"You can say that ISIS is here already", he said.
Mr. Duterte visited troops in Iligan on Friday, and urged the terrorists to give up or face the full wrath of the military. "You can arrest any person, search any house without warrant", he said. Moreover, ground military assets like tanks and Armored Personnel Couriers exchanged fires with Maute militants, who were using high powered machine guns.
He also advised the public that the least we can do as law-abiding citizens is to repose our trust in the wisdom and determination of President Duterte to excise this evil from our land.
"But those who are out-andout terrorists, and you can not be convinced to stop fighting, so be it. Let us fight".
"In as much as we would like to avoid collateral damage, these rebels are forcing the hand of government by hiding and holding out inside private homes, government buildings and other facilities", military spokesman Brigadier-General Restituto Padilla said.
The Philippine authority continues to fight to free Marawi from the Maute's siege as surviving residents flee for their safety.
Abdurahman Asmawi from Kelantan and Dr Kamsa Yahya from Kedah, the two reported victims, were killed while fighting alongside Islamic State-linked Maute group who besieged Marawi - a southern city of some 200,000 people.
"Right now, he is still inside (the city)", General Eduardo Ano said. "I'm just praying that the bullets will not find their way to my house and hit us". He is at the nexus of several militant groups trying to merge into a more powerful force.
They "may not have ever experienced being shot at by someone or being forced to evacuate to a safe place or to [cross] a river in order to reach sanctuary or to lose a job or livelihood or loved members of the family", Ramos said. "We have to finish this". "It has transformed into an invasion of foreign fighters". In 2005, the US Treasury Department seized Hapilon's assets for suspected terrorist activities and association with Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
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Manufacturing employment fell by 1,000 jobs last month as payrolls in the automobile sector dropped 1,500 amid declining sales. She said workers who skip out of jobs, whether to hang out with friends or care for family members, face little repercussion.
Thirteen soldiers, two policemen and 31 militants have died in the fighting, according to authorities.
Foreigners are among Islamist gunmen battling security forces in a southern Philippine city, the government said. The dream of the Maute group, which has pledged allegiance to the ISIS and to its flag, is to transform Mindanao as an Islamic State or, in their language, "Daulah Islamiya". Hapilon also leads an umbrella of smaller militant groups, including the Maute.
All these groups are inspired by IS, but so far there is no sign of significant, material ties.
The United States regards Isnilon as one of the world's most risky terrorists, offering a bounty of US$5mil (RM21.3mil) for his capture.
The Philippines is Asia's largest Roman Catholic nation, but its southern region has a large Muslim minority. But recent attacks and this week's siege suggest the threat of extremist ideology may be growing.
A few days ahead of the fifth round of talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the NDFP expressed fear that the Martial Law declared by President Rodrigo Duterte in Mindanao will affect the peace negotiations.
"We believe that it is not an answer to the problem of armed conflict in Mindanao".
Duterte said a local police chief was stopped at a militant checkpoint and beheaded.
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