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                    [ArticleID] => 165315
                    [Title] => Arroyo: Sayyaf killed Burnham
                    [Summary] => The trajectory of the bullets that killed Abu Sayyaf hostages Martin Burnham and Edibora Yap tend to show they were fired from the guns of the Islamist rebels, President Arroyo said yesterday, quoting a military report.


"The trajectory of the bullets was upward," she said.

However, she noted a slight inaccuracy in the drawing depicting the positions of government troops and the Abu Sayyaf in the June 7 encounter in Sirawai town, Zamboanga del Norte.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165036 [Title] => Military insists Abu Sabaya still in Sirawai area [Summary] => TABIAWAN, Basilan — Notorious Abu Sayyaf leader Aldam Tilao, alias Abu Sabaya, is still in the general area of Sirawai in Zamboanga del Norte.

This was the statement made by military Southern Command (Southcom) chief Maj. Gen. Ernesto Carolina yesterday, as he said two Abu Sayyaf members under Sabaya were killed in an encounter with Philippine Army troops.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164083 [Title] => Gracia flies home today [Summary] => Today she goes home.

Missionary Gracia Burnham, who was held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf for over one year, will leave this morning for the United States to be reunited with her three children and the rest of her family.

The US Embassy said yesterday that Gracia will make a departure statement at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at 6:30 a.m. today before she boards the plane that will take her home to Wichita, Kansas.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163946 [Title] => Bush pushes for tougher action versus Sayyaf rebels [Summary] => US President George W. Bush has called for an escalation of joint operations between Philippine and American troops against the Abu Sayyaf following Friday’s death of hostages Martin Burnham and Edi-borah Yap and the wounding of Burnham’s wife Gracia.

"President Bush assured us of the continuing help of the United States in pushing the operation forward. We will forge on with greater fervor and tenacity until the Abu Sayyaf is finished," President Arroyo said in a news conference yesterday.
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OPERATION DAYBREAK
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                    [Title] => Arroyo: Sayyaf killed Burnham
                    [Summary] => The trajectory of the bullets that killed Abu Sayyaf hostages Martin Burnham and Edibora Yap tend to show they were fired from the guns of the Islamist rebels, President Arroyo said yesterday, quoting a military report.


"The trajectory of the bullets was upward," she said.

However, she noted a slight inaccuracy in the drawing depicting the positions of government troops and the Abu Sayyaf in the June 7 encounter in Sirawai town, Zamboanga del Norte.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165036 [Title] => Military insists Abu Sabaya still in Sirawai area [Summary] => TABIAWAN, Basilan — Notorious Abu Sayyaf leader Aldam Tilao, alias Abu Sabaya, is still in the general area of Sirawai in Zamboanga del Norte.

This was the statement made by military Southern Command (Southcom) chief Maj. Gen. Ernesto Carolina yesterday, as he said two Abu Sayyaf members under Sabaya were killed in an encounter with Philippine Army troops.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164083 [Title] => Gracia flies home today [Summary] => Today she goes home.

Missionary Gracia Burnham, who was held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf for over one year, will leave this morning for the United States to be reunited with her three children and the rest of her family.

The US Embassy said yesterday that Gracia will make a departure statement at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at 6:30 a.m. today before she boards the plane that will take her home to Wichita, Kansas.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163946 [Title] => Bush pushes for tougher action versus Sayyaf rebels [Summary] => US President George W. Bush has called for an escalation of joint operations between Philippine and American troops against the Abu Sayyaf following Friday’s death of hostages Martin Burnham and Edi-borah Yap and the wounding of Burnham’s wife Gracia.

"President Bush assured us of the continuing help of the United States in pushing the operation forward. We will forge on with greater fervor and tenacity until the Abu Sayyaf is finished," President Arroyo said in a news conference yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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