” Okol stressed, referring to the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City targeted by al- Qaeda on Sept. 11, 2001..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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