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According to Philippine laws, terrorism is a crime under the Human Security Act of 2007 which describes such acts as causing "widespread and extraordinary fear and panic among the populace". The first group to be officially listed as a terrorist organization under the law was the Abu Sayyaf on September 10, 2015, by the Basilan provincial court ...
The following are a list of organizations designated as terrorist in the Philippines by the Anti-Terrorism Council under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 which was signed into law on July 3, 2020 by then former President Rodrigo Duterte. [1] The implementing rules and regulations was approved by the ATC on October 14, 2020. [2]
The National Counter-Terrorism Action Group (NACTAG; Filipino: Pambansang Lupon ng Pagsasagawa Laban sa Terorismo) was formed on November 27, 2007, with its existence announced to the public on November 29, 2007. [1] It is a counter-terrorism body under the Anti-Terrorism Council. [1] NACTAG is under the direct command of the National Security ...
A bomb exploded outside a Philippine Air Force base where US soldiers, training local troops in anti-terrorism warfare, maintain a small camp. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. [75] 24 July Digos, Davao del Sur: 3 ~24 Improvised Explosive Device
The following is a list of terrorist incidents that were not carried out by a state or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).Assassinations are presented in List of assassinations and unsuccessful attempts at List of people who survived assassination attempts and List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts.
The mission was to advise the Armed Forces of the Philippines in combating terrorism in the Philippines. [21] 160 U.S. special forces go out on patrol with Filipinos in jungles of Basilan island, an Abu Sayyaf stronghold, in 2002, U.S. military personnel deployed to Cebu to provide support for a six-month exercise. [22]
The Human Security Act of 2007, officially designated as Republic Act No. 9372, was a Philippine law that took effect on July 20, 2007. [1] The law, which was watered-down after opposition from some politicians and rights groups feared the legislation would endanger human rights, was aimed at tackling militants, particularly the Abu Sayyaf, in the southern Philippines.
The scope of this category includes pages whose subjects relate to terrorism, a contentious label. Value-laden labels—such as calling an organization and/or individual a terrorist—may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject, in which case use in-text attribution. Avoid ...