Article: Philippines: Bombing Was Abu Sayyaf

Article: GREEN BERET AMONG 3 KILLED IN BOMBING.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  October 3, 2002 ;     513 words ... ... The al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group was responsible ... that killed an American Green Beret commando and two Filipinos ... identified as a member of the Abu Sayyaf from a sketch based on ... injured Americans were Green Beret soldiers on duty at the ...

Article: Two Filipinos, one American Green Beret killed in ...
AP Worldstream;  October 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Filipinos and an American Green Beret soldier late Wednesday ... including another Green Beret _ were injured, many ... al-Qaida- linked Abu Sayyaf group and communist ... local troops battle the Abu Sayyaf, wrapped up, said ...

Article: US Green Beret special force fly to Basilan, ready ...
Manila Bulletin;  February 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Basilan (Reuters) ? US Green Beret commandos flew yesterday into ... Earlier on Saturday, suspected Abu Sayyaf guerrillas bombed a market ... one of the strongholds of Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, fighting for ... possibility of clashes with the Abu Sayyaf during the six-month ...

Article: Green Beret killed in Philippines Rebel group ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 3, 2002 ;     586 words ... ... packed bomb killed an American Green Beret and two Filipinos on Wednesday ... like the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group and communist rebels ... country's military to battle Abu Sayyaf in the southern islands ... Island, once the center of Abu Sayyaf operations. The 9 p.m ...

Article: Green Beret Remembered at Fort Lewis Memorial
Yakima Herald-Republic;  October 18, 2002 ;     431 words ... ... chapel Thursday to remember Sgt. 1st Class Mark Jackson - a Green Beret killed two weeks ago in a terrorist attack in the Philippines ... military base camp Oct. 2. Authorities blamed the attack on the Abu Sayyaf, which has ties to al-Qaida. Two other people were killed ...

Green Beret Killed In Southern Philippines
Getty Images;  October 3, 2002 ;     291 words ... ... in a bomb blast is loaded onto a military plane carrying a Green Beret killed from the same blast, for care at an undisclosed location ... controversial joint training exercises designed to battle the Abu Sayyaf Group on a nearby island. (Photo by David Greedy/Getty ...

Article: U.S. forces to take on combat role in Philippines; Escalation: ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... underestimated the number of Abu Sayyaf and warned it would take ... 2 incident blamed on Abu Sayyaf killed three people, including a U.S. Green Beret in the port city of Zamboanga ... believed link between the Abu Sayyaf and the Jemaah Islamiyah ...