declared "all-out war" against the government, saying his fighters were willing to die in battle.
he taunted the military and said his mujahedeen, or holy warriors, were willing to engage them in firefights anytime.
“We are prepared to trade fire with them until we are decimated. If they cannot finish us, we will finish them,†Bravo said over Radio Mindanao Network. “We are prepared to kill, we are prepared to be killed.â€ÂÂÂ
He said the attacks on Christian towns in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Saranggani on Monday that left 38 people dead were led by mujahedeen angered by an aborted land deal with the government.
“What the Muslims want is Islamic justice in Mindanao,†he said.
“In the eyes of Allah we are not terrorists,†he also said.