• About 200 people taken hostage in Zamboanga City, Philippines, used as human shields, as troops atte
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[img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z02_27485301.jpg[/img] [quote]Fresh troops arrive as reinforcements, continuing an assault on Muslim rebels in Zamboanga City, on September 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) # [/quote] [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z03_66409135.jpg[/img] [quote]Residents, believed to be hostages, wave white sheets as they shout at troops to halt their operation in the continuing standoff with Muslim rebels in Zamboanga City, on September 11, 2013. About 200 Muslim rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the Philippine government, are holding scores of hostages as human shields in a continuing standoff with government forces for the third day with no solution in sight. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) # [/quote] [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z04_RTX13ILD.jpg[/img] [quote]Government soldiers take cover during a firefight with Muslim rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Zamboanga City, on September 12, 2013. Fighting between security forces and rogue Muslim rebels seeking to declare an independent state escalated and spread to a second island, officials said. U.S.-trained commandos exchanged gunfire with a breakaway faction of the MNLF holding dozens of hostages in Zamboanga City, on the southernmost island of Mindanao. (Reuters/Erik De Castro) # [/quote] [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z15_23489616.jpg[/img] [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z16_08589969.jpg[/img] [quote]Government troops fire their weapons at Muslim rebels positions in Zamboanga City, on September 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) # [/quote] [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z24_80369246.jpg[/img] [quote]Members of the Philippine national police special forces take cover as they move on enemy positions among burning houses during a firefight in Zamboanga City, on September 12, 2013. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [quote]Philippine troops are continuing to battle Muslim rebels holed up in a southern city, amid reports of separate fighting in a nearby area. Troops have been fighting Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels who entered parts of Zamboanga city in Mindanao on Monday. Local reports say a town in nearby Basilan province was also attacked by unidentified rebels on Thursday. Details of that attack and any link to the MNLF were not immediately clear. In Zamboanga, more than 100 members of the MNLF have moved into a number of villages, where they are reported to be using an unknown number of civilians as human shields.[/quote] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24059035[/url] That's a fucking warzone
My half-brother's family lives in the Philippines. Unrelated, but some of those faces are priceless.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/B65glT0.jpg[/img] That's a pretty funny face.
[QUOTE=Jetblack357;42174414][img]http://i.imgur.com/B65glT0.jpg[/img] That's a pretty funny face.[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/0DxE3q.png[/img] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/kQReDj.png[/img] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/tsT2ww.png[/img] This picture wasn't flattering to any of them, to be honest
They look better equipped than I last saw them in the news. Also yeah, a lot of the rural areas in my country have a lot of extremist / drug wars.
All I can imagine those guys in that picture saying while making those faces is "You think this is a fucking game?"
Yeah Zamboanga City, or rather the entire island of Mindanao here is a real mess. A bit comparable to a mini-'Nam with Muslim Rebels and it's been going on for years.
Goddamn those pictures are crisp.
I have a friend, her mom is a travel photographer and dad is a nurse, and she wants to go to University here... she can go ANYWHERE in the states because her parents make bank. nope. Fucking 3rd world country. All because she wants to "get back to her roots" I'm sure it's a lovely place but hell, if you had the chance to leave why would you go back?
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRt1aNsNM0c[/media] I hope they're better trained now.
Stay classy Islam.
[QUOTE=Siduron;42174851]Stay classy Islam.[/QUOTE] yes everyone who believes in Islam = rebel [editline]13th September 2013[/editline] [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z16_08589969.jpg[/img] okay who the fuck shit themselves?
I think it's only going to get worse. It's not good, especially for a country like the Philippines.
[QUOTE=Araknid;42174852]yes everyone who believes in Islam = rebel [editline]13th September 2013[/editline] [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z16_08589969.jpg[/img] okay who the fuck shit themselves?[/QUOTE] That guy with the gun being fired over his head is pulling the same face I did when someone's hot brass fell down my shirt :v:
It's always amazing the guts of some of these journalists who take pictures and report in an environment like this. I have great respect for them.
[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/tsT2ww.png[/img] yo who da fuck farted
[QUOTE=Araknid;42174852]yes everyone who believes in Islam = rebel [/QUOTE] Islam does play a pretty big part in the whole reason to rebel. For centuries they've been waging holy war against Spain, America and the Philippines. It only really stopped when the US used pork fat bullets.
[QUOTE=Araknid;42174852]y [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z16_08589969.jpg[/img] okay who the fuck shit themselves?[/QUOTE] the guy with the MG really let one rip
[QUOTE=Swebonny;42174850][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRt1aNsNM0c[/media] I hope they're better trained now.[/QUOTE] Is it the military or the police who are going to be rescuing the hostages? This seems a bit different, hopefully it'll be resolved with as little death as possible.
MNLF is pretty close to MILF
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42176444] For centuries they've been waging holy war against Spain, America and the Philippines. [/QUOTE] Who's "they". Terrorists? Insurgents? Rebels? Yes. But you're painting it like ALL Muslims are fighting a holy war.
[QUOTE=krten_2x 4b;42176516]MNLF is pretty close to MILF[/QUOTE] Fun fact: there is a rebel group, also from the Philippines, named Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Which, you know, when abbreviated...
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;42176520]Who's "they". Terrorists? Insurgents? Rebels? Yes. But you're painting it like ALL Muslims are fighting a holy war.[/QUOTE] they aren't but when they take hostages, and use them as human shields i consider that an act of terrorism
[QUOTE=Araknid;42174852]yes everyone who believes in Islam = rebel [editline]13th September 2013[/editline] [img]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/zambo091213/s_z16_08589969.jpg[/img] okay who the fuck shit themselves?[/QUOTE] The guy with the m249 looks like he having a lot more fun that he should be.
[QUOTE=Mr_Sun;42174823]I have a friend, her mom is a travel photographer and dad is a nurse, and she wants to go to University here... she can go ANYWHERE in the states because her parents make bank. nope. Fucking 3rd world country. All because she wants to "get back to her roots" I'm sure it's a lovely place but hell, if you had the chance to leave why would you go back?[/QUOTE] Philippines has nice areas as long as you stay in the big cities [editline]13th September 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Swebonny;42174850][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRt1aNsNM0c[/media] I hope they're better trained now.[/QUOTE] They fucked up big time there. They even just used regular SWAT instead of the CT team trained by FBI's Hostage Rescue Team and broadcasting the entire raid on TV (there was one in the bus).
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;42174910]That guy with the gun being fired over his head is pulling the same face I did when someone's hot brass fell down my shirt :v:[/QUOTE] I swear, that is like the worst thing in the world, I must have had some serious bad karma this one day, friend was firing off a 30-06, I had to scratch my dick and when he fired the weapon, the shell popped right into my pants.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/7Uor80D.png[/img] "I swear to god every day i'm stuck with these unprofessional assholes"
[QUOTE=Jetblack357;42174414][img]http://i.imgur.com/B65glT0.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] hes just taken a shit, and everyone else cant bare it.
[QUOTE=kenji;42200058][img]http://i.imgur.com/7Uor80D.png[/img] "I swear to god every day i'm stuck with these unprofessional assholes"[/QUOTE] I just noticed you can see the shell casing that just flew out of the gun. Looks pretty cool.
I cant believe that this is a thread about 200 people being taken hostage and used as human shields... And we are talking about how their faces look like they are farting. You guys are the best.
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