MILF kill 49 Police! Any of our business?

2015-01-26T16:22:11-05:00

Members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces load bodies of police commandos into vehicles in Maguindanao yesterday. More than 40 police commandos were killed in a fierce battle with Muslim guerrillas after launching an assault in which they may have killed one of southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorists, officials said yesterday. PO2 Ed C.

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/01/27/1417214/milf-told-explain-saf-attack

Was this a terroristic act and should we care?

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 26 at 2015 5:34 PM

2015-01-26T17:34:17-05:00

MILF will end operations if someone just mails them a copy of "American Pie"

Response by CPT Chris Loomis made Jan 27 at 2015 10:54 AM

2015-01-27T10:54:27-05:00

When I first saw this I misinterpreted the acronym "MILF," and my first thought was whether or not she had been provoked....

Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 28 at 2015 2:15 PM

2015-01-28T14:15:23-05:00

I'm here for the MILF jokes.. Not going to lie :)

Response by Sgt Adam Jennings made Jan 28 at 2015 3:22 PM

2015-01-28T15:22:51-05:00

Haha, I had to read that headline twice. I totally mistook the acronym MILF. That's a Marine for you.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 28 at 2015 5:19 PM

2015-01-28T17:19:23-05:00

Police commandos launched an assault against guerrilla's and suffered heavy casualties... does terror now mean any violence involving Muslims? If the Guerrilla's attacked a shopping mall and killed civilians, then yes it would be terrorism... combat between armed groups on the other hand is clearly not terrorism.

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Jan 28 at 2015 6:14 PM

2015-01-28T18:14:56-05:00

Nope, they attacked a police "Special Action Force" who were in enough strength to cause 40 KIA, and on a mission to kill/capture an enemy HVT. That's a well executed ambush on an opposing armed force, regardless of the motives or politics on the two involved.

This kind of gets to the point of my discussion, What is Terrorism?
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-is-terrorism

What is Terrorism? | RallyPoint

Here on RP we've done a lot of talking about Terrorism, but it occurred to me we don't agree about what Terrorism is. Words have meaning, so we should probably hash this one out. It appears to be a pretty big task: Wikipedia says "There is neither an academic nor an international legal consensus regarding the definition of the term terrorism" So let's look at it. A lot of us here have been involved in a "Global War on Terror". What have we...

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made Jan 28 at 2015 8:06 PM

2015-01-28T20:06:33-05:00

I saw MILF and said WT... Maybe some of the abbreviations shouldn't be.

Response by SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA made Jan 29 at 2015 2:39 PM

2015-01-29T14:39:14-05:00

Seeing as both groups were prepared for battle (one less, one more) it was clearly not a "Terrorist Attack" and I applaud the press for not saying it was. We hear EVERY DAY for the past years about Islamic "Terror" and "attacks" I cant see it any longer, it is usually overstated or flat out wrong...but it sells more newspapers and gains more viewers.