Search Global Recon Podcast on ITunes, or click the link in my bio. Download, subscribe. GRP 40- Dan, the owner of Combat Flags, and US Army veteran joined me for our 40th episode. We discuss the role of a PYSOP (Physiological Operations) Solider, OEF-P, and his company Combat Flags. OEF-P is a lesser known campaign to rid the Philippineās of Islamic terror groups. We discuss the situation there, and Danās company Combat Flags, they create beautiful American flags put together using the uniforms of veterans from all branches. Below is an excerpt from the episode. John Hendricks: During the height of the Iraq war, now in Syria, and Iraq people who are critical of the war efforts would say things like weāre out there fighting farmers, and things like that. Which is very far from the truth. Apart of the truth is what removing Saddam from power was lifting those strict security measures that kept these terrorist organizations out. Now you have fighters from Chechnya, the larger middle east, and Africa. Dan: The terrorist activity takes place in the southern Philippineās. Back in the mid to late 70ās this group called the Moral National Liberation Front (MNLF) started to take hold, and open up these insurgent training camps. The MNLF had an internal coup, and split off into a separate group called the Moral Islamic Liberation Front. These camps really paved the way for what I was working with, and what guys who preceded me were working with. I liked to refer to it as the minor league of terrorism. Thatās where the terrorist goes, get their training, then get called up, to the middle east. These training camps in the 70ās, 80ās, and early 90ās were pumping out guys left and right. Some of the more notable folks who came through the Philippineās during the 80ās was Osama Bin Ladenās brother in law. Another guy named Ramsey Yousef, who was one of the architects of the WTC bombings. A more contemporary guy named Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was masterminds of the 9/11 attacks, and former secretary of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. They've been causing havoc through bombings, and kidnappings. #GlobalReconPodcast #CombatFlags #PSYOPS #Philiphines #Terrorism