In Focus: Sulu Gun Culture

Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/asia/clan-wars-philippines

The Sulu archipelago in the southern Philippines has been the target of a U.S.- assisted counter-insurgency program since 2003, and American troops have helped rout the Abu Sayyaf rebel group. But it remains a dangerous place. Heavily armed rival clans have created an environment of ongoing violence largely unrelated to radical Islam - it's local politics through the barrel of a gun.

May 2009 News: Col. Julasirim Kasim, the main character featured in the video, was killed in an ambush by Abu Sayyaf militants on Thursday May 7th in Maimbung, Sulu. Read the related article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer 5/8/09: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090508-203766/Ab...

Produced by Orlando de Guzman in association with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

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News & Politics

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• Pulitzer Center
• Sulu
• Terrorism
• Abu Sayyaf
• Disarmament
• Guns
• Gun Violence
• Clan Wars
• Philippines
• Counter-insurgency
• Rebels

[sultan671]

@emmthreejonny media nga,, pero sabi,, may mga patung daw yun,, binayaran para sumama sa convoy, 2 cover nga ,,alam na nila may nag aabang pero sumugal pa rin xla ,, tig 40k daw kc budget bawat isa,, pilipino talaga,, hilig sa sugal,pati buhay isusugal,,

[sultan671]

it's absolutely,!!! power struggle,weaks are used by corrupt leaders in their own interest,,just like our government,,ginagago kapwa pilipino,, tsk tsk tsk,,

[MyKUREI]

BIHAN NA SA IN ISUG SIN MGA BANGSA TAUSUG MINSAN SILA MAGSILA MAGBUNUH DA . AY NKAW MAINUINU BANGMAYTAH IN SAMALLA SIN KAMAASAN

MARAYAW PA MUTI IN BUKUG AYAW SIN TIKUDTIKUD

MEANS TO SAY ITS BETTER TO DIE THAT TO RUN IN A BATTLE OF FIGHT!!!

SALAM NA HADJA PA KATAN

[dats21loves]

col kasim was already death....

[dats21loves]

people in sulu is most bravest people in the world..............

[paladinoftyr]

The marines should take over!

[mappy87]

ignorance thats the root of these problems

[mentalbreaker]

wild wild mindanao?

[emmthreejonny]

I'm from the Philippines, the way of life in the south (Mindanao) still mystifies me. These people want independence and this is the kind of life they offer to people there?

No longer than a couple of days, 50 people were said to have been killed, 21 today were found dead, beheaded and mutilated. Most of these people were from the media just assisting a local vice-mayor and his family when they were stopped by a mob.

[melekanlaud]

mga BIAS tuud lawng kataymanghuran nato mtaud...

aah, hi babuh Amina ng-NGINGIT na...

uway na nakapin USOG marayaw dain katuh bya na kay Col.Kasim...makasakit atay...