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Top terrorist killed in Philippines
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MANILA: A top al-Qaida-linked militant, long wanted by US and
Philippine authorities for deadly terror attacks, has been killed in
a clash with troops in a major blow to his brutal rebel group, the
military said yesterday.
Jainal Antel Sali Jr, popularly known as Abu Sulaiman a top
leader of the Abu Sayyaf rebel group was fatally shot on Tuesday in
a fierce gunbattle with army special forces on the mountainous
southern island of Jolo, military chief General Hermogenes Esperon
said.
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Abu Sayyaf
Southeast Asian Affairs
; While the offensive against the MILF was in progress, another Muslim group, the Abu Sayyaf, attracted publicity following hostage-taking incidents in March-April 2000. The Abu Sayyaf first attracted notice in 1991 following several bombings, kidnappings, and other incidents around Zamboanga City.
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Abu Sayyaf turning into a dangerous RP version of bloody JI.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin
; Byline: BONG REBLANDO GENERAL SANTOS CITY The Abu Sayyaf is slowly transforming into a major terrorist group capable of carrying out Bali-type attacks, an expert said yesterday. To achieve this, however, it has to rely on another group, the Jemaah Islamiya (JI), which has a notorious record in
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Foreign funding to Abu Sayyaf dries up-bandit leader
The Manila Times
; ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Abu Sayyaf has stopped receiving funds from abroad, as its members remain on the run from authorities. In a clandestine interview with Al-Jazeera television in Basilan, Abu Kahlid, an Abu Sayyaf militant, said his group has lost the capability to launch large-scale attacks
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AFP troops seize 4 Abu Sayyaf camps; Operations stepped up in Sulu.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin
; Byline: ARIS R. ILAGAN Officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced yesterday that military teams pursuing the remaining Abu Sayyaf elements have overrun four Abu Sayyaf camps in Patikul, Sulu. A report relayed to Gen. Roy Cimatu, AFP chief of staff, said that the camps which
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Delving into the Abu Sayyaf
New Straits Times
; Zainon Ahmad New Straits Times 06-04-2000 Delving into the Abu Sayyaf Byline: Zainon Ahmad Edition: New Sunday Times; 2* Section: Focus Memo: (STF) - The Abu Sayyaf is a feared group in southern Mindanao especially in the island provinces of Basilan and Sulu but what is it really? Zainon Ahmad met
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Abu Sayyaf? Just thugs
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Abu Sayyaf? Just thugs By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Monday, February 11, 2002 Camp Cabunbata, Philippines -- This steamy, sullen jungle island of Basilan is becoming the next front in America's war on terror, and everybody is getting ready for the 660 U.S. troops who are beginning to arrive in the area.
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The Philippine branch of terror: Al Qaeda is believed to have given initial funding to the now-independent Abu Sayyaf militant group.(World)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Byline: Dan Murphy Special to the Christian Science Monitor MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES -- There are so many links between the Abu Sayyaf Group of the Philippines, which beheaded an American hostage a few months ago, and Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network, that on paper they look like the route
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Another Abu Sayyaf leader falls in Basilan.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin
; On the third day of the massive crackdown on the Abu Sayyaf rebels, military and police troops yesterday captured one of the leaders of the terrorist group in Isabela City in Basilan. The military identified the Abu Sayyaf leader arrested as Anwar Abdul Jamid. With a P1-million bounty on his head,
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Arroyo visits Basilan and Palawan today; To assess campaign against Abu Sayyaf.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin
; President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is scheduled to visit Palawan, Zamboanga, and Basilan today in the hope of finding a permanent solution to problems with the rebel group Abu Sayyaf which is holding several persons, including three Americans, as hostages in Basilan. After attending a thanksgiving
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BEHEADINGS SPUR AFP TO PRESS HUNT FOR ABU SAYYAF
The Manila Times
; The military on Friday pressed its hunt for the Abu Sayyaf in Jolo following the beheading by the extremist group of its seven hostages. The Abu Sayyaf kidnapped six road workers and a fisherman in separate incidents Monday. On Thursday afternoon, the driver of a commuter minibus was flagged down
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