This is good news, and is a continuation of other things that we've been doing with the PAF and PG over the last 8 years. Its the first time that they've done something "visible" though...
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Aus-funded intelligence centre to open in Philippines
By Shirley Escalante
An Australian-funded police intelligence centre will be opened this week in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, known as a haven for terrorist networks.
Australian Ambassador to Manila, Rod Smith, says the Mindanao Area Police Intelligence Office would contribute significantly to building the counter-terror capability of the police in the region.
Australia donated more than $274,000 for the construction of the police intelligence headquarters.
It will house a satellite office of the Philippine Bomb Data Centre which the Australian Government helped put up in the capital Manila.
Authorities say operatives of the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah and the local Abu Sayyaf are hiding in Mindanao.
Both have been linked to the Al Qaeda network.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin
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Aus-funded intelligence centre to open in Philippines
By Shirley Escalante
An Australian-funded police intelligence centre will be opened this week in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, known as a haven for terrorist networks.
Australian Ambassador to Manila, Rod Smith, says the Mindanao Area Police Intelligence Office would contribute significantly to building the counter-terror capability of the police in the region.
Australia donated more than $274,000 for the construction of the police intelligence headquarters.
It will house a satellite office of the Philippine Bomb Data Centre which the Australian Government helped put up in the capital Manila.
Authorities say operatives of the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah and the local Abu Sayyaf are hiding in Mindanao.
Both have been linked to the Al Qaeda network.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin
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