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MANILA, Philippines (AP) - An alleged founder of an al-Qaeda-linked Philippine militant group who is wanted by the US government in the kidnapping of an American missionary 16 years ago was arrested in Manila on Wednesday, an official said.

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Al-Sharie Amiruddin Mohammad Nur, who carried the aliases Abu Omar, Tubasasab, Hamid, John Sharief, Taibuh, Taliban, Samurai and Taufiq, was said to be one of the planners of the 2001 kidnapping of tourists in a Palawan resort.

Nur was also tagged in the 1993 abduction of an American linguist in Sulu and the high-profile 2000 kidnapping of mostly foreign tourists in Sipadan, Malaysia.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) - An alleged founder of an al-Qaeda-linked Philippine militant group who is wanted by the US government in the kidnapping of an American missionary 16 years ago was arrested in Manila on Wednesday, an official said.

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Al-Sharie Amiruddin Mohammad Nur, who carried the aliases Abu Omar, Tubasasab, Hamid, John Sharief, Taibuh, Taliban, Samurai and Taufiq, was said to be one of the planners of the 2001 kidnapping of tourists in a Palawan resort.

Nur was also tagged in the 1993 abduction of an American linguist in Sulu and the high-profile 2000 kidnapping of mostly foreign tourists in Sipadan, Malaysia.
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