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Article: VOA NEWS: ABU SAYYAF DEFECTORS TALK OF DIFFICULT LIFE IN JUNGLES

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February 21, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Douglas Bakshian

One of Southeast Asia's most violent terrorist groups, Abu Sayyaf, is under siege in the southern Philippines. While its top leaders are being targeted and killed by the military, some of its rank and file members have begun to defect. Recently, reporters escorted by Philippine Marines met several former guerrillas to hear their story. Douglas Bakshian just visited the island of Jolo where the Abu Sayyaf is based and has this report on the defectors.

The defectors use fictitious names for their protection. Their background seems simple as told through military interpreters. They were middlemen in a fruit business in which ...

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