Philippines

As the Philippine army goes after ISIS targets in the southern city of Marawi, ISIS in Philippines have made a video showing the destruction, desecration and ultimately the burning down of a local church.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to offer terrorists nothing but death in a rallying call to his nation.
There is little lower and more vile than destroying a holy place. ISIS does not represent a religion, it is merely a death cult.

Authorities in Philippines have released closed circuit television footage of the criminal who attacked a leisure centre in Manila, next to the Philippine capital’s international airport.
The footage shows a deranged man with a large automatic weapon attempting to rob the casino portion of the leisure centre.

The United States has all but solidified its climb-down after a militaristic month of April in North Korea. All of the joint military drills with Japan and all of the UN resolutions in the world are merely designed to obfuscate a deeper reality. America simply is afraid to attack North Korea, less because of North Korea itself but because they are fearful of creating a new war on the border with China. The recent passage of extended sanctions on Pyongyang by the UN Security Council is merely an affirmation of America’s continued policy of attrition over Korean matters.

The death toll from a terrorist attack at a leisure centre in Manila for which ISIS have claimed responsibility has left at least 36 dead with the death toll said to be rising.
Reports indicate that a lone masked gunman started firing shots into a crowd of people at Resort World Manila before setting himself on fire, although conflicting official reports state that he was shot dead. Many have concluded that the man was shot before setting himself ablaze.

The internet is full of theories about just who controls ISIS and like-minded groups and why. Many are based only on circumstantial evidence though others do have some merit. Many more are outlandish however well meaning and some are just nonsense.
But one needn’t turn to conspiracy theories in order to prove a deeply frightening link between neo-liberal western elites and ISIS. The facts are widely available and many are well known, though hardly ever discussed in western mainstream media.
Here are the key facts

Philippine media have been sharing a post from retired Philippine military veteran Abe Purugganan which claims that the ISIS war on Philippines is part of an internal coup organised by members of the opposition Liberal Party with an aim to illegally oust democratically elected Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
Mr.  Purugganan claims that he is publishing information provided by a whistle-blower who works inside the opposition Liberal Party of Philippines.

ISIS have carried out their first terrorist atrocity in Philippines outside of the southern island of Mindanao. ISIS  has clearly set out not only to conquer Mindanao, but to destabilise and destroy all of Philippines.
READ MORE: BREAKING: ISIS terrorist attack near Manila airport
It is no coincidence that they chose to attack a country led by a man like President Rodrigo Duterte.
Here’s Why

FURTHER UPDATE: Conflict reports have come out with some authorities saying that the gunman was shot and others saying that he committed suicide.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s youngest daughter Veronica “Kitty” Duterte has engaged in a heated set of Facebook messages with a critic of her recent trips abroad, including to Russia where she recently accompanied her father as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

June 1, 2017 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Recently, terrorist attacks have unfolded across Indonesia, a militant network disrupted along the Thai-Malaysian border and full-scale military operations including aerial bombing deployed as Philippine troops fought to take back Marawi City on the southern island of Mindanao, all linked or affiliated with the Islamic State.