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                    [Title] => Abu Sayyaf, Part II - SKETCHES by Ana Marie Pamintuan
                    [Summary] => There are people who feel perverse relief from the latest Abu Sayyaf caper. At last, a non-political activity! Now we can take a break from the usual bunch of thieving, vote-buying, cheating politicians ce-lebrating their victory or crying foul as they are replaced by a new bunch of thieves, vote buyers and poll cheats. 


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                    [Title] => 12 Abu rebs captured: But still no signs of 2 hostages
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Government troops captured 12 members of the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf after a battle in the jungles of Sulu, where the rebels are thought to be holding two remaining hostages, the military said yesterday.


Soldiers were conducting clearing operations in a remote village in Talipao town when they encountered a group of heavily armed Abu Sayyaf bandits on Saturday, said Lt. Gen. Gregorio Camiling, chief of the Armed Forces Southern Command.


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                    [Title] => Abubakar opened to Muslim rebels
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY – Camp Abubakar will be open to fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as long as they don’t bring their firearms, the government and the military said yesterday.


Even the head of the separatist group, Hashim Salamat, can return to his home inside the camp in line with the Arroyo administration’s peace initiative, said presidential assistant for Mindanao Jesus Dureza.


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                    [Title] => Kidnapped woman turned over to Abu
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Kidnappers have reportedly turned over a victim to Muslim extremist rebels operating in the jungles of Sulu.


A military official, quoting reports reaching this city, said the victim, businesswoman Marilyn Tiu of Alicia, Zam-boanga del Sur, was seen by villagers in Patikul, Sulu, a known haven of the extremist Abu Sayyaf rebel group.


The official said Tiu was handed over by Lidjal Usman, a commander of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front, to Abu Sayyaf commander Radulan Sahiron.


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                    [Title] => Sayyaf leader killed in clash
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Another top leader of the extremist Abu Sayyaf, who took part in the April 23 kidnapping of mostly foreign nationals from the Malaysian island resort of Sipadan, was killed and many guerrillas were wounded in separate encounters in Patikul and Talipao towns in Sulu last Thursday afternoon, the military said.


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                    [Title] => 2 Sayyaf leaders sighted
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Abu Sayyaf leaders Ghalib Andang alias Commander Robot and Mujib Susukan have been sighted in the jungles of the Sulu towns of Talipao and Patikul by military troops pursuing the extremist guerrillas, intelligence reports said.


Andang and Susukan, the reports said, have been on the run in two groups since the military launched an all-out offensive against the rebel-bandits last Sept. 16.


Military sources said Andang, with about 100 hardcore followers, was spotted in the jungle of Talipao, while Susukan’s group was sighted in Patikul. 


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                    [Title] => 8 Sayyaf rebels slain
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Eight members of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group were killed as the military stepped up their assault on the kidnapping group in the southern island of Sulu, military sources said yesterday.


Helicopter gunships blasted Abu Sayyaf positions as soldiers pressed on with their offensive in the towns of Patikul and Talipao, two former strongholds of the outlaw band which went on a kidnapping spree earlier this year and are still holding American Jeffrey Schilling and Filipino dive master Roland Ullah hostage.


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                    [Title] => Abu men seize 2 girls as brides; one escapes
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Despite a military assault on their forces on the southern island of Sulu, members of the extremist group Abu Sayyaf seized two girls, possibly as brides, early this week, police said.

Superintendent Candido Casimiro, Sulu police director, said two Abu Sayyaf bands separately seized the two girls – 18-year-old Pindayang Bustahan and 17-year-old Namra Ajahun – last Monday in the villages of Latik and Igasan.


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                    [Title] => 7 Sayyaf rebels killed
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – At least seven Abu Sayyaf rebels holding an American and a Filipino hostage in Sulu were killed and 10 others surrendered as soldiers continued their operation to rescue the captives, officials said yesterday.


One Abu Sayyaf member was killed when a government patrol clashed with a rebel band in a remote village in Panglima Estino town early Wednesday, police said.


There were no other casualties reported following a brief gunfight, said Sulu provincial police chief Candido Casimiro.


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                    [Title] => Moro rebels abduct 6 in Basilan village
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels abducted six people, including a 10-year-old boy, who were harvesting coconuts in a remote village in Basilan yesterday, police said.


The farmers were seized in the village of Upper Colonia in the Basilan town of Lamitan, police said.


Reports reaching the military said MILF guerrillas led by one Sakpar Yacub were behind the kidnapping.


Yacub said they do not intend to demand any ransom, but told the military to stop its operation in the Sampinit complex or else they will harm their captives.

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AMERICAN JEFFREY SCHILLING AND FILIPINO

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The official said Tiu was handed over by Lidjal Usman, a commander of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front, to Abu Sayyaf commander Radulan Sahiron.


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Andang and Susukan, the reports said, have been on the run in two groups since the military launched an all-out offensive against the rebel-bandits last Sept. 16.


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Helicopter gunships blasted Abu Sayyaf positions as soldiers pressed on with their offensive in the towns of Patikul and Talipao, two former strongholds of the outlaw band which went on a kidnapping spree earlier this year and are still holding American Jeffrey Schilling and Filipino dive master Roland Ullah hostage.


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Superintendent Candido Casimiro, Sulu police director, said two Abu Sayyaf bands separately seized the two girls – 18-year-old Pindayang Bustahan and 17-year-old Namra Ajahun – last Monday in the villages of Latik and Igasan.


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One Abu Sayyaf member was killed when a government patrol clashed with a rebel band in a remote village in Panglima Estino town early Wednesday, police said.


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The farmers were seized in the village of Upper Colonia in the Basilan town of Lamitan, police said.


Reports reaching the military said MILF guerrillas led by one Sakpar Yacub were behind the kidnapping.


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