Article: ABS-CBN: 'No to ransom: Drilon, 3 other kidnap victims 'alive'-police

Article: Philippine military blames, then denies Abu Sayyaf responsible for kidnapping six Jehovah's Witnesses
AP Worldstream;  August 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Philippines At the height of the last Abu Sayyaf kidnapping spree, it seemed that just...which said just weeks ago that the Abu Sayyaf was decimated and on the run _ was trying...Things had been looking up. A yearlong Abu Sayyaf kidnapping spree came to a bloody but...

Article: Abu Sayyaf
Southeast Asian Affairs;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......in progress, another Muslim group, the Abu Sayyaf, attracted publicity following hostage-taking 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 turning into a dangerous RP version of bloody JI.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin;  March 25, 2005 ;     668 words ......BONG REBLANDO GENERAL SANTOS CITY The Abu Sayyaf is slowly transforming into a major terrorist...violence, and evidence suggests, the Abu Sayyaf has received terror training from them...islands in the Southern Philippines, the Abu Sayyaf gained notoriety in 2000 and 2001 for...

Article: Foreign funding to Abu Sayyaf dries up-bandit leader
The Manila Times;  September 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Abu Sayyaf has stopped receiving funds from...television in Basilan, Abu Kahlid, an Abu Sayyaf militant, said his group has lost...Monday. Khalid is a cousin of a senior Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, who is wanted...

Article: AFP troops seize 4 Abu Sayyaf camps; Operations stepped up in Sulu.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin;  June 28, 2002 ;     503 words ......that military teams pursuing the remaining Abu Sayyaf elements have overrun four Abu Sayyaf camps in Patikul, Sulu. A report relayed to...Servando, AFP public information officer, the Abu Sayyaf camps were heavily fortified with trenches...

Article: Burnham family says ransom paid to Abu Sayyaf group but guerrillas refused to release captives
AP Worldstream;  May 30, 2002 ;     394 words ......have any funds ... to pay ransom. The mission there in...important thing is the Abu Sayyaf need to hold up to their...had been paid to the Abu Sayyaf, but in a radio interview...on Basilan June 1. The Abu Sayyaf have proved that they...

Article: Abu Sayyaf wants ransom paid today
The Manila Times;  June 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ...JOLO, Sulu: Abu Sayyaf rebels tied to the al-Qae...no-ransom position. "They [Abu Sayyaf rebels] have a long...negotiating directly with the Abu Sayyaf and even promised to pay ransom to the kidnappers...that the family would pay ransom and that is the ...

Article: Philippine rebel challenge to US: The Abu Sayyaf claimed for the first time to have killed a foreigner - a Peruvian-born American.(World)
The Christian Science Monitor;  June 13, 2001 ;     685 words ......resistance in Afghanistan. In 1991, the Abu Sayyaf first grabbed headlines when it claimed...the southern island of Basilan, where the Abu Sayyaf bandits have been on the run with captives...death at the hands of the military in 1998, Abu Sayyaf has splintered into rival factions, ...

Article: 3 European nations won't pay ransom
Filipino Reporter;  June 29, 2000 ;     614 words ......European nations won't pay ransom Sorry, Abu Sayyaf, Finland, France and Germany will not pay ransom. Officials of the...been brought to the Abu Sayyaf main camp in Patikul...the control of two Abu Sayyaf commanders at the...agreements not to pay ...

Article: Arroyo says Abu Sayyaf nearly defeated, dismisses guerrilla attempts to revive themselves
AP Worldstream;  April 21, 2004 ;     462 words ......al-Qaida-linked Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf is a spent force on the run from authorities...Associated Press earlier this week that the Abu Sayyaf, with a 13-year history of ransom kidnappings...militants. They said the leader of the Abu Sayyaf's main faction, Khadaffy ...

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

Article: American troops head to Philippines to help crush Abu Sayyaf.
Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  January 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Uli Schmetzer MANILA_The Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, of the southern Philippines...President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo defines the Abu Sayyaf as a money-crazed gang of criminals...to the Philippines to help against the Abu Sayyaf. U.S. military cargo planes flying into...

Article: Delving into the Abu Sayyaf
New Straits Times;  June 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Straits Times 06-04-2000 Delving into the Abu Sayyaf Byline: Zainon Ahmad Edition: New Sunday...2* Section: Focus Memo: (STF) - The Abu Sayyaf is a feared group in southern Mindanao...Pulau Sipadan hostage crisis. WHO are the Abu Sayyaf? "A bunch of kidnappers," said Governor...

Article: The Philippine branch of terror: Al Qaeda is believed to have given initial funding to the now-independent Abu Sayyaf militant group.(World)
The Christian Science Monitor;  October 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ......There are so many links between the Abu Sayyaf Group of the Philippines, which beheaded...during a 1995 visit to Manila. A captured Abu Sayyaf guerrilla, Edwin Angeles, told Philippines...Khalifa, played a crucial role in founding Abu Sayyaf. In his debriefing, Mr. Angeles, who...