Article: New Video Footage of U.S. Hostages Shown on Philippine TV News

Article: Ex-Abu Sayyaf Hostage Claims Being Forced to Behead ...
Xinhua News Agency;  February 21, 2002 ;     375 words ...A former Abu Sayyaf hostage hassurrendered ... was the one in a video footage aired on television who beheaded an Abu Sayyaf hostage. "I saw ... that he was not an Abu Sayyaf member but was ... protection. The video footage was released by ...

Article: Abu Sayyaf Holding Hostage National Economy: Arroyo
Xinhua News Agency;  February 20, 2002 ;     441 words ... ... being hampered by the Abu Sayyaf terrorists and their ... The president said the Abu Sayyaf does not deserve love ... government soldiers showed in video footage played on nationwide ... That is how evil the Abu Sayyaf is, (it is) the reason ...

Article: More Abu Sayyaf Information Obtained by U.S. Spy ...
Xinhua News Agency;  February 28, 2002 ;     450 words ... ... plane gathering information about the Abu Sayyaf bandit group over the island. A U ... Thursday in Basilan. Some of the video footage gathered by the spy plane was so clear ... joining the exercises targeting at the Abu Sayyaf group.

Article: Abu Sayyaf
Southeast Asian Affairs;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... progress, another Muslim group, the Abu Sayyaf, attracted publicity following hostage ... incidents in March-April 2000. The Abu Sayyaf first attracted notice in 1991 following ... kidnapping and extortion. Writing about the Abu Sayyaf in 1999, Vitug and Gloria summarized ...

Article: Abu Sayyaf's new generation threatens Philippines
AP Worldstream;  February 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Not long ago, the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group was dismissed as all but dead ... military. Now there is fear that the Abu Sayyaf may be coming back. The group is blamed ... southern Basilan Island earlier this month. Abu Sayyaf raised more than 70 million pesos ...

Article: Growing Abu Sayyaf Links Concern Filipinos
AP Online;  March 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Philippines The Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf has forged alliances with local bandits ... in Manila's financial district. The Abu Sayyaf collaborated with Muslim converts to ... in Manila and two southern cities. An Abu Sayyaf leader, Abu Sulaiman, said the attacks ...

Article: VOA NEWS: ABU SAYYAF DEFECTORS TALK OF DIFFICULT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Asia's most violent terrorist groups, Abu Sayyaf, is under siege in the southern Philippines ... visited the island of Jolo where the Abu Sayyaf is based and has this report on the defectors ... authorities, they fled their homes and joined Abu Sayyaf, a group in the hills that they ...