Amnesty for Sayyaf bandits opposed

" MANILA -- The possibility of granting amnesty to Abu Sayyaf bandits has drawn flak from the political opposition, saying the government is showing weakness in dealing with the terrorist group. United Opposition...

Italian Red Cross worker freed after 6 months

" MANILA (4th Update) -- Abu Sayyaf bandits freed an ailing Italian Red Cross worker Sunday from six months of jungle captivity in the province of Sulu, officials said. Eugenio Vagni, 63, appeared to be in good...

Kidnappers free 3 Zambo teachers

"ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits released Tuesday three teachers they kidnapped last January 23 in this southern port city, officials said. Janette Delos Reyes, Rafael Mayonado and Quizon Frierez were freed around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday at Sitio Binahan, Barangay...

Sri Lankan hostage is now in the hands of Abu Sayyaf

A Sri Lankan peace activist abducted in the troubled southern Philippinnes is now in the hands of Abu Sayyaf rebels, police sain on Sunday. Umar Jaleel, a 34-year old and member of the Nonviolent...

Sons of Abu Sayyaf

Below is a piece from an unnamed Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist.  It seems that the government is fighting a losing battle--almost complacent with the killings of Abu Sayyaf leaders...only to be replaced by theirs sons.  The cycle will continue unless the...

Sulu negotiators in Drilon kidnapping face raps

"MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 3) Kidnap for ransom charges will be filed against a town mayor in Sulu and his son who negotiated for the release of a television news team over circumstantial evidence that the two had connived with the Abu Sayyaf group, police officials said...

Drilon on ordeal: A ‘sobering experience’

" MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 2) A “sobering experience” was how a television reporter who was freed late Tuesday night by her Abu Sayyaf captors described her nine-day ordeal as she thanked friends and...

Plot to assassinate Philippine President uncovered, officials say

No further details have been released, however, Phillippine officials claim the planned assassination has ties to Al-Qaeda and several other Islamist extremist groups."Authorities have uncovered an al-Qaida-linked...

Nine people killed in clash in the southern Phillipines

Zamboanga City, Philippines (ANTARA News) - Five soldiers and four Muslim militants were killed Friday in a clash on a southern Philippine island, the military said. The fighting erupted at dawn when government troops encountered a group of rebels in the town of Kalinggalang...

Bali bomber hurt in fighting in southern Philippines : military

Manila (ANTARA News) - An Islamic militant wanted for deadly nightclub bombings on Indonesia's resort island of Bali in 2002 has reportedly been wounded in fighting in the southern Philippines, the military...

Manila says on verge of wiping out Abu Sayyaf

"Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said on Tuesday that troops were on the verge of wiping out the country's most violent Muslim rebel group as one soldier was killed and 24 wounded in fresh"

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