All have been accounted for ... No gun battle took place, |
For every $100,000 of ransom that is given to these terrorists, that means much more capability and recruits to the movement, |
has shown he could be irrational. |
He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest of the hostages. |
He's still undergoing tactical interrogation. We believe the group was up to something big during the long holiday, |
It appears we have encountered the main body of bandits, |
It is very difficult to pursue them for fear of injuring hostages, |
It takes time, it takes manpower, it takes aircraft, ships, to verify this. That's why we are calling on all citizens to help the government, to help the military, to help the police in providing information. |
No new troops were added, |
The arms are the property of the ARMM, |
The mission is clear: to maintain contact so as to prevent them from escaping. We are not here to disengage. We want to engage, |
The most important thing here is that the government will stick to its policy of no ransom payments, ... There will be no negotiation or ransom with these kidnappers. By doing that we believe we will stop their motivation from some groups there in the south to do the same thing. |
The strategy is to apply military pressure and at the same time talk to them and communicate, |
There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks. |
There will be casualties, ... but we will avoid any harm that may befall the hostages. |